CS 498

Spring 2010 All Classes

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Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in computer science intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

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CS 498 class schedule data for spring 2010
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
47232	Laboratory	AB	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Patel, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10
47231	Lecture	AL	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	1302 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Patel, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Programming Massively Parallel Microprocessors. Prerequisites: ECE 411 or CS 225 and CS 433. This course introduces the student to parallel programming, for processors with many computation cores (typically graphical processing units (GPUs))/ Topics include exploitation of parallelism, programming models, hardware organizations, mapping computations to parallel hardware, efficient data structures, paradigms for efficient parallel algorithms./Six lab assignments and one final project reinforce and supplement the lecture and reading materials. This section meets with ECE 498, AL
41438	Lecture	GG	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	1105 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Garnett, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic - Game Design: Creating Virtual Worlds. Prerequisite: CS 242 In this course, you will learn principles of game design, game theory and current video game technologies related to multiplayer games and virtual worlds. Topics will include theory of games, story crafting, game engines, graphics, physics simulations, AI simulation, world design, play testing, multi-player interaction models, user interface design. You will apply theoretical concepts taught during lectures to a semester-long video game design project of your choosing. Meets with INFO 490 GG and MUSIC 404 C.
50445	Lecture-Discussion	LA	ARRANGED	n.a.	ARR Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Angrave, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Undergraduate Research Laboratory In this apprenticeship-style, hands-on laboratory, students learn to i) Pose testable research questions; ii) Write competitive grant proposals; iii) Create novel solutions using software and/or hardware; iv) Draw valid scientific conclusions; and v) Present and publish results, conclusions and other materials. This team-based course is for undergraduate students only. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
52301	Lecture	MG3	11:00AM -12:15PM	WF	1103 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Garzaran, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Program Optimization. Prerequisite: CS 225 and CS 232. The focus of this course is the study of techniques for the implementation of efficient computations in terms of time and power consumption. Specific topics include: performance monitoring tools and techniques, program analysis and transformations for performance improvement, locality enhancement, multi-core processing, programming multimedia extensions, algorithm selection, and autotuning. This section is for undergraduate or graduate students.
52302	Lecture	MG4	11:00AM -12:15PM	WF	1103 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Garzaran, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Program Optimization. Prerequisite: CS 225 and CS 232. The focus of this course is the study of techniques for the implementation of efficient computations in terms of time and power consumption. Specific topics include: performance monitoring tools and techniques, program analysis and transformations for performance improvement, locality enhancement, multi-core processing, programming multimedia extensions, algorithm selection, and autotuning. This section is for graduate students only. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
50232	Lecture	SL3	11:00AM -12:15PM	WF	1131 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Lavalle, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Planning Algorithms. Prerequisite: CS 473 or consent of instructor. This course provides an introduction to planning algorithms for both discrete and continuous spaces. Issues related to robotics, sensing, motion planning, and control theory will be addressed. A combination of theoretical and implementation issues will be considered. This section is for undergraduate or graduate students.
50234	Lecture	SL4	11:00AM -12:15PM	WF	1131 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Lavalle, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Planning Algorithms. Prerequisite: CS 473 or consent of instructor. This course provides an introduction to planning algorithms for both discrete and continuous spaces. Issues related to robotics, sensing, motion planning, and control theory will be addressed. A combination of theoretical and implementation issues will be considered. This section is for graduate students only. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.