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Computer Science


Department of Computer Science,
Engineering I, Room 2106;
Telephone (805) 893-4321

Chair: Oscar H. Ibarra
Vice Chair: Peter R. Cappello

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Faculty

Divyakant Agrawal, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, Associate Professor (distributed systems, and distributed databases)

John L. Bruno, Ph.D., The City College of New York, Professor, Director of Engineering Computing Infrastructure (applications of digital systems to engineering problems, distributed systems, scheduling theory, networks and graphs)

Peter R. Cappello, Ph.D., Princeton University, Professor (concurrent computation, information retrieval)

Laura Dillon, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Professor (analysis of concurrent systems, semantics of programming languages, formal specification and verification, software systems)

Ömer Egecioglu, Ph.D., UC San Diego, Professor (bijective and enumerative combinatorics, parallel algorithms, approximation algorithms, combinatorial algorithms)

Amr El Abbadi, Ph.D., Cornell University, Associate Professor (fault-tolerant distributed systems, distributed databases, operating systems)

Teofilo Gonzalez, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Professor (computer-aided design, VLSI placement and routing algorithms, scheduling theory; design and analysis of algorithms)

Urs Hölzle, Ph.D., Stanford, Assistant Professor (object-oriented programming languages and systems, compilers, computer architecture, garbage collection)

Oscar H. Ibarra, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (theory of computation, design and analysis of algorithms, computational complexity, parallel computing, VLSI, computer-aided design)

Richard A. Kemmerer, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (specification and verification of systems, computer system security and reliability, programming and specification language design, software engineering)

Alan G. Konheim, Ph.D., Cornell University, Professor (computer communications, computer systems, modeling and analysis, cryptography)

Marvin Marcus, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus

** Linda R. Petzold, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professor (numerical differential equations, numerical optimization, mathematical software, parallel computing, scientific computing)

Martin C. Rinard, Ph.D., Stanford University, Assistant Professor (parallelizing compilers, parallel and distributed computation, parallel programming languages)

Klaus E. Schauser, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (parallel computing, parallel programming languages, compilers, computer architecture)

Ambuj Singh, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Associate Professor (parallel and distributed systems, formal specification and verification)

§ Terence R. Smith, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor, Director of Center for Computational Modeling and Systems (spatial databases, techniques in artificial machine intelligence)

Jianwen Su, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Associate Professor (database systems, theory, and applications)

Yuan-Fang Wang, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Associate Professor (computer vision, computer graphics, artificial intelligence)

* Roger C. Wood, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus

Tao Yang, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Assistant Professor (algorithms and programming systems for parallel and distributed processing, program scheduling and compilation, parallel scientific computing)

* Joint appointment with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

** Joint appointment with the Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering.

§ Joint appointment with the Department of Geography.

Affiliated Faculty

P. Michael Melliar-Smith, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

The Department of Computer Science offers programs leading to the degrees of bachelor of arts and bachelor of science in computer science, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science. The B.A. is a College of Letters and Science major; the B.S. is a College of Engineering major. Both the B.A. and B.S. degree programs in computer science are accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Commission of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board.

One of the most important aspects of the Computer Science program at UCSB is the wealth of "hands-on" opportunities for students. UCSB has excellent computer facilities. The campus Micro Computer Laboratory makes accounts available to all students. Their facilities include late model PCs and MACs as well as NeXT workstations. Computer Science majors use the UNIX workstations in the Computer Science Instructional Lab and Engineering Computing Infrastructure computing facilities. The Department of Computer Science also operates a 64-node Meiko CS-2 parallel computer which is used in some upper-division courses. Students doing special projects can gain access to machines at the NSF Supercomputing Centers via the Internet.

Graduate students have the additional computing facilities available in the Graduate Student Laboratory. Students working with faculty have access to the specialized research facilities within the Department of Computer Science: the Reliable Software, Theory of Computation, Distributed Systems, Parallel Systems, and Vision Laboratories.

The undergraduate major in computer science has a dual purpose: to prepare students for advanced studies and research and to provide training for a variety of careers in business, industry, and government.

Undergraduate counseling is provided under the direction of the assistant to the dean for undergraduate studies. A faculty advisor and a peer advisor are also available to help with academic program planning. A department publication, Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science, describes degree offerings, new courses, and requirement changes.

