Topics in Smart Electric Energy

Selected advanced topics in smart electric energy. Content varies from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• 3 points

MARKET DESIGN

Prerequisites: ECON G6211, ECON G6212. Market Design is an emerging field in economics that attempts to devise a practical scheme for allocating scarce resources to individuals who value them. Its applications involve many important real life problems ranging from allocation of government resources such as public land, fishing/mineral rights, radio spectrum licenses, allocation of school choice and transplantable human organs, assignment of workers to jobs, to placement of advertising in Internet search engines. Mechanism design underpins the field as a general methodological framework, which is in turn operationalized by two branches of theories: 1) Auction Theory and 2) Matching Theory. The course will provide a guide through these theories and discusses a few applications along the way.

• Department: Economics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Yeon-Koo Che
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: permission of the departmental adviser to Graduate Studies.

• Department: Psychology
• Instructor: Jon B Freeman
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• 1-4 points

LEASE ANALYSIS & FIN METRICS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Sara B Queen
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• 1.5 points

Theories of Secularity

This course will try to study the development of various aspects of theorization of the secular and the transformations of religion under modernity. It will be mainly based on close textual reading of important theoretical arguments representing important stages in the development of these arguments from the time of the Enlightenment to present day academic debates.

The first section will focus on the emergence of theories of a secular state in European philosophy starting with texts from Spinoza, Hobbes, and Hume. We shall also range over some ancillary texts that illustrate the nature of secularist arguments against religious beliefs and practices. The second section will concentrate on the development of the sociological tradition with focus on the works of Fustel de Coulanges, Max Weber and Ernst Troletsch. A short third section will focus on the establishment of religious studies as an academic discipline by looking at the works of a pioneer of this discipline: Wilfred Cantwell Smith. The fourth section will take up for reading and critical examination four different academic discussions in recent years: stemming from the work of Indian debates on secularism, from academic debates about the anthropology of religion, and especially studies of Islam started by the work of Talal Asad and responses it attracted. Finally, we shall take up critical works which revisit arguments from Weber by Charles Taylor and Hans Joas. The final weeks of the course will be devoted to conclusions drawn from these intersecting readings across historical time and space.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sudipta Kaviraj
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• 4 points

Nonlinear and Adaptive Control

Nonlinear dynamics: Euler-Lagrange equations, Hamilton’s principle, variational calculus; nonlinear systems: fundamentals, examples, stability Notions, linear systems and linearization, frequency domain analysis, discrete time systems, absolute stability, input-to-state stabililty, control design: control Lyapunov functions, sliding mode control, control barrier functions; adaptive control: self-tuning regular, model reference adaptive control, feedback linearization, extremum seeking control, model predictive control, observer design: extended, unscented, and mixture model Kalman filters, moving horizon estimation, high-gain observers; repetitive processes: iterative learning control, learning-adaptive control, repetitive control; optimal control: continuous setting, discrete time setting, constrained optimal control, linear matrix inequality (LMI) constraints, dynamic programming and backward recursion.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Homayoon Beigi
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• 3 points

SOUND: ADVANCED TOPICS I

This class explores advanced topics relating to the production of music by computer. Although programming experience is not a prerequisite, various programming techniques are enlisted to investigate interface design, algorithmic composition, computer analysis and processing of digital audio, and the use of computer music in contexts such as VR/AR applications. Check with the instructor for the particular focus of the class in an upcoming semester. Some familiarity with computer music hardware/software is expected. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.

• Department: Music
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

PLANNING FOR JUSTICE IN A LOW CARBON FUT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Javier Lopez
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• 3 points

INTRO TO URBAN DATA AND INFORMATICS

INTRO URB DATA + INFORMAT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Yoshimura Small
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• 3 points

LAW, POLITICS, AND PLANNING PRACTICE

LAW, POLITICS, PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Howard H Slatkin
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• 3 points

METROPOLITAN PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas K Wright
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• 1.5 points

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NYC

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEV NY

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 3 points

SUBJECT_OBJECT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Suchi Reddy
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• 3 points

SUPERVISED RESEARCH PAPER

SUPERVISED ESSAY LEGAL PRACT

• Department: Law
• 1 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

Adv VLSI DA & Methodology

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew M Ziegler
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• 3 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

GenAI & Modern Deep Learn

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Micah Goldblum
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• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room

Prerequisite: Course Application.
In an era increasingly defined by geopolitical competition, it is more important than ever for future policymakers to understand why and how foreign policy decisions are made. Inside the Situation Room, co-taught by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, employs insights from diverse academic fields—including political psychology, domestic politics, and international relations—and the direct experience of high-level principals in the room to understand the key factors which underpin a nation’s most crucial decisions. This course allows students to engage with a range of case studies and examine decision-making in a variety of historical and contemporary contexts, from the search for Osama bin Laden, to the “red line” in Syria, to negotiating with Iran.

