Explores the challenge of computer vision through readings of original papers and implementation of classic algorithms. This course considers techniques for extracting useful information from digital images, including both the motivation and the mathematical underpinnings. Discussions range from low-level techniques for image enhancement and feature detection to higher-level issues such as stereo vision, image retrieval and segmentation of tracking of objects. Designations: Theory, Programming. Prerequisites: CSC 210 and MTH 111 or equivalent. Restrictions: Juniors and seniors only.

An introduction to artificial intelligence including an introduction to artificial intelligence programming. Discussions include: game playing and search strategies, machine learning, natural language understanding, neural networks, genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming and philosophical issues. Designations: Theory, Programming. Prerequisite: CSC 210 and MTH 111, or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 30.

Covers algorithm design techniques ("divide-and-conquer," dynamic programming, "greedy" algorithms, etc.), analysis techniques (including big-O notation, recurrence relations), useful data structures (including heaps, search trees, adjacency lists), efficient algorithms for a variety of problems and NP-completeness. Designation: Theory. Prerequisites: CSC 210, MTH 111 and MTH 153. Enrollment limited to 30.

Automata and finite state machines, regular sets and regular languages, push-down automata and context-free languages, linear-bounded automata, computability and Turing machines, nondeterminism and undecidability. Prerequisites: CSC 110 and MTH 153. Enrollment limited to 30.

Covers two-dimensional drawings and transformations, three-dimensional graphics, lighting and colors, game design, perspective, curves and surfaces, ray tracing. Employs Postscript, C++, GameMaker, POV-ray, and radiosity. The course accommodates both CS majors, for whom it is programming intensive, and other students with less technical expertise, by having two tracks of assignments. Prerequisite: CSC 120 or equivalent. MTH 111 or equivalent is an additional required prerequisite for majors. Designation: Theory, Programming. Enrollment limited to 30.

Offered as CSC 235 and SDS 235. Visual analytics techniques can help people to derive insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous and often conflicting data. During this course, students learn the foundations of the emerging, multidisciplinary field of visual analytics and apply these techniques toward a focused research problem in a domain of personal interest. Students who elect to take this course as a programming intensive course should have previously taken CSC 212. In this track, students learn to use R, Python and HTML5/JavaScript to develop custom visual analytic tools.

Offered as CSC 235 and SDS 235. Visual analytics techniques can help people to derive insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous and often conflicting data. During this course, students learn the foundations of the emerging, multidisciplinary field of visual analytics and apply these techniques toward a focused research problem in a domain of personal interest. Students who elect to take this course as a programming intensive course should have previously taken CSC 212. In this track, students learn to use R, Python and HTML5/JavaScript to develop custom visual analytic tools.

An introduction to the architecture of the Intel Pentium class processor and its assembly language in the Linux environment. Students write programs in assembly and explore the architectural features of the Pentium, including its use of the memory, the data formats used to represent information, the implementation of high-level language constructs, integer and floating-point arithmetic, and how the processor deals with I/O devices and interrupts. Prerequisite: CSC 210 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 30.

Databases form the foundation of modern commerce, social media and government. This course investigates the design and use of database systems from the traditional to the present day. Designation: Systems. Prerequisites: CSC 210 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 30.