This class provides a comprehensive look at the efforts to prevent and detect money laundering and terrorist financing in a post 9/11 world. Developments in the United States, as well as internationally, are discussed. The evolution of the area is examined, including a review of the relevant statutes and regulations such as the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act and the Material Support statute. Analysis is done of the Suspicious Activity Reporting that is required to be done by all financial institutions, including banks, securities firms and money services businesses. Cases and actions brought relating to money laundering issues are discussed, including detailed review of the requirements for an Anti-Money Laundering compliance program. There is also analysis of threat financing, from the viewpoint of the requirements placed upon financial institutions, charities and companies, along with a review of cases involving terror financing. In addition, the course addresses the role of lawmakers, lawyers, companies, financial institutions and law enforcement in the process of trying to stop money laundering and terrorist financing.
What is corruption? Is corruption a necessary evil? Is corruption sand or grease on the wheels of a country’s economy? Why is corruption so pervasive around the world? My course engages these and other questions relating to the topics of good governance and corruption. We explore core theories about corruption and learn about corruption’s damaging influence on local and national governments. We also examine some of the most promising strategies available for promoting integrity in public administration. My goal with this course is twofold. First, I hope to encourage you to reflect on corruption as a practice that reduces government legitimacy, affects the quality of public service delivery, and biases policy and its application in favor of special interests. Second, I will endeavor to leave you with a grounded appreciation of local and national regimes’ potential for advancement. Good governance is possible.
Prerequisites: (i) one semester of advanced digital logic (
CSEE 4823
or equivalent, or the instructor's permission); and (ii) a basic course in data structures and algorithms (
COMS W3134
,
W3136
,
W3137
,
W3157
, or equivalent, and familiarity with programming.
Introduction to modern digital CAD synthesis and optimization techniques. Topics include: modern digital system design (high-level synthesis, register-transfer level modeling, algorithmic state machines, optimal scheduling algorithms, resource allocation and binding, retiming), controller synthesis and optimization, exact and heuristic two-level logic minimization, advanced multi-level logic optimization, optimal technology mapping to library cells (for delay, power and area minimization), advanced data structures (binary decision diagrams), SAT solvers and their applications, static timing analysis, and introduction to testability. Includes hands-on small design projects using and creating CAD tools.
Prerequisites: SIPA U6401
Corequisites: INAF U6018 & INAF U6022
The course begins with a review of central banks’ monetary policy goals and objectives, followed by an overview of how central banks set and implement monetary policy in normal economic and financial market conditions. The bulk of the course will focus on how central banks adapt their policy rules and tools in the face of extraordinary financial market or economic turmoil. Different types of unconventional tools will be discussed and analyzed, with particular focus on the design and the effectiveness of various unconventional policy tools. Examples of the use unconventional policy tools – both more and less successful – across jurisdictions will be discussed in the latter half of the course. The course finishes with discussions of several important, and timely dilemmas: where is the “line” between unconventional monetary policies and traditional fiscal policy actions; what difficulties do central banks face in handling economic side effects and the political consequences of extraordinary policy, and what are the challenges of returning monetary policy to (a new) normal.
This course is a journey through the evolution of civil war mediation strategy from the ancient world to the present day. This course is designed to provide students with a comparative historical and thematic understanding of civil war peacemaking strategy and the major dilemmas faced by civil war mediators. In this course, students will be introduced to an alternative framework for analyzing civil war peacemaking than is typically applied in the academic and policy-making literature in this field: strategic study. To study strategy is to study the history of ideas on how to pursue success, the origins of these ideas, how they have evolved and why, and what this teaches us about how to improve future strategy. While this approach is common in studies of war and statecraft, it is rare in the study of international peacemaking in civil wars. Studying the evolution of international mediation in civil wars in this way provides an innovative but essential perspective on the struggle to develop international order and on contemporary debates on international security and global governance.
Prerequisites: Basic probability and statistics; basic programming skills.
Covers fundamental topics in speech recognition: signal processing, Gaussian mixture distributions, deep neural networks, hidden Markov models,pronunciation modeling, language modeling, finite-state transducers, and search. Advanced topics from the current state of the art will be surveyed. There will be 4-5 programming exercises in (simple) C++.
Required of all first-year Ph.D. candidates. Each faculty member addresses the proseminar in order to acquaint students with the interests and areas of expertise on the faculty. Through discussion and the dissemination of readings the student learns about possible areas of doctoral research.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: ELEN E4810.
Topic: Mobile Sensing & Analytics.
Prerequisites: ELEN E4810.
Topic: Introduction to Modern Broadband Wireless Systems.
Prerequisites: SIPA U6500 (or equivalent)
This course will be useful for students who would like to participate in evaluations of development projects. At the end of the course, students will know how to plan an impact evaluation, how to manage one, and how to recognize and differentiate a good impact evaluation from a badly conducted one. Students should also come with one case study that they have been involved in and that would lend itself to an impact evaluation. Previous experience in implementing a development project is desirable.
Topic: Advanced Big Data Analytics.