Students will be taught how to analyze and understand the complex interplay between individual psychology, domestic politics, public opinion, bureaucracy, the international environment, and other factors which feed into decisions about foreign policy—from crisis diplomacy to the use of force, signaling and perception, intelligence and its analysis, the deployment of other instruments of statecraft, and more. Through this course, students will think carefully and analytically about how leaders and other actors view the world, how they arrive at their decisions, and how various social, political, and psychological factors shape the policies they devise to promote their interests abroad. For more information, visit: https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/situationroom

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• W 1:10 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Keren Yarhi-Milo
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• 0 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR SIPA Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• M 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• T 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• M 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• T 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Lincoln A Mitchell
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• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR ISD Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• T 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Jayme R Schlesinger
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• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR Undergrad Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• F 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• F 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Kyle Evanoff
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• 3 points

Advanced Spoken Language Processing

ADV SPOKEN LANG PROC

Applications of spoken language processing, including text-to-speech and dialogue systems. Analysis of speech and text, including entrainment, empathy, personality, emotion, humor, sarcasm, deception, trust, radicalization, and charisma.

• Department: Computer Science
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Julia Hirschberg
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 77 Info
• 3 points

BLDG ADAPT & REUSE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 1.5 points

HIST PRESV THEORY & PRACTICE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jorge Otero-Pailos
  Wikipedia h-index: 12 Info
• 3 points

MAKE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 3 points

COMPUTER COMMUNICATNS NETWORKS

COMPUTER COMMUNCATION NETWORKS

Analytical approach to the design of (data) communication networks. Necessary tools for performance analysis and design of network protocols and algorithms. Practical engineering applications in layered Internet protocols in Data link layer, Network layer, and Transport layer. Review of relevant aspects of stochastic processes, control, and optimization.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Javad Ghaderi
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

PRESERVATION PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Erica C Avrami
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• 3 points

INTERNET ECON, ENG & SOCIETY

Mathematical models, analyses of economics and networking interdependencies in the internet. Topics include microeconomics of pricing and regulations in communications industry, game theory in revenue allocations, ISP settlements, network externalities, two-sided markets. Economic principles in networking and network design, decentralized vs. centralized resource allocation, “price of anarchy,” congestion control. Case studies of topical internet issues. Societal and industry implications of internet evolution.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
  Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info
• 3 points

ARCH METALS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Peiper
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• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN NETWORKING

TPC:NET VIRTUAL & CLOUD COMPUT

Further study of areas such as communication protocols and architectures, flow and congestion control in data networks, performance evaluation in integrated networks. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6770 to 6779.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• F 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas Woo
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN NETWORKING

Massive Content Mining&Di

Further study of areas such as communication protocols and architectures, flow and congestion control in data networks, performance evaluation in integrated networks. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6770 to 6779.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Anwar I Walid
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

STONE, BRICK + TERRA COTTA

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 1.5 points

THESIS I

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and problems of international human rights law. What are the origins of modern human rights law? What is the substance of this law, who is obligated by it, and how is it enforced? The course will cover the major international human rights treaties and mechanisms and consider some of todays most significant human rights issues and controversies. While the topics are necessarily law-related, the course will assume no prior exposure to legal studies.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jacqueline Dugard
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• 3 points

THEORIES OF INT'L RELATIONS

Prerequisites: the instructors permission prior to registration. Issues and problems in theory of international politics; systems theories and the current international system; the domestic sources of foreign policy and theories of decision making; transnational forces, the balance of power, and alliances.

• Department: Political Science
• Instructor: Elizabeth N Saunders
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• 4 points

DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

PUBLIC FINANCE I

• Department: Economics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Wojciech Kopczuk
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 3 points

VISITING ARTIST LECT. III

• Department: Visual Arts
• Instructor: Miya Masaoka
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• 0 points

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 9 points

DIFFERENCE AND DESIGN

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Justin G Moore
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• 3 points

DENTAL MATERIALS II

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

CRIT ISSUES IN ART III

N/A

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• 3 points

RE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Haig G Nazarian
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• 1.5 points

RE VALUATION + INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

RE VAL+INVESTMENT ANALYSI

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Jake Pesci
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• 1.5 points

GRADUATE STUDIO III

N/A

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Miya Masaoka
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• 3 points

GRADUATE STUDIO III

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 4 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Naeem Mohaiemen
  Wikipedia h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

THESIS DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. This course will help guide E3B Ph.D. students towards candidacy by teaching them the skills necessary to be effective and independent scientists. Students will conduct an extensive literature review, write a preliminary dissertation proposal, and present their research ideas to the group on multiple occasions. Students will learn how to give and receive constructive written and oral feedback on their work.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Uriarte
  Wikipedia h-index: 56 Info
• 6 points

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

GROUP CRITIQUE III

• Department: Visual Arts
• W 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Naeem Mohaiemen
  Wikipedia h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

BRONZES/BRONZE INSCR-ANC CHINA

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Feng Li
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ENVIRONMENTS OF GOVERNANCE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Felicity Scott
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• 3 points

ARTIST MENTORSHIP / VISITING ARTIST LECT

ARTIST MENTORSHIP / VALS

This required Visual Arts core MFA curriculum course, comprising two parts, allows MFA students to deeply engage with and learn directly from a wide variety of working artists who visit the program each year.

