Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

testing and maintenance. Introduces various CASEtools. (Prerequisite: CMP 215)Elective Courses:CMP 513 Management Information Systems -Three semester hours. Analysis of informationrequirements, Design approaches, processingmethods, data management, and the role ofcomputers in management information systems.Topics include models of an integrated system, andorganization and social implications of informationtechnology. (Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor)CMP 515 Numerical Analysis - Three semesterhours. Presents mathematical approach andcomputer solution to a wide variety of numericalproblems. Topics include interpolation andapproximation of data, solution of differentialequations, summation series, numerical integration,solution of linear and non-linear systems ofequations, and study of errors. (Prerequisite: CMP109 or CMP 204)CMP 517 Applications of Statistical Methods -Three semester hours. Treats data, probabilitydistributions, sampling techniques, normaldistribution, hypothesis testing, linear and multipleregression, correlation, analysis of variance, timeseries, index numbers, and parametric tests.(Prerequisite: MTH 237)CMP 523 Compiler Design - Three semester hours.Basic mathematical theory underlying the design ofcompilers and other language processors andprovides instruction on how to use that theory inpractical design situations. Topics include: lexicalanalysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation, codeoptimization, and code generation. (Prerequisite:CMP 215)CMP 525 Advanced Data Structures - Threesemester hours. Development of the efficient datastructures used to produce more efficient solutionsto classical problems, such as those based on thegraph theoretical model, as well as to problems thatarise in application areas of contemporary interest.(Prerequisite: CMP 215)CMP 535 Introduction to Bioinformatics - Foursemester hours. An interdisciplinary course meldinginformation from computer/information sciencesand molecular biology. Retrieval and interpretationof biomedical information, algorithms and softwareuse for sequence alignment, similarity searching ofmacromolecular sequence databases, and exposureto Java or Perl. (Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor)CMP 543 Computer Communications - Threesemester hours. Analysis of computer networkarchitecture including topologies, media, switching,routing, congestion, control, protocols, and specificcase problems. Addresses hardware interfaces andcarriers, network security, and performanceevaluation. (Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor)CMP 550 Artificial Intelligence - Three semesterhours. Formal concepts of artificial intelligence.Heuristic versus algorithmic methods, cognitiveprocesses and simulation, artificial applicationprogramming techniques, and surveying the areas ofgame playing, vision, learning and natural languageunderstanding. Students are provided direction forresearch using Internet and open literature resources.(Prerequisites: CMP 103, CMP 109 or CMP 204)CMP 554 Neural Networks - Three semesterhours. Introduction to natural networks, supervisedand unsupervised learning, neural networkarchitectures, training algorithms, black boardarchitecture, and other general concepts.(Prerequisite: CMP 109 or CMP204)CMP 555 Advanced Database Systems - Threesemester hours. Advanced database systems,including the areas of distributed and objectorienteddatabase design, resource allocation, accessplan selection, security measures, transitionmanagement, and query optimization.(Prerequisites: CMP 488)CMP 562 Multimedia Systems and Applications -Three semester hours. Design and implementationof the technologies used to implement computerbasedmultimedia applications such as streamingvideo playback, video conferencing, interactivetelevision, video editing, and hypermedia authoring.It acquaints the student with disciplines associatedwith multimedia, such as presentation software, theWorld Wide Web, HTML code, presentation design,and production. Other subjects that may beaddressed as required for projects adopted forstudent productions: bitmap graphics, vectorgraphics, text design, digital photography, audio andsound design, and navigational element design.(Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor)CMP 570 Computer Graphics and Animation -Three semester hours. Introduction to the basicconcepts of computer science. Topics include:display device characteristics, systemconsiderations, raster vs. vector technology, linepatterns, line drawing algorithms, image rendering,115