Good writing and effective skills to communicate global issues are in high demand. Whether one is working for a media outlet or publication, an international organization, an NGO, or a media strategy/relations firm, the ability to gather and process information and present it in clear, effective written format is key to landing a dream job and getting ahead. In this course, students will learn to craft clear, precise written communications using means often employed in global careers: the Op-Ed and commentary, the press release, the newspaper and magazine story, talking points, the policy or country summary/contact brief, as well as writing for the Web. Writing topics will focus on core issues in international affairs: the global economy, environment, international business, international organizations, political analysis, and human rights/law. As the class has a heavy concentration on writing, reading will be assigned to facilitate writing styles and improve technique.
Topic: From Data to Solutions.
Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
A reading course in an advanced topic for a small number of students, under faculty supervision.
Registration in this course is only avilable to those affiliated with the Journal of International Affairs
Available to MS and CSE candidates. An independent investigation of an appropriate problem in computer science carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. A formal written report is essential and an oral presentation may also be required. May be taken over more than one semester, in which case the grade will be deferred until all 9 points have beem completed. No more than 9 points of COMS E6902 may be taken. Consult the department for section assignment.
Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
This is a course that covers the most important empirical and theoretical new research as well as the essential papers in the field of international finance and macroeconomics. Topics include but are not limited to: optimal monetary policy in the open economy, theory and empirics of exchange rate determination with inflation targeting central banks, intertemporal approach to current account/financial adjustment, No - Arbitrage models of risk premia in the foreign exchange market, and models of international financial crises/lending booms.
All first-year graduate students in the physics department must register for this course each term. Discussion of the experimental and theoretical research in the department.
Topic: Low-Dimensional Nanoelectronics.
Topic: Network Algorithms & Dynamics.
Prerequisites:
ECON G6410
,
ECON G6411
,
ECON G6215
,
ECON G6211
.
Corequisites:
ECON G6212
,
ECON G6216
,
ECON G6412
.
This course will critically examine mainstream approaches to economic theory and practice, particularly in the areas of macroeconomic stabilization policy, poverty reduction, economic development, environmental sustainability, and racial and gender inequality. Topics will vary from year to year, but may include responses to the credit crisis and Great Recession, global warming and international negotiations, globalization, the measurement of poverty and inequality, different approaches to poverty reduction, AIDS and malaria, mass imprisonment, children's wellbeing, the IMF and the World Bank, intellectual property in an international context, racial disparities in life expectancy, public pension systems in developed countries, health care, and homelessness. The course will also examine biases in economic discourse, both among policy makers and scholars.
Prerequisites:
ECON G6410
,
ECON G6411
,
ECON G6215
,
ECON G6211
.
Corequisites:
ECON G6212
,
ECON G6216
,
ECON G6412
.
This course will critically examine mainstream approaches to economic theory and practice, particularly in the areas of macroeconomic stabilization policy, poverty reduction, economic development, environmental sustainability, and racial and gender inequality. Topics will vary from year to year, but may include responses to the credit crisis and Great Recession, global warming and international negotiations, globalization, the measurement of poverty and inequality, different approaches to poverty reduction, AIDS and malaria, mass imprisonment, children's wellbeing, the IMF and the World Bank, intellectual property in an international context, racial disparities in life expectancy, public pension systems in developed countries, health care, and homelessness. The course will also examine biases in economic discourse, both among policy makers and scholars.
This introductory course is aimed at teaching the fundamentals of persuasive speechwriting for the public and private sectors, NGOs, and international organizations. Students will learn how to apply the classical canons of rhetoric to speechwriting in the 21st Century; deconstruct great political and business speeches using text and video; compare and contrast different speechwriting techniques in various international settings; as well as become familiar with some of the latest advances in neuroscience breaking new ground in understanding how persuasion works. Students will be expected to draft, edit and deliver their own speeches every week. No prior speechwriting experience is required, however, exceptional written-English skills are strongly recommended. Practical topics will be essential for this course: Why do some speeches persuade while others do not? How does one effectively capture the voice of the person you're writing for? How are speeches tailored for specific audiences, venues and occasions? Should one's message be solely what the speaker thinks the audience wants to hear-or what the speaker believes the audience needs to hear? And how important is delivery in terms of moving an audience?
The overall goal of this course is to improve the writing skills of international students in the MIA and MPA degree programs. The course requirements will include weekly short exercises (definitions of key terms and abstract concepts, summaries of statistical data, summaries and critiques of seminal concepts and theories, and descriptions of processes and procedures) and longer assignments (an argumentative essay, case study and short research paper). Students will also learn to revise and edit their work as well as to integrate sophisticated rhetorical and syntactic structures. To improve the accuracy and clarity of their writing, the course will review the aspects of grammar that pose particular problems for international students.
Prerequisites: CSEE W4119 or ELEN E6761 or the instructor's permission.
Third-generation packet switched systems, wireless LANs, mobile computing and communications. Study of some current research topics. Quantitative homework assignments may require use of a mathematical software package. A project based on readings from the literature will be required.
Provides students the opportunity to present work in progress or final drafts to other students and relevant faculty to receive guidance and feedback.
Course purpose is to serve as an omnibus opportunity for student professional development. Serves as a workshop as students narrow down a paper topic, develop a proposal, and carry out the research. Discussion includes how one selects a topic, how to find appropriate theory and data, and rhetorical strategies for making a paper "publishable," among other issues. Culminates in the completion of the M.Phil. paper.
Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.