Admission to the Major

The pre-major requirements for the B.A. and the B.S. degrees in computer science are the same. Students intending to major in computer science should declare a pre-major when applying for admission to the university. Students who declare a pre-major are responsible for satisfying degree requirements in effect at the time of their declaration. When students have completed the preparation courses, they must petition to declare a change from pre-major to major status.

Undergraduate students enrolled in other majors may petition to enter the pre-computer science major at any time Option A below has been met or they may petition to enter the full major when Option B has been met:

Option A: Satisfactory completion at UCSB of at least four 4-unit courses required for the computer science pre-major (listed below), including at least two in computer science, with a pre-major grade-point average of at least 3.0.

Option B: Satisfactory completion of all the pre-major requirements with a University of California grade-point average of at least 2.75.

Please note: Pre-major status does not guarantee admission to major status. No course required for the preparation may be taken on a passed/not passed basis. To be admitted to the major, the student must complete the preparation with a minimum grade-point average of 2.75.

Undergraduate Program

Courses required for the pre-major or major, lower- or upper-division, inside or outside of the Department of Computer Science, cannot be taken for the passed/not passed grading option. They must be taken for letter grades.

Preparation for the major-B.S. and B.A.

Required: Mathematics 3A-B-C and 5A-B; Computer Science 10, 20, 30 (or ECE 15), 40, 50, and 60; and Probability and Statistics 120A. Courses identified as options within the preparation are considered equivalent; students may take one of them to satisfy the requirement but may not take more of them for credit.

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Upper-division major

The following courses are required: Computer Science 110A or 110B, 130A-B, 136, 154, 160, 162, 170, 186; Electrical and Computer Engineering 152A; and Probability and Statistics 120B. In addition, at least 16 units of major field electives are required. Prior approval of these electives must be obtained from the faculty advisor. In addition, the following courses are required: Physics 1, 2, 3, 3L and at least 8 units of science, mathematics, and engineering electives. Lists of approved science, mathematics, and engineering electives are available in the computer science office. All computer science majors are strongly encouraged to take Engineering 101, although it may not be used as an elective in the upper-division major.

Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science

Upper-division major

The courses required for the B.A. are the same as for the B.S. degree, with the following exceptions: Computer Science 160 is not required; 7, rather than 16, units of major field electives are required; a science sequence and two additional science courses are required. The science sequence should be selected from: Chemistry 1A-B-C and labs, or Physics 1, 2, 3, 3L or Physics 6A-B-C and labs. A list of approved additional science courses is available in the Computer Science office. All computer science majors are strongly encouraged to take Engineering 101, although it may not be used as an elective in the upper-division major.

Five-Year Bachelor of Science/Master of Science Program

A combined B.S./M.S. program in computer science provides an opportunity for outstanding undergraduates to earn both degrees in five years. Additional information about this program is available from the undergraduate office or from the computer science graduate secretary. Interested students should make their interest known to the department early in their junior year. In addition to fulfilling undergraduate degree requirements, B.S./M.S. degree candidates must meet Graduate Division degree requirements, including university requirements for academic residence and units of coursework as described in the chapter "Graduate Education at UCSB."

Graduate Program

In addition to departmental requirements, candidates for graduate degrees must meet the university degree requirements described in the chapter "Graduate Education at UCSB."

Admission

In addition to fulfilling the Graduate Division requirements for admission, the Department of Computer Science requires a bachelor's degree in some discipline of science, engineering, or mathematics.

Applicants must have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 in their last two years of undergraduate study. Satisfactory performance in the verbal, quantitative, analytical sections of the Graduate Record Examination is required of all applicants. Applicants whose native language is not English must receive a score of at least 600 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) prior to admission to UCSB. Applicants who have received a bachelor's or master's degree from a U.S. college or university are exempt from this requirement.

Master of Science Degree, Computer Science

Degree Requirements

The average time for completion of the M.S. degree is two years. Students must take (and receive a grade of B or higher in each) three computer science graduate courses: Algorithms (Computer Science 230A), Theory (Computer Science 220), and Systems (Computer Science 262 or 270A or 270B). Students who have taken an equivalent course, or know the material, may take the course by special examination. There are two options to obtain the master's degree: Thesis (Plan 1) and Examination (Plan 2). The specific requirements for the thesis and the comprehensive examination options are given below. Plan 2 is not available to students whose initial degree objective was the Ph.D. degree.

Major areas of study are (1) foundations of computer science track, (2) systems track, and (3) applications track.

