CS 598

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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.

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CS 598 class schedule data for spring 2006
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
43732	Lecture-Discussion	CAG	11:00AM -12:15PM	WF	1304 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Gunter, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Advanced Computer Security. Prerequisite CS 498CAG in 2005 or permission of instructor. This course enables students to understand and contribute to current research trends in computer and network security. Topics include secure web services, tamper-resistant software architectures, protection against unwanted traffic such as DoS and spam, security for large-scale critical infrastructure, security for mobile and ubiquitous computing, and security and privacy for healthcare.
39668	Lecture-Discussion	DAF	11:00AM -12:15PM	WF	1214 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Forsyth, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Applications of Computer Vision.
43815	Lecture-Discussion	DF2	3:30PM -4:45PM	TR	1103 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Forsyth, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Modern Rendering Methods. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
31662	Lecture-Discussion	EA	11:00AM -12:15PM	WF	1131 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Amir, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Decision-Making Under Uncertainty. Prerequisite: CS 440 or consent of Instructor. Additional information at: http://reason.cs.uiuc.edu/eyal/classes/sp06/cs598ea/
43775	Lecture-Discussion	IG	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	1214 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Gupta, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems. This course discusses classical and contemporary papers in peer-to-peer systems, sensor networks, and theoretical distributed computing. Students write a conference-quality paper through the course of the semester, helped by regular feedback from course staff and the class.
43773	Lecture-Discussion	JH	12:30PM -1:45PM	WF	1214 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Hou, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Advanced Topics in Wireless Networks. In this course, we will discuss issues with better defining and characterizing wireless links and their implications for higher-layer protocol design and optimization. Specifically, we will study the following issues: (T1) Channel behavior understanding and modeling based on real-life measurement results, (T2) fundamental analysis of the achievable transport capacity of a wireless mesh network, (T3) inter-flow and intra-flow interference control, (T4) cross-layer design and optimization that can achieve substantial gains in overall network performance, (T5) multi-radio and mult-path multicast routing, (T6) systems prototyping and experimentation issues.
43782	Lecture-Discussion	KCC	2:00PM -3:15PM	WF	1302 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Chang, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Information Access on the Web: Search, Integration, and Mining. Problems, algorithms, and prototypes for information search, integration, and mining on the Web.
43781	Lecture-Discussion	MJG	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	1103 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Garland, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Digital Geometry Processing. Prerequisite: CS 418. This course will explore advanced techniques for representing and processing 3-D geometric object models.
31665	Lecture-Discussion	REJ	9:00AM -10:45AM	TR	1304 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Johnson, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Object-Oriented Programming and Design. Learn object-oriented design by studying examples from Squeak, many of which have been polished for 25 years. Learn about design patterns, how to use frameworks and how to design them, and reflection. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Consent of Instructor.
43771	Lecture-Discussion	RHK	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	1302 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Kravets, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Advanced Topics in Network Protocols, Architectures and Applications. Prerequisite: CS 438 or equivalent is required; CS 423 or equivalent is recommended.
41496	Lecture-Discussion	SOS	12:00PM -2:50PM	F	1103 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Gasser, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Self-Organizing Information Systems Cross-listed with LIS 590 SOS. This research seminar will investigate self-organizing properties of complex information systems and ways of designing adaptive, self-organizing information collections. Some examples of self-organizing information systems include collaborative filtering systems, adaptive websites, market-based information economies, self-generating language communities, and personal information collections. A methodological focus of the seminar will be the use of simulation methods as an investigative and design tool.
31663	Lecture-Discussion	SRR	2:00PM -3:15PM	R	1131 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Ray, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/06-05/03/06 Credit: 2 hours Section Info: Topic: Artificial Neural Networks. This course covers a broad spectrum of the most useful and durable neural network architectures and associated concepts; theory of their learning algorithms, and practical applications are discussed.