594 and 595 Courses for Winter 2008
595D. From Data Management to Process Management
Enroll Code: 74849
Instructor: Jianwen Su
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Units: 2 units, S/U OPTION ONLY
Class webpage: TBA
Description: Traditional database management research concerns primarily aspects of storage and retrieval of data that may be of different forms, relations or objects, temporal, spatial, multi-dimensional, etc. However, most database systems are merely one part of a larger business application environment that may consist of multiple autonomous software systems in which data are created, queried, updated, and eventually archived. Among the fundamental impact of the rapid adoption of SOA by enterprises is the possibility of modeling the "life cycles" of data in the entire application context, which makes the data being manipulated meaningful. The life cycles are often a key to essential quality of the business application. The failure of AT&T Wireless shows that a poor design of managing data and business processes can be fatal. In this seminar, we plan to discuss and explore existing technology, goals, and challenges in management of business processes---the bigger box that extends far beyond data management.
595F. Systems and Networking Seminar
Enroll Code: 74831
Instructor: Heather Zheng and Ben Zhao
Time: Tuesdays 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: HFH 1152
Units: 2 units, S/U OPTION ONLY
Class webpage: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~ravenben/classes/595-W08
Description: This is a weekly seminar for discussing recent interesting papers on systems and networking topics, including wireless and wired networking, operating and systems, systems and networking security, etc. Each week, we will discuss two papers selected from recent/upcoming conferences such as SOSP/NSDI/SIGCOMM/MOBICOM. Each presenter will prepare a 30 minute presentation to cover an overview of the paper, followed by a group discussion on the merits of the paper.
595H. Applications and Tools in Interactive Scientific Computing
Enroll Code: 74823
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
595I. Imaging, Interaction, Innovative Interfaces
Enroll Code: 78808
Instructor: Tobias Hollerer
Time: Mondays 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Elings Hall
Units: 2 units, S/U OPTION ONLY
Class webpage: http://ilab.cs.ucsb.edu/~holl/CS595I
Description: This seminar provides presentations and in-depth discussions on current research topics in Imaging, Interaction, and Innovative Interfaces. Participants will present their research, their ideas, or simply interesting related work they have come across and think worthwhile discussing in a broader, yet focused group. Open to everyone interested. You can sit in or enroll for 2 units of credit.
595I. Seminar on Multi-view Geometry and Analysis
Enroll Code: 74740
Instructor: Yuan-Fang Wang
Time: Mondays 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: HFH 1152
Units: 2 units
Class webpage: TBA
Description: This graduate seminar will be devoted to the discussions of the mathematical foundation, algorithms, techniques, and practical issues related to 3D metrology and modeling from multiple images or video sequences.
595N. IGERT Complex Fluids Research Focus Group
Enroll Code: 75481
Instructor: Linda Petzold
Time: Mondays 2:00pm - 3:00pm (Every other Monday Jan 14 - March 10)
Location: Phelps 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 in 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: 75499
Instructor: Linda Petzold
Time: Mondays 1:00pm - 2:00pm, January 14 - March 10 (no meeting Jan 21 and Feb 18)
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. Faculty Research Presentations
Enroll Code: 74732
Instructor: Wim van Dam
Time: Tuesdays 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: HFH 1152
Units: 1 unit
Class webpage: TBA
Description: For the Faculty Research Presentations (CS 595N), each faculty member gives a short presentation on his or her research. Attendance of this 1 unit course is required for first year graduate students and those that do not yet have a supervisor. Typically, two faculty members are featured per week. Questions and discussions are strongly encouraged as this is a great opportunity for you to learn more about the kind of research that is being done in your department.