Plan 1 (thesis option). Students must complete 42 units of coursework approved by a computer science graduate advisor. Students must submit an acceptable thesis, completed under the supervision of a permanent computer science faculty member and approved by a thesis committee composed of three ladder faculty members from the Department of Computer Science. Plan 1 students enroll in Computer Science 598, for which they may receive 8 units of credit toward the 42 unit requirement. The remaining 34 required units are subject to a number of restrictions designed to ensure program coherence, depth, breadth, and quality: (1) at least 8 upper-division (100 series) and graduate level (200 series) courses must be completed, of which at least 5 are graduate level (200 series) courses; (2) a set of courses constituting a major area of study must be completed with an average grade of B or higher. Major areas are defined above.

Plan 2 (examination option). Students must complete 42 units of coursework approved by a computer science advisor and pass a comprehensive examination. The 42 required units are subject to a number of restrictions designed to ensure program coherence, depth, breadth, and quality: (1) at least 9 upper-division (100 series) and graduate level (200 series) courses must be completed, of which at least 7 are graduate level (200 series) courses; (2) a set of courses constituting a major area of study must be completed with an average grade of B or higher.

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science

Admission

Students may apply directly to the Ph.D. program without a master's degree. However, a solid background in computer science or one or more fields of science and engineering is expected. Applicants to the Ph.D. program must have a grade-point average of at least 3.5 in their last two years of study. Requirements for the Ph.D. are typically completed in three to five years, depending on whether the student enters the program with an M.S. in computer science. Students entering this program should be committed to completing a Ph.D. The department discourages students petitioning to switch to the master's program; such petitions are approved only under exceptional circumstances.

Degree Requirements

Course requirements. To ensure sufficient breadth at the graduate level, Ph.D. students must complete at least eight graduate courses with a grade of B or better in each course. Students are expected to be well-rounded in the following subject areas: Foundations of Computer Science, Systems, and Applications. The set of courses students plan to take have to be endorsed by the academic advisor and another Department of Computer Science faculty member. A graduate level course taken in another department or another university can be counted if endorsed by the academic advisor and another faculty member.

Exam requirements. To earn a Ph.D., students must successfully complete four examinations: the screening examination; the major area examination; the oral qualifying examination; and the dissertation defense.

The screening exam, which consists of ten subject areas, is to ensure the student's breadth at the undergraduate level. A subject area can be passed with either a passing grade in the screening examination or with a grade of A- or higher in the course taught at UCSB. Although students are not required to pass all the subject exams at the same time, students are strongly encouraged to successfully complete all the subject areas as early in their graduate careers as possible. A student must satisfy this requirement within the first six quarters of residence in the Ph.D. program. In order to be considered for second-year support, a student should pass the exam within the first year. The exam is offered twice a year: once in the fall quarter and once in the spring quarter. Although the exam material is chosen from the upper-division undergraduate curriculum, students must show a level of skill, and a perspective, that is appropriate for graduate work.

After passing the screening examination, a student forms a doctoral committee to supervise dissertation research. The doctoral committee must be chaired by a ladder faculty member from the department, although faculty from other UCSB departments also may be members. In special circumstances, non-UCSB faculty may be members. After the doctoral committee approves a student's proposed major area, it tests the student's knowledge of this area and any supporting areas (e.g., mathematics and electrical engineering). This test is called the major area examination.

After passing the major area examination, but before taking the qualifying examination, a student prepares a dissertation proposal that describes the dissertation topic, summarizes the relevant background literature and presents a comprehensive research plan for the doctoral dissertation. The qualifying examination, which is oral, determines the feasibility of the research plan and the appropriateness of the research topic. This examination is administered by the student's doctoral committee.

The final examination is the defense of the candidate's dissertation, which consists of a public seminar-like lecture, questions from the audience, and a decision by the candidate's doctoral committee on whether the student has successfully defended the dissertation.

Computer Science Courses

Lower Division

1A. Elements of Computing
(3) Cappello
Prerequisites: Computer Science 1A is intended for students with little or no background in computing. Not open to computer science pre-majors or majors.
Introduction to computer-mediated communication: email, netnews, telnet, ftp, gopher, world wide web, WAIS. Introduction to programming in Pascal.

