Fall 2008

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CS 598
Special Topics

Credit:  2 to 4 hours.


Lecture course in topics of current interest. See Schedule for current topics. May be repeated. Prerequisite: As specified for each topic offering, see Schedule or departmental course description.


Section Information
CRNTypeSectionTimeDays Location  Instructor
42377  lecture- discussion  CAG 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM TR  room 1131
Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
Gunter, C 
4 hours
Topic: Advanced Computer Security. Prerequisite: a 400 level course in security or consent of instructor. Research projects in security in the areas of monitoring and surveillance, critical infrastructure protection, unwanted traffic on the Internet, secure web services, tamper-resistant security architectures.

46983  lecture- discussion  DAF 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM WF  room 1131
Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
Forsyth, D 
4 hours
Topic: Optimization in computer vision and machine learning. We will discuss applications of current optimization methods to problems in computer vision and machine learning.

42393  lecture- discussion  MCC 09:30 AM - 10:45 AM TR  room 1131
Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
Caesar, M 
4 hours
Topic: Advanced Internetworking. The Internet is an astounding engineering triumph, comprising tens of thousands of competing ISPs, hundreds of millions of end hosts, and a complex intertwining of systems and protocols to form the largest distributed system ever created. In this course you will gain an understanding of how the Internet works, how to use tools commonly used for network measurement and research, and learn the state-of-the-art in computer networking research at the IP layer and above. Students will perform a research project, with the goal to submit their results for publication in a conference. While completion of an undergraduate networking class is helpful, it is not required, and students from all systems-related areas are encouraged to participate.

49196  lecture- discussion  RHC 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM TR  room 1131
Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
Campbell, R 
4 hours
Topic: Ubiquitous Systems. Ubiquitous and pervasive computing is a new and exciting platform and paradigm for anywhere, anyhow services and information systems. This new research area is a natural outcome of the tremendous advances in wireless networks, mobile computing, sensor networks, distributed computing, and agent technologies. This advanced graduate course is project and reading based and explores issues of applications, privacy, infrastructure, mobile, wireless, and distributed computing in an Internet environment with advanced human-computer interfaces, high-definition multimedia, and powerful, efficient computing. As prerequisites, the students should have basic knowledge of systems and networking, security, and system design.

36004  lecture- discussion  WG 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM WF  room 1131
Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
Gropp, W 
4 hours
Topic: Topics in Numerical Methods An exploration of the relationships between algorithms, programming models, and computer architecture for high performance computing. Topics include the impact of modern architectural features on the complexity models used to inspire and evaluate algorithms, the impact of memory hierarchy and other features on both node performance and scalability, and the support for scalable and efficient code in programming models.