Courses

    Examines software comprising computing systems as it builds upon hardware to provide a programming environment. Looks at structure and function of editors, compilers/assemblers, linkers, etc. Basic operating systems concepts and systems programming in high-level languages. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CSCI 2270 and either CSCI 2400 or ECEN 3350 (all minimum grade C-).
    Introduces UNIX (Linux) system administration and related topics, including trouble-shooting system and network problems, hardware and software configuration and installation, basic scripting, and security aspects of Internet hosts. Students build a Linux server from the ground up, using provided computing resources, and must maintain and secure the server themselves. Recommended prereq., CSCI 3308. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CSCI 2400 (minimum grade C-).
    Develops enterprise level design and configuration skills on local area networking via switching and routing, as well as the provisioning of remote data communications across diverse Wan technologies, using the latest available transport and security services. Credit not granted for this course and TLEN 5460. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CSCI 4273 (minimum grade C-).
    Allows students to gain practical experience with network security in a simulated network environment. Topics to be covered include system hardening, firewalls, intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, and investigation. Credit not granted for this course and TLEN 5540. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CSCI 4273 (minimum grade C-).
    Learn the key issues and principles that guide the decisions of policymakers with respect to the regulatory treatment of voice, video, and data communications. Engage in critical debate, and develop instincts for anticipating the likely regulatory models that may be applied to new technologies. This introductory course covers technical, economic, legal, political, and institutional considerations. Same as TLEN 5210. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite or corequisite course of CSCI 4123 or CSCI 4133 (minimum grade C-).
    Focuses on design and implementation of network programs and systems, including topics in network protocols, file transfer, client-server computing, remote procedure call, and other contemporary network system design and programming techniques. Familiarity with C and Unix is required. Same as CSCI 5273 and ECEN 5273. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CSCI 3753 (minimum grade C-).
    Studies computer design at the gate level. Discusses instruction set architecture design, arithmetic and logic unit design, control logic, memory design and caches, simple pipelining, I/O, and peripheral devices. Briefly covers aspects of modern computer architecture, such as multicore processors and cache coherence for these. Same as ECEN 4593. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ECEN 2350 and ECEN 3350 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Electrical Engineering (EEEN), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECEN) Computer Science (CSEN), Engineering Physics (EPEN) or Applied Mathematics (APPM).
    Presents a broad range of system measurement and modeling techniques, emphasizing applications to computer systems. Topics include system measurement, work load characterization, and analysis of data; design of experiments; simulation; and queuing theory and queuing network models. Department enforced prereq., second-semester calculus. Recommended prereq., a course in statistics. Same as CSCI 5753 and ECEN 4753/5753. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CSCI 3753 (minimum grade D-).
    Focuses on design and implementation of network programs and systems, including topics in network protocols, file transfer, client-server computing, remote procedure call, and other contemporary network system design and programming techniques. Familiarity with C and Unix is required. Same as CSCI 4273 and ECEN 5273. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree (CSEN) majors only.
    Examines design and implementation of contemporary operating systems. Significant laboratory component applies practice with OS use, analysis, and internal design. Topics include OS organization and structure, process and thread management, memory management, file management, device management, network and distributed systems, and modern runtime systems. Department enforced prereq., two years programming. Department consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree (CSEN) majors only.
    Intended to create a foundation for operating systems research or advanced professional practice. Examines the design and implementation of a number of research and commercial operating systems and their components, system organization and structure, threads, communication and synchronization, virtual memory, distribution, file systems, security and authentication, availability, and Internet services. Department enforced prereq., equivalent undergraduate coursework in operating systems and computer architecture, or instructor consent. Same as ECEN 5573. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CSCI 3753 and CSCI 4593 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree (CSEN) majors only.
    Provides a broad-scope treatment of important concepts in the design and implementation of high-performance computer systems. Discusses important issues in the pipelining of a machine and the design of cache memory systems. Also studies current and historically important computer architectures. Recommended prereq., CSCI 4593 or instructor consent required. Same as ECEN 5593. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree (CSEN) majors only.
    Examines systems that span multiple autonomous computers. Topics include system structuring techniques, scalability, heterogeneity, fault tolerance, load sharing, distributed file and information systems, naming, directory services, resource discovery, resource and network management, security, privacy, ethics, and social issues. Recommended prereqs., CSCI 5573 or a course in computer networks. Same as ECEN 5673. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree (CSEN) majors only.
    Same as CSCI 4753. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree (CSEN) majors only.
    Topics selected by instructor. Possible topics are system design, measurement and evaluation, simulation, mathematical modeling, and parallelism. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CSCI 5573 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
    Topics selected by instructor. Possible topics are online systems, multiprocessing, microprogramming, architecture, data communications, and computing networks. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.