5AA-ZZ. Introduction to Computer Programming and Organization
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: not open for credit to students who have completed Computer Science 10 or Engineering 1A-B-C or Engineering 2A-B-C or equivalent. May not be repeated with a different suffix.
Introduction to programming and the organization of computers. Basic programming concepts, algorithms, data and control structures, debugging, program design, documentation, structured programming. Sections are:
FO. Fortran
JA. Java
PA. Pascal

10. Introduction to Computer Programming
(4) Gonzalez, Su
Introduction to programming and computers. Basic programming concepts: algorithms, data and control structures, debugging, program design, documentation, structured programming, object oriented programming.

11AA-ZZ. Programming Language Laboratory
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: knowledge of at least one programming language. Different sections may be repeated. Sections not always offered.
A self-paced course to allow a student who already possesses a working knowledge of at least one programming language an opportunity to learn other languages of interest. Each section studies a different language. Sections are:
FO. Fortran
JA. Java
LI. Lisp (2 units)
PA. Pascal

12. Introduction to C and UNIX
(4) Bruno
Prerequisite: knowledge of at least one programming language or consent of instructor. Cannot be taken for credit by computer science majors or pre-majors or by students who have received credit for Computer Science 11C or Computer Science 22.
Introduction to the UNIX system and the C programming language. Topics include: basic introduction to the UNIX system, and the C programming language; vi editor; C shell and shell scripts; the UNIX file system and other UNIX utility programs.

20. Programming Methods
(4) Singh
Prerequisite: Computer Science 10.
Programming techniques as follows: specification, representation, and manipulation of basic data structures such as stacks, queues, lists, trees, sets, arrays, etc. Searching and sorting techniques; predicate logic and program correctness; induction and recursion; running time analysis.

22. C and UNIX
(4) Bruno
Prerequisite: Computer Science 20 or consent of instructor. This course may not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for Computer Science 11C or 12.
Topics include: study of the C programming language with an emphasis on dynamic storage allocation, pointer, and implementation of data structures such as stacks, queues, lists, and trees. Debugging tools; editors, C shell, shell scripts; UNIX file system, other UNIX utility programs.

26. Foundations of Computer Science
(4) Cappello
Prerequisite: Mathematics 8, and 5B or 10B; or consent of instructor.
Theory and computer science applications of sets, relations, functions, propositional logic, elementary first order logic, mathematical induction, pigeon-hole principle, addition and multiplication counting principles, permutations, combinations, distributions, binomial/multinomial coefficients and theorems, inclusion-exclusion principle, elementary generating functions, recurrence relations.

30. Introduction to Computer Systems
(4) Konheim
Prerequisite: knowledge of at least one high-level programming language. Not open for credit to students who have completed ECE 15 or equivalent.
Basic computer organization; MC68000 assembly language programming. Gates, combinational circuits, flip-flops and the design and analysis of sequential circuits.

40. Foundations of Computer Science
(4) Cappello
Prerequisites: Computer Science 20 and Mathematics 3B. Not open for credit to students who have completed Computer Science 26.
Theory and computer science applications of: iteration, induction, and recursion; the running time of programs; combinatorics; relations and functions; propositional logic; and predicate logic.

50. Programming Project
(4) Hölzle
Prerequisites: Computer Science 10 and 20.
Program design (modularization, designing for changeability, robustness, and testability), basic software engineering practices, principles of user interface design. Students will design, implement, and test one or two medium-sized programs.

60. Introduction to C, C++, and UNIX
(4) Rinard
Prerequisites: Computer Science 10 and 20. Not open for credit to students who have completed Computer Science 12 or 22.
Syntax and semantics of C and C++. Introduction to basic UNIX utilities and tools. Students will complete several small projects that exercise their understanding of the material presented in class.


Upper Division

Engineering 100. Engineering Economic Analysis
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing in engineering or consent of instructor.
Engineering feasibility factors and engineering economic analysis. Analysis of alternatives and estimates of demands and costs in engineering. (F,W)

Engineering 101. Ethics in Engineering
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing in engineering or consent of instructor.
The nature of moral value, normative judgment and moral reasoning. Theories of moral value. The engineer's role in society. Ethics in professional practice. Safety, risk, responsibility. Morality and career choice. Code of ethics. Case studies will facilitate the comprehension of the concepts introduced. (W,S)

Engineering 103. Advanced Engineering Writing
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Engineering 2A-B-C or Writing 1 or 1LK, 2 or 2LK, and 50 or 50LK, or equivalents, and upper-division standing.
Analysis and practice of the forms of technical writing-reports, proposals, journal papers, abstracts, and presentations-that engineers and scientists will encounter in professional careers. Attention to research methods, document design, effective graphics, technical style, and electronic document preparation.

