2012–2013 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

CSE 4250 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CONCEPTS (3 credits). Surveys
programming language concepts and design principles of programming paradigms
(procedural, functional and logic). Includes a history of programming languages, data
types supported, control structures and run-time management of dynamic structures.
Prerequisites: CSE 2010 or ECE 2552.
CSE 4251 COMPILER THEORY (3 credits). Introduces formal languages, the
construction of scanners and recursive descent, LL (1) and LR (1) parsers, intermediate
forms, symbol tables, code generation and optimization of resultant code. Prerequisites:
CSE 2010, CSE 2120 or ECE 2552, ECE 3551.
CSE 4257 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES (3 credits). Studies the theories
and techniques of human-computer interaction and the design of direct manipulation
graphical-user interfaces that support menus, buttons, sliders and other widgets for input,
text and graphics for output. Students design, implement and evaluate a graphical-user
interface. Prerequisites: CSE 2010 or ECE 2552.
CSE 4272 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SECURITY (3 credits).
Introduces the fundamentals of computer security. Includes vulnerability analysis, threat
modeling and risk assessment, and techniques for asset protection. Discusses economic,
legal and ethical issues in computer security. Focuses on a system-wide view of security
and discusses trends in current literature. Prerequisites: CSE 2010 or ECE 2552.
CSE 4280 COMPUTER GRAPHICS ALGORITHMS (3 credits). Introduces
computer graphics algorithms, software and hardware. Includes ray tracing, the
graphics pipeline, transformations, texture mapping, shading models, sampling,
global illumination, splines, animation and color models. Programming format in
course provides sufficient background to write computer graphics applications.
Prerequisites: CSE 2010 or ECE 2552.
CSE 4301 INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (3 credits).
Surveys artificial intelligence, focusing on state-space and problem-reduction approaches
to problem solving. Attention is given to the use of heuristics and their use in game-playing
programs. Also discusses knowledge representation, automated reasoning and expert
systems. Prerequisites: CSE 2010 or ECE 2552.
CSE 4303 SPEECH RECOGNITION PROGRAMMING (3 credits). Introduces
students to techniques for speech recognition and the integration of ASR in programs,
using general speech recognition tools. Covers techniques including feature extraction
from speech data, neural networks, Gaussian mixtures, estimate and maximize, data
clustering techniques, Viterbi, Hidden Markov Models (HMM), keyword spotting and
beam search. Prerequisites: CSE 2050 or ECE 2552, CSE 2400 or MTH 2401.
CSE 4400 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (1-3 credits).
Individual projects under the direction of faculty members of the computer science or software
engineering programs. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits. (Requirement:
Instructor approval.)
CSE 4410 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Introduces
project management issues that are typical of large software projects. Includes project planning,
estimation, modeling, measurement and assessment techniques. Surveys software
project management tools. Overviews the key CMM process areas for project management.
Prerequisites: CSE 2410.
CSE 4415 SOFTWARE TESTING 2 (3 credits). Explores structural (glass box)
methods for testing software. Includes testing of variables in simultaneous and sequential
combinations, application programmer interfaces, protocols, design by contract, coverage
analysis, testability, diagnostics, asserts and other methods to expose errors, regression test
frameworks, test-first programming. Prerequisites: CSE 2120, CSE 2410, CSE 3411.
CSE 4510 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (3 credits).
Explores new and emerging topics within the various disciplines included in the field of
computer science. Subject matter varies, depending on the instructor and other available
resources. May be repeated for a maximum of nine credits, provided the topics change.
(Requirement: Instructor approval.)
CSE 4520 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (3 credits).
Provides instruction and experience in timely topics related to the production of qualityengineered
software. May be repeated for a maximum of nine credits, provided the topics
change. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
CSE 4610 REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING (3 credits). Studies in depth
software requirements, engineering tools and techniques. Includes gathering user requirements,
formal specification of system behavior, system interfaces, end user and system
documentation and validation techniques. Emphasizes the end-user aspect of gathering
and formalizing user expectations. Prerequisites: CSE 2410.
CSE 4621 SOFTWARE METRICS AND MODELING (3 credits). Examines
common software metrics, axiomatic foundations of measurement, validity of measurements
and measurement dysfunction, and some statistical and modeling approaches to
help students make their software measurements meaningful. Prerequisites: CSE 2400,
CSE 2410.
CSE 5210 FORMAL LANGUAGES AND AUTOMATA THEORY (3 credits).
