594 and 595 Courses for Spring 2008
595A. Data Stream Algorithms
Enroll Code: TBA
Instructor: Subhash Suri and Tim Sherwood
Time: T 3:00-4:30
Location: 1152 HFH
Units: 2 units
Class Webpage:
Description: Discussion about papers on data streams, what are limitations of fixed memory algorithms, lower bounds on memory requirements for one- pass algorithms for computing various statistical summaries, how some of these algorithms and techniques can be implemented on hardware.
595C. Static String Analysis
Enroll Code: 76125
Instructor: Tevfik Bultan
Time: TBD (please contact instructor)
Location: TBD
Units: 2 units
Class Webpage: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~bultan/courses/595-S08/
Description: In this seminar we will discuss static string analysis techniques. Each student will be asked to present a paper and read the papers that are presented.
595D. Readings in Databases and Data Mining
Enroll Code: 74856
Instructor: Ambuj Singh
Time: M 11:00-12:00
Location: HFH 1132
Units: 2 units
Class Webpage: TBA
Description: The seminar will discuss recent papers in modeling/mining/querying as applied to uncertain data and graphs.
595D. Seminar in Information Management
Enroll Code: 72454
Instructor: Divy Agrawal and Amr El Abbadi
Time: W 1:00-3:00 (First MEETING/Presentation: April 9, 2008.)
Location: HFH 1152
Units: 2 units
Class Webpage: TBA
Description: In this seminar we will be meeting weekly to discuss latest trends and results in the following areas: databases, distributed systems, and large-scale information systems. Some of the topics that will be included are: Multi-core architectures and concurrent systems, probabilistic data and uncertainty, analytical processing over data streams, and the issue of scalability in data and systems.
595G. Underground Economies
Enroll Code: 72405
Instructor: Giovanni Vigna and Chris Kruegel
Time: W 4:00-5:00
Location: 932 101 (CTL)
Units: 2 units
Class Webpage: none
Description: This course will review research on the analysis of underground economies associated with criminal activities on the Internet
595H. Applications and Tools in Interactive Scientific Computing
Enroll Code: TBA
Instructor: John Gilbert
Time: Tuesdays 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location: HFH 5106
Units: 2 units, S/U OPTION ONLY
Class webpage:
http://gauss.cs.ucsb.edu/classes/cs595h-w08
Description: see web page
595N. Career Development Workshop
Enroll Code: 74880
Instructor: Linda Petzold
Time: Tuesdays 12:00-1:30 PM, Beginning April 1, 2008
Location: HFH 1152
Units: 1 S/U OPTION ONLY.
Class Webpage: TBA
Description: The goal of the Career Development Workshop is to refine communications skills and to prepare students for life after graduate school.
Topics to be covered will include:
- Writing a scientific paper (writing clinic)
- Making a research presentation
- Writing a grant proposal
- Job interviews and preparing your vita
- Managing your time and career
- Working in the academic world: research vs. teaching- oriented institutions
- Intellectual property and professional ethics
595N. IGERT Complex Fluids Research Focus Group
Enroll Code: 74872
Instructor: Linda Petzold
Time: Thursdays (Bi-weekly), starting April 3, 2008
Location: PHELP 3309A
Units: 2 units, S/U OPTION ONLY.
Class Webpage: http://www.cse.ucsb.edu/IGERT/groups/IGERT_fluids.html
Description: Complex fluids – fluids that contain polymers, surfactants, and often many components – are ubiquitous in everyday life. In spite of their commercial significance, the design principles for their formulation are not well established. The difficulty is that these systems are very complex from both thermodynamic and materials standpoints. The IGERT team on complex fluids focuses on mathematical and computational methods for simulation of both dynamic and equilibrium properties.
595N. IGERT Systems Biology Research Focus Group
Enroll Code: 74864
Instructor: Linda Petzold
Time: Tuesdays 8:00-9:00 am, starting April 1, 2008
Location: HFH 1132
Units: 2 units, S/U OPTION ONLY.
Class Webpage: http://www.cse.ucsb.edu/IGERT/groups/IGERT_biology.html
Description: Systems biology has emerged as an important research discipline that holds promise as a systematic approach to interpreting the complexity that underlies regulation in biological systems. The research goal of the systems biology IGERT team is to achieve a systems level understanding of biological networks using system theoretic concepts and related computational tools. The team focuses on dynamic modeling and multi-scale deterministic and stochastic simulation of complex biophysical networks coupled with sensitivity and robustness analysis tools to aid in the understanding of these networks.
595N. Technology & Politics (Technology & Society Gateway Seminar)
Enroll Code: 72413
Instructor: Kevin Almeroth
Time: T 2:00-3:30
Location: North Hall 2215
Units: 2 units
Class Webpage: http://www.cits.ucsb.edu/pdf/gateway_s08.pdf
Description: The Spring 2008 offering of the Technology & Society Seminar Series addresses the theme of technology and politics. We will explore topics such as the use of technology in political campaigns and advocacy, public policies regarding the regulation or use of technology, and technology as the product of politics.
The agenda of the seminar will be set by students’ interests. The content of the seminar is driven by student presentations on their research or topics of interest, followed by round-table discussion. The seminar typically includes participation by several faculty from diverse backgrounds. Some of the questions we may cover are:
- How is technology affecting US politics? Global politics?
- Are MySpace, Facebook, and other social networking sites meaningful contributors to democracy? What about virtual worlds?
- In what ways does new technology amplify or enhance existing patterns of political power, and in what ways does it disrupt patterns? How do new winners and losers created by technology respond to their changing status?
- What is the future of privacy? What can be done about it?
- How can potentially harmful effects of emerging technologies such as nanoparticles best be anticipated? How should they be regulated?
- Can computer scientists, engineers, and other technologists incorporate considerations about social implications into their work? Should they?