109A-B-C. Introduction to Mathematical Logic
(4-4-4) Staff
Prerequisites: Mathematics 3A, 8 and 31A-B or Computer Science 26. Same course as Mathematics 109A-B-C.
An introduction to mathematical logic with applications in computer science and mathematics. Possible topics include propositional and predicate calculi, models, proof systems, decidability and undecidability, automated theorem proving, unification, logic programming, and program verification.

110A. Foundations of Scientific Computing
(4) Yang
Prerequisites: Mathematics 5B; Computer Science 12 or 22 or 60.
Introduction to the design and analysis of algorithms for basic numerical problems in computational science. Emphasis on appropriate data structures, languages, programming methodology, and performance evaluation of numerical software.

110B. Parallel Scientific Computing
(4) Yang
Prerequisites: Mathematics 5B; Computer Science 20; Computer Science 12 or 22 or 60.
Fundamentals of parallel computing, algorithm design for numerical computation on parallel architectures, parallel languages and tools for scientific computing. Emphasis on appropriate data structures, languages, programming methodology and performance evaluation of numerical software.

125. Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms
(4) Agrawal
Prerequisite: Computer Science 12 or 11C. Not open to computer science pre-majors or majors.
Data structures and applications. Mathematical induction, recursion. Analysis of algorithms, space and time complexity. Stacks, queues, deques, singly- and doubly-linked lists. Complex linked structures. Binary trees, traversals, basic operations on trees. Sorting, searching.

130A. Data Structures and Algorithms I
(4) Gonzalez
Prerequisites: Computer Science 12 or 22; Computer Science 20 and 26.
The study of data structures and applications. Correctness proofs and techniques for the design of correct programs. Internal and external searching. Hashing and height balanced trees. Analysis of sorting algorithms. Memory management. Graph traversal techniques and their applications.

130B. Data Structures and Algorithms II
(4) Gonzalez
Prerequisites: Computer Science 26 and 130A.
Design and analysis of computer algorithms. Correctness proofs and techniques for the design of correct programs. Solution of recurrence relations. Design techniques: divide and conquer, greedy strategies, dynamic programming, backtracking, and local search. Applications of techniques to problems from several disciplines.

136. Automata and Formal Languages
(4) Egecioglu
Prerequisite: Computer Science 26. Not open for credit to students who have received credit for Computer Science 185.
Finite automata and regular expressions; properties of regular languages; pushdown automata and context free grammars/languages; properties of context-free languages.

154. Computer Architecture
(4) Schauser
Prerequisite: ECE 152A. Not open for credit to students who have received credit for ECE 154.
Introduction to the architecture of computer systems. Topics include: central processing units, memory systems, channels and controllers, peripheral devices, interrupt systems, software versus hardware trade-offs.

160. Translation of Programming Languages
(4) El Abbadi
Prerequisites: Computer Science 130B and 136. Open to computer science majors only or consent of department.
Study of the structure of compilers. Topics include: lexical analysis; syntax analysis including LL and LR parsars; type checking; run-time environments; intermediate code generation; and compiler-construction tools.

162. Programming Languages
(4) Dillon, Hölzle
Prerequisite: Computer Science 130A. Open to computer science majors only or consent of department.
Concepts of programming languages: scopes, parameter passing, storage management; control flow, exception handling; encapsulation and modularization mechanism; reusability through genericity and inheritance; type systems; procedural, object-oriented, functional, and logic programming languages.

165. Machine Intelligence
(4) Smith
Prerequisites: Computer Science 20, and 26 or 40.
Machine intelligence is concerned with computational techniques for representing and reasoning about complex objects. Topics covered include some of the machine intelligence programming languages, data structures, control structures, and problem solving techniques used in both research and application.

170. Operating Systems
(4) Agrawal
Prerequisites: Computer Science 130A or 125, and 154. Open to computer science majors, or ECE majors, or by consent of department.
Basic concepts of operating systems. The notion of a process; interprocess communication and synchronization; input-output, file systems, memory management.

172. Software Engineering
(4) Kemmerer
Prerequisites: Computer Science 130A; Computer Science 130B is desirable. Open to computer science majors only or by consent of department.
Software engineering is concerned with long-term, large-scale programming projects. Software management, cost estimates, problem specification and analysis, system design techniques, system testing and performance evaluation, and system maintenance. Students will design, manage, and implement a medium-sized project.