Presents abstract models of computers (finite automata, pushdown automata and Turing
machines) and the language classes they recognize or generate (regular, context-free and
recursively enumerable). Also presents applications in compiler design, algorithms and
complexity theory. Prerequisites: CSE 2010.
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CSE 5211 ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS (3 credits). Presents time and space
complexity of computer algorithms. Includes algorithm classes, such as divide-andconquer,
greedy, dynamic programming and backtracking; techniques for solving
recurrence equations; graph algorithms; searching and sorting; and deterministic and
nondeterministic polynomial time problem classes. Prerequisites: CSE 2010 or CIS 5200,
MTH 1002.
CSE 5231 COMPUTER NETWORKS (3 credits). Introduces network design,
protocol, function layering, networking architectures (TCP/IP, frame relay, ATM)
and components (hubs, routers, switches), analytical issues (throughput, delay,
bandwidth management, congestion and error control, sliding windows, retransmission
strategies, contention resolution) and network traffic analysis methodologies.
Prerequisites: CSE 2400, MTH 1002.
CSE 5232 NETWORK PROGRAMMING (3 credits). Covers design and implementation
of programs that communicate with other programs across a computer network.
Includes streams, server-side networking, client-side networking, multithreading, exceptions
and remote method invocation. Prerequisites: CSE 2010.
CSE 5233 COMPUTER FORENSICS (3 credits). Introduces concepts and techniques
for the seizure and examination of digital evidence, along with the legal and ethical
issues related to reporting on the results. Covers forensic tools and investigative procedures
and includes a survey of current literature. Prerequisites: CSE 3120, CSE 4001.
CSE 5240 PARALLEL PROCESSING (3 credits). Investigates architectures for
parallel computers and parallel algorithms for computational problems. Discusses performance
evaluation metrics for the performance of parallel processing.
CSE 5241 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (3 credits). Studies the fundamental
concepts in software systems that support and work in a distributed computing environment.
Includes discussion of network communication mechanisms, distributed operating
systems, services supporting distributed systems, distributed database systems, faulttolerant
systems and distributed algorithms. Prerequisites: CSE 4001.
CSE 5250 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (3 credits). Surveys programming
language concepts including language features, implementation issues and language
groups. Prerequisites: CIS 5200 or CSE 2010.
CSE 5251 COMPILER THEORY AND DESIGN (3 credits). Covers extensively
the major topics of compiler design. Includes lexical analysis, scanner-generator tools,
parsing, syntax-directed translation, static semantic checking, storage organizations, code
generation and code optimization. Prerequisites: CSE 2010, CSE 3120.
CSE 5260 DATABASE SYSTEMS (3 credits). Introduces the analysis and design of
typical database systems. Includes theoretical and practical aspects of designing database
systems and a substantial project. Prerequisites: CIS 5200 or CSE 2010.
CSE 5272 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SECURITY (3 credits).
Examines concepts of modern computer security from a practical point of view. Includes
vulnerability analysis, threat modeling and risk assessment, and techniques for asset
protection. Discusses economic, legal and ethical issues in computer security. Emphasizes
a system-wide view of security and includes a survey of current literature. Prerequisites:
CIS 5200 or CSE 2010 or ECE 2552.
CSE 5280 COMPUTER GRAPHICS (3 credits). Presents the graphics pipeline
for polygonal-based models. Includes mathematical concepts and data structures
for graphics, coordinate systems, clipping, scan conversion, hidden-object detection,
rendering, color models and graphics programming standards. Prerequisites:
CSE 2050 or CIS 5200, MTH 1002.
CSE 5281 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES (3 credits). Studies the theories
and techniques of human-computer interaction and the design of direct manipulation
graphical-user interfaces that support menus, buttons, sliders and other widgets for input,
text and graphics for output. Students design, implement and evaluate a graphical-user
interface.
CSE 5283 COMPUTER VISION (3 credits). Develops computational methods that
model the capacity of the human vision system. Develops main concepts of computer
vision research and its applications including robot navigation and interaction, autonomous
exploration, traffic monitoring, biometrics identification and building 3-D images.
Prerequisites: CSE 2010.
CSE 5290 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (3 credits). Introduces the theoretical
foundations of artificial intelligence, focusing on the areas of automated reasoning, search
and heuristics. Introduces an AI language to implement concepts. Prerequisites: CIS 5200
or CSE 2010.
CSE 5400 TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (3 credits). Current topics in
computer science at the introductory graduate level. Topics vary and the course may be
repeated for credit. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
CSE 5401 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (1-3 credits).
Working closely with a faculty member, the student probes a subject in greater depth
than is normally possible in a regular class. Requires a comprehensive paper or an applied
research project. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)