This course introduces concepts related to the management of urbanized landscapes, focusing on what comprises the urban forest, its function as a natural system and the value of urban forests as an environmental and social catalyst. Examination of what makes up the urban forest, how these components function and the importance of sustainable urban natural landscapes will be undertaken.

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Provides graduate students with a broad sampling of new and cutting-edge research related to environmental conservation to help foster critical thinking and provide a more expansive view of natural resources research. Seminars will be given by departmental faculty and faculty from other departments, both on campus and from other institutions. The seminars will be designed for both students who plan a research career and those who plan a more applied path.

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Intermediate statistics illustrated using examples from ecology. Topics include ANOVA, linear regression (simple and multiple), correlation, logistic regression, continency tables and noparametric methods. Techniques discussed in lectures and applied in laboratories.

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Mathematical methods for dealing with uncertainty. Basic counting problems. Discrete probablitlity, expected value and variance. Random number generators and Monte Carlo simulation. Bayesian reasoning, naive Bayes classifiers. Markov processes. Programming projects.

An in-depth examination of principles of distributed operating systems. Topics include processes and threads, concurrent programming, distributed interprocess communication, distributed process scheduling, shared virtual memory, distributed file systems. MACH. Familiarity with an undergraduate course on operating systems (CMPSCI 377 or equivalent) is helpful.

A brief introduction to the C programming language for students with a good working knowledge of Java and data structures. This course is good preparation for CMPSCI 230 and courses that use C and C++. Prerequisites: CMPSCI 187 or ECE 242 or permission of instructor. This course is for CMPSCI minors and majors only, but it does not count towards either degree.