174. Data Base Management Systems
(4) Su
Prerequisite: Computer Science 130B. Open to computer science majors only or consent of department.
Database system architectures, relational and object-oriented databases, relational algebra, relational calculus, SQL, QBE, integrity constraints, normal forms and database design, query processing and optimization, indexing, transactions, concurrency control, and crash recovery.

176. Introduction to Computer Communication Networks
(4) Konheim
Prerequisite: PSTAT 120B. Open to computer science and electrical and computer engineering majors only.
Basic concepts in networking, the OSI model, error detection codes, flow control, routing, medium access control, and high-speed networks.

178. Introduction to Cryptography
(4) Konheim
Prerequisites: Computer Science 10 and Probability and Statistics 120A or 121A, or equivalent courses.
An introduction to the basic concepts and techniques of cryptography and cryptanalysis. Topics include: the Shannon Theory, classical systems, the Enigma machine, the Data Encryption Standard, public key systems, digital signatures, file security.

180. Computer Graphics
(4) Wang
Prerequisite: Computer Science 130B or consent of instructor.
X Window System; Xlib and widget programming; 2D drawing and painting algorithms; 2D transform and clipping; 3D transform, viewing, and clipping; overview of PHIGS graphics standard; graphics hardware; interactive devices and techniques; half-tone and dithering techniques; hidden surface removal algorithms.

181B. Introduction to Computer Vision
(4) Wang
Same course as ECE 181B.
Overview of image processing, pattern recognition; image formation, binary images; edge detection, image segmentation, introduction to textured image analysis, optical flow, depth from stereo, shape from shading, shape from motion, shape representation techniques, issues in object recognition, case study of some vision systems.

186. Theory of Computation
(4) Ibarra
Prerequisite: Computer Science 136 or 185. Open to computer science majors only or consent of department. Not open for credit to students who have received credit for Mathematics 151.
Turing machines; computability and unsolvability; computational complexity; intractability and NP-completeness.

190AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Computer Science
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Sections may not be repeated without the consent of the chair.
These variable unit courses provide for the study of topics of current interest in computer science.
A. Artificial Intelligence
B. Computer Graphics
C. Pattern Recognition
D. Program Verification
E. Computer Architectures
F. Algorithms and Complexity
G. Mathematical Theory of Computation
H. Semantic Models
I. Software Systems
J. General
K. Computer Systems Modeling and Analysis
L. Scientific Computation

192. Projects in Computer Science
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated once for credit but only 4 units may be applied to the major.
Projects in computer science for advanced undergraduate students.

193. Internship in Industry
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department chair. Not more than 4 units per quarter; may not be applied as science, mathematics, and engineering electives. May be repeated with faculty/chair approval.
Special projects for selected students. Offered in conjunction with selected industrial and research firms under direct faculty supervision. Prior departmental approval required.

194. Group Studies in Computer Science
(1-5) Staff
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units but only 4 units may be applied to the major.
Group studies intended for small number of advanced students who share an interest in a topic not included in the regular department curriculum.

196. Undergraduate Research
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisites: students must (1) have attained upper-division standing, (2) have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters, (3) have consent of the instructor. May be repeated for up to 12 units. No more than 4 units may be applied to departmental electives.
Research opportunities for undergraduate students. Students will be expected to give regular oral presentations, actively participate in a weekly seminar, and prepare at least one written report on their research.

199A-B-C. Independent Studies in Computer Science
(1-5, 1-5, 1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: students must (1) have attained upper-division standing; (2) have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters; (3) have completed at least two upper-division courses in computer science. Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA courses combined. Computer Science 199A-B is a two-quarter in-progress course with grades for both quarters assigned upon completion of 199B. Computer Science 199C is a one-quarter course with grade assigned at the end of the quarter.

