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333. Principles of Compiler Design. (3h) Study of techniques for compiling computer languages
including scanning, parsing, translating, and generating and optimizing code. P—CSC 211
and 221.
341. Operating Systems. (3h) Study of the different modules that compose a modern operating
system. In-depth study of concurrency, processor management, memory management, file
management, and security. P—CSC 241.
343. Internet Protocols. (3h) Study of wide area connectivity through interconnection networks.
Emphasis is on Internet architecture and protocols. Topics include addressing, routing, multicasting,
quality of service, and network security. P—CSC 241.
346. Parallel Computation. (3h) Study of hardware and software issues in parallel computing.
Topics include a comparison of parallel architectures and network topologies, and an introduction
to parallel algorithms, languages, programming, and applications. P—CSC 222 and 241.
352. Numerical Linear Algebra. (3h) Numerical methods for solving matrix and related problems
in science and engineering. Topics include systems of linear equations, least squares methods,
and eigenvalue computations. Special emphasis given to parallel matrix computations. Beginning
knowledge of a programming language such as Pascal, FORTRAN, or C is required. Credit
is not allowed for both CSC 352 and MTH 326. P—CSC 111 and MTH 112, and MTH 121 or 302.
355. Introduction to Numerical Methods. (3h) Numerical computations on modern computer
architectures; floating-point arithmetic and round-off error. Programming in a scientific/
engineering language such as MATLAB, C, or FORTRAN. Algorithms and computer techniques
for the solution of problems such as roots of functions, approximation, integration, systems of
linear equations, and least squares methods. Credit not allowed for both CSC 355 and MTH 355.
P—CSC 111 and MTH 112, and MTH 121 or 302.
361. Digital Media. (3h) Introduction to digital media covering sampling and quantization, resolution,
color representation, multimedia file formats, data encoding and compression, multimedia
network issues, streaming data, and multimedia programming. P—CSC 221 and MTH 111.
363. Computer Graphics. (3h) Study of software and hardware techniques in computer graphics.
Topics include line and polygon drawing, hidden line and surface techniques, transformations,
and ray tracing. P—CSC 221 and MTH 121 or 302.
365. Image Processing Fundamentals. (3h) Study of the basic theory and algorithms for image
enhancement, restoration, segmentation, and analysis. P—CSC 221 and MTH 121 or 302.
371. Artificial Intelligence. (3h) Introduction to problems in artificial intelligence. Knowledge
representation and heuristic search in areas such as planning, machine learning, pattern recognition,
and theorem proving. P—CSC 222.
385. Bioinformatics. (3h) Introduction to bioinformatics and computing techniques essential to
current biomedical research. Topics include genome and protein sequence and protein structure
databases, algorithms for bioinformatics research, and computer architecture and environment
considerations. Also listed as PHY 327. P—CSC 112 or POI.
391. Selected Topics. (1h, 2h, or 3h) Topics in computer science that are not studied in regular
courses or which further examine topics covered in regular courses. P—POI.
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