Lecture Series
The lecture component, taught by an adjunct faculty member with a background in art history and/or curatorial studies, consists of lectures and individual studio visits by visiting artists and critics over the course of the academic year. The series is programmed by a panel of graduate Visual Arts students under the professor's close guidance. Invitations are extended to artists whose practice reflects the interests, mediums, and working methods of MFA students and the program. Weekly readings assigned by the professor provide context for upcoming visitors. Other course assignments include researching and preparing introductions and discussion questions for each of the visitors. Undergraduate students enrolled in Visual Arts courses are encouraged to attend and graduate students in Columbia's Department of Art History are also invited. Following each class-period the conversation continues informally at a reception for the visitor. Studio visits with Visual Arts MFA students take place on or around the week of the artist or critic's lecture and are coordinated and assigned by lottery by the professor.

Artist Mentorship
The Artist-Mentor component allows a close and focused relationship to form between a core group of ten to fifteen students and their mentor. Students are assigned two mentors who they meet with each semester in two separate one-week workshops. The content of each workshop varies according to the Mentors’ areas of expertise and the needs of the students. Mentor weeks can include individual critiques, group critiques, studio visits, visits to galleries, other artist's studios, museums, special site visits, readings, and writing workshops. Here are a few descriptions from recent mentors:
• During Mentor Week we will individually and collectively examine our assumptions and notions about art. What shapes our needs and expectations as artists and the impact of what we do?
• Our week will include visits to exhibition spaces to observe how the public engages the art. Throughout, we will consider art's ability to have real life consequences and the public's desire to personally engage with and experience art without mediation.
• The week will be conducted in two parts, f

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Naeem Mohaiemen
  Wikipedia h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

FORMAL VERIF HW SW SYSTEMS

Introduction to the theory and practice of formal methods for the design and analysis of correct (i.e. bug-free) concurrent and embedded hardware/software systems. Topics include temporal logics; model checking; deadlock and liveness issues; fairness; satisfiability (SAT) checkers; binary decision diagrams (BDDs); abstraction techniques; introduction to commercial formal verification tools. Industrial state-of-art, case studies and experiences: software analysis (C/C++/Java), hardware verification (RTL).

• Department: Computer Science
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

FINANCIAL MODELING CASE STUDIES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Chok S Lei
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• 1.5 points

UNSETTLING SOUTH ASIA MODERN

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Ateya A Khorakiwala
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• 3 points

FEASTING + FASTING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Ateya A Khorakiwala
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

TPC:REINFORCEMENT LEARNING

Advanced topics in signal processing, such as multidimensional signal processing, image feature extraction, image/video editing and indexing, advanced digital filter design, multirate signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and wave-form coding of signals. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6880 to 6889.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• F 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• 3 points

TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

CLASS&QUANTUM ERROR COR

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hui Jin
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• 3 points

CLIMATE CRISIS & HOUSING CRISIS

CLIMATE CRISIS, HOUSING C

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Deborah Morris
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• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

TPC:BIG DATA ANALYTICS

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899. Topic: Big Data Analytics.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• F 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Ching-Yung Lin
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• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

DATA CENTER PROCESSING

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Tanvir Ahmed Khan
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• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

Learning and Storage

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899. Topic: Quantum Computing and Communication.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexei Ashikhmin
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• 3 points

RESEARCH

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Danielle S Smoller
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• 2-3 points

TUTORIAL IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

A reading course in an advanced topic for a small number of students, under faculty supervision.

• Department: Computer Science
• Instructor: Timothy A Roughgarden
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• 1-3 points

PROJECTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Software or hardware projects in computer science. Before registering, the student must submit a written proposal to the instructor for review. The proposal should give a brief outline of the project, estimated schedule of completion, and computer resources needed. Oral and written reports are required. May be taken over more than one semester, in which case the grade will be deferred until all 12 points have been completed. No more than 12 points of COMS E6901 may be taken. Consult the department for section assignment.

• Department: Computer Science
• Instructor: Alexandr Andoni
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 34 Info
• Instructor: Daniel Bauer
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Peter Belhumeur
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 59 Info
• Instructor: Noemie Elhadad
  Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Paul S Blaer
  CULPA: 46 h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: David Blei
  Wikipedia h-index: 98 Info
• Instructor: Luca Carloni
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Eleni Drinea
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Stephen A Edwards
  CULPA: 21 h-index: 35 Info
• Instructor: Steven K Feiner
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Roxana Geambasu
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Luis Gravano
  CULPA: 16 h-index: 56 Info
• Instructor: Richard Zemel
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• Instructor: Julia Hirschberg
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 77 Info
• Instructor: Daniel Hsu
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 44 Info
• Instructor: Suman Jana
  h-index: 33 Info
• Instructor: Gail E Kaiser
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Kathleen McKeown
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 71 Info
• Instructor: Vishal Misra
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Jason Nieh
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• Instructor: Mohammed Alquraishi
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• Instructor: Itsik Pe'er
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Kenneth A Ross
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• 1-12 points