Graduate Courses

210A. Linear Equations and Least Squares
(4) Egecioglu
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Students should be proficient in linear algebra, mathematically rigorous proofs, and some programming language.
The topics include floating-point numbers, properties of norms, Gaussian elimination and its variants, sensitivity of linear systems, error analysis for standard algorithms, the singular value decomposition, least-square problems, the QR decomposition, parallel matrix algorithms. (May not be offered each year)

210C. Topics in Scientific Computation
(4) Yang
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Students should be proficient in linear algebra, mathematically rigorous proofs, and some programming language.
Topics may include one or more of the following: interpolation and approximation, quadrature, ordinary differential equations, iterative methods for solving linear and nonlinear problems, sparse matrix theory and applications, parallel algorithms in numerical analysis. Consult the instructor for the exact course content. (May not be offered each year)

220. Automata-Based Complexity
(4) Ibarra
Prerequisite: Computer Science 186.
Topics include: models of computation; time and space complexity classes (e.g., P, NP, Co-NP, and PSPACE), efficient reducibilities, complete problems; lower bounds; the polynomial hierarchy. (May not be offered each year)

230A-B. Design and Analysis of Algorithms
(4-4) Gonzalez
Prerequisites: Computer Science 130A-B. Not open for credit to students who have received credit for Mathematics 254.
Topics include: NP-completeness and reducibility; approximation algorithms; polynomial and fully polynomial time approximation schemes; amortized complexity; graph algorithms; lower bound techniques; probabilistic analysis of algorithms; randomized algorithms; linear programming.

232. Complexity of Parallel Algorithms
(4) Egecioglu
Prerequisite: Computer Science 186.
Current research topics in the area of parallel algorithms and complexity. Topics include: models of parallel computation, Boolean circuits, complexity classes, the class NC, parallel arithmetic operations, graph algorithms, and matrix operations.

240A. High-Performance Parallel Systems and Languages
(4) Schauser
Prerequisites: Computer Science 154 and 160, or consent of instructor.
Overview of parallel architectures and communication; parallel programming paradigms; performance models of parallel computation; parallel algorithms and applications; systems and compilers for parallel languages.

240B. Parallel Computing and Program Parallelization
(4) Yang
Prerequisites: Computer Science 130A and 160, or consent of instructor.
Parallel programming; representation of parallelism, program dependence analysis, loop transformation; program and data partitioning, locality optimization; task scheduling and load balancing; parallelizing compilers and run-time support.

260. Advanced Topics in Translation
(4) Rinard
Prerequisites: Computer Science 160 and 162.
Theoretical aspects of translation. Topics include: parsing algorithms for LR and LL grammars, intermediate code generation, flow analysis, optimization; run-time environments, attributed grammars, error processing. (May not be offered each year)

262. Semantics of Programming Languages
(4) Dillon
Prerequisites: Computer Science 160 and 162.
Methods for the formal description of programming languages; various approaches to formal semantics: operational, denotational, axiomatic, attribute grammars; complimentary definitions.

263. Modern Programming Languages and Their Implementation
(4) Hölzle
Prerequisites: Computer Science 154, 160, and 162. Computer Science 260 recommended.
Topics central to modern programming languages and their implementation: garbage collection; memory system performance; characteristics and optimization of object-oriented languages; type systems and type inference; run-time compilation.

265. Advanced Topics in Machine Intelligence
(4) Smith
Prerequisite: Computer Science 165 or consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit.
Topics covered include advanced programming techniques for representing and reasoning about complex objects, and various applications of such techniques including expert systems, natural language processors, image understanding systems, and machine learning.

266. Formal Specification and Verification
(4) Kemmerer
Prerequisites: Computer Science 130A-B; Computer Science 186. Computer Science 262 is recommended.
Introduction to existing specification and verification systems, and the underlying theory and techniques of verifying the correctness of algorithms with respect to specifications. This subject can be considered as the combination of specification and verification techniques, programming language semantics, and formal logic.

270A. Advanced Topics in Operating Systems
(4) Bruno
Prerequisite: undergraduate course in operating systems and computer architecture.
Operating system implementation issues. Topics include process and storage management, file systems, I/O subsystems, multiprocessor and distributed operating systems, computer networking.

270B. Principles of Distributed Systems
(4) El Abbadi
Prerequisite: Computer Science 170.
This course provides an introduction to the basic problems in distributed systems and the various tools used to solve them. Of primary interest is the issue of fault-tolerance. Topics include event ordering, clocks, synchronization, mutual exclusion, agreement, and fault-tolerance.

272. Software Engineering
(4) Kemmerer
Prerequisite: Computer Science 172.
Principles of software engineering disciplines emphasizing requirements analysis, specification design, coding, testing and correctness proofs, maintenance, and management. Students will use a number of software engineering tools.

273. Data and Knowledge Bases
(4) Su
Prerequisite: Computer Science 186 or consent of instructor.
The focus is on the study of relational and post-relational data models and their query languages of different styles (algebraic, calculus, and deductive): complexity, expressive power, optimization, and database design.

274. Transaction Management in Distributed Databases
(4) El Abbadi
Prerequisite: Computer Science 170 or consent of instructor.
Topics include: data models, semantics; data integrity; database design; serializability theory, concurrency control, recovery, distributed databases.

276. Distributed Computing and Computer Networks
(4) Konheim
Prerequisite: Computer Science 270A.
Distributed processing: task partitioning, interprocess communication, synchronization, reconfiguration, file allocation, and deadlock problems; computer communication network models, analysis and synthesis. (May not be offered each year)

277. Computer Security
(4) Kemmerer
Prerequisite: Computer Science 170 or consent of instructor.
Analysis of technical difficulties of producing secure computer information systems that provide guaranteed controlled sharing. Examination and critique of current systems, methods; certification.

278. Discrete Event Simulation
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Probability and Statistics 120A or 121A and Computer Science 130A.
Discrete-event simulation for performance evaluation of complex systems. Design of simulation models, random numbers, simulation of discrete and continuous random variates and random processes, statistical analysis of output data, variance reduction techniques.

280. Computer Graphics
(4) Wang
Prerequisite: Computer Science 180.
Special topics in computer graphics including: curves and curved surfaces, visual perception of colors and color models; shading models; shadow generation; texture mapping; solid textures; stereographics; helmet-mounted display; graphics hardware/architecture; solid modeling; physically-based modeling; fractals and graphtals; volume rendering; scientific visualization.

281B. Advanced Topics in Computer Vision
(4) Wang
Prerequisite: Computer Science 181B or consent of instructor. Same course as ECE 281B.
Advanced topics in computer vision: image sequence analysis, spatio-temporal filtering, camera calibration and hand-eye coordination, robot navigation, shape representation, physically-based modeling, multi-sensory fusion, biological models, expert vision systems, and other topics selected from recent research papers.

290AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Computer Science
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
These variable-unit courses provide for the study of topics of current interest in computer science. Special topics are coded as follows.
A. Artificial Intelligence
B. Computer Graphics
C. Pattern Recognition
D. Program Verification
E. Computer Architectures
F. Algorithms and Complexity
G. Mathematical Theory of Computation
H. Semantic Models
I. Software Systems
J. General
K. Computer Systems Modeling and Analysis
L. Scientific Computation

501. Techniques of Engineering Teaching
(2) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of graduate advisor. This course is required for new teaching assistants, and may be taken only once. No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree.
An initial 1-2 day workshop on teaching techniques followed by practical experience in teaching, videotaping, and meetings with instructional consultation staff to improve techniques.

502. Teaching of Computer Science
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: Computer Science 501 or consent of instructor. May be taken concurrently with Computer Science 501. No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree.
Procedures and techniques for teaching computer science gained through actual teaching of lecture courses, leading discussion sections, and/or teaching laboratories. Meetings will be held as needed to discuss problems, methods and procedures.

595AA-ZZ. Group Studies in Computer Science
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
Special seminars focusing on topics of interest to faculty and graduate students. These seminars provide critical review of research in various areas of computer science.
A. Artificial Intelligence
B. Computer Graphics
C. Pattern Recognition
D. Program Verification
E. Computer Architectures
F. Algorithms and Complexity
G. Mathematical Theory of Computation
H. Semantic Models
I. Software Systems
J. General
K. Computer Systems Modeling and Analysis
L. Scientific Computation

596A-B-C. Directed Research
(2-12, 2-12, 2-12) Staff
Computer Science 596A-B is a two-quarter in-progress course with grades for both quarters assigned upon completion of 596B. Computer Science 596C is a one-quarter course with grade assigned at the end of the quarter.
Research, either experimental or theoretical, may be undertaken by properly qualified graduate students under the direction of a faculty member.

597. Individual Studies for M.S. Comprehensive Examinations and Ph.D. Examinations
(1-12) Staff
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree. Enrollment limited to 24 units per examination. Maximum of 12 units per quarter. Instructor is normally student's major professor or chair of doctoral committee. S/U grading.
Individual studies for M.S. comprehensive examination and Ph.D. examinations.

598. Master's Thesis Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of graduate advisor.
For research underlying the thesis and writing of the thesis.

599. Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of chair of student's doctoral committee.
Research and preparation of dissertation.
 


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