Introduction To Computer Science
CSCI-A591 with Professor Shan
A first course in computer science for those intending to take advanced computer science courses. Introduction to programming and to algorithm design and analysis. Using the Scheme programming language, the course covers several programming paradigms. Lecture and laboratory.
Mastering the World Wide Web
CSCI-A548 with Professor German
Project-oriented course leading to ability to maintain a web site with full functionality. Topics include background on internet network protocols and programming, web server administration, advanced web design and authoring, web protocols, interfacing services into the web.
Introduction to Software Systems
CSCI-A592 with Professor Muazzam
Design of computer software systems and introduction to programming. Topics include the C++ programming language and its data structure facilities: building and maintaining large projects: shell tools and system calls. Introduction to object-oriented programming. Lecture and laboratory.
Computer Structures
CSCI-A593 with Professor Malbasa
Structure and internal operation of computers. The architecture and assembly language programming of a specific computer are stressed, in addition to general principles of hardware organization and low-level software systems. Lecture and laboratory.
Data Structures
CSCI-A594 with Professor Siek
Systematic study of data structures encountered in computing problems; structure and use of storage media; methods of representing structured data; and techniques for operating on data structures. Lecture and laboratory.
Programming Languages
CSCI-A596 with Professor Friedman
Systematic approach to programming languages. Relationships among languages, properties and features of languages, and the computer environment necessary to use languages. Lecture and laboratory.
Introduction to Programming I
CSCI-A597 with Professor Tao
Fundamental programming constructs, including loops, arrays, classes, and files. General problem-solving techniques. Emphasis on modular programming, user-interface design, and developing good programming style. Not intended for computer science majors.
Applied Algorithms
CSCI-B505 with Professor Kulekci
The course studies the design, implementation, and analysis of algorithms and data structures as applied to real world problems. The topics include divide-and-conquer, optimization, and randomized algorithms applied to problems such as sorting, searching, and graph analysis. The course teaches trees, hash tables, heaps, and graphs.
Programming Language Foundations
CSCI-B522 with Professor Sabry
Introduction to denotational, operational, and axiomatic approaches to programming language semantics. Semantic analysis of major programming language features. Logics of programs.
Advanced Database Concepts
CSCI-B561 with Professor Yan
Database models and systems: especially relational and object-oriented; relational database design theory; structures for efficient data access; query languages and processing; database applications development; views. Transaction management: concurrency and recovery.
Advanced Database Concepts
CSCI-B561 with Professor Van Gucht
Database models and systems: especially relational and object-oriented; relational database design theory; structures for efficient data access; query languages and processing; database applications development; views. Transaction management: concurrency and recovery.
Data Mining
CSCI -B565 with Professor Raphael
Algorithmic and practical aspects of discovering patterns and relationships in large databases. The course also provides hands-on experience in data analysis, clustering and prediction. Topics include: data preprocessing and exploration, data warehousing, association rule mining, classification and regression, clustering, anomaly detection, human factors and social issues in data mining.
Topics In Data Science: Data Science On-Ramp
DSCI-D590 with Professor Anousheh
Emphasis on new developments and research in Data Science.
Data Science In Practice
DSCI-D592 with Professor Wild
Students are organized into teams to carry out real world projects in conjunction with project sponsors, while learning about methodologies for data science consulting.
Applied Database Technologies
DSCI-D532 with Professor Scrivner
This course aims to provide the basic overview of the current database landscape, starting with relational databases, SQL, and moving to several different NoSQL databases, such as XML database, MongoDB, Neo4j, Cassandra, and HBase.
Topics in Data Science: Introduction to Python Programming
DSCI-D590 with Professor Malbasa
Emphasis on new developments and research in Data Science.
Qualitative Inquiry In Education
EDUC-Y 611 with Professor Carspecken, Carspecken, Elfreich
Examination of qualitative approaches to educational inquiry (e.g. case study, naturalistic inquiry, educational anthropology, educational connoisseurship and criticism). Exploration of methods for collecting and analyzing qualitative data, criteria for field studies, and approaches to writing up field studies.
Critical Qualitative Inquiry II
EDUC-Y 613 with Professor Dennis
his second course in the sequence continues the exploration of social theory and methodology by providing an opportunity for students to follow through on fieldwork and analysis started in EDUC-Y 612 and by examining some theory left implicit in EDUC-Y 612. The course will include opportunities to begin writing methodological tests.
Workshop In Instructional Systems Technology (Variable Title)
EDUC-R 505 with Professor Boling
Topical workshops on selected media/technology emphasizing hands-on experience. Content will vary; e.g. multi-image, microcomputers, simulations/games. This is a service course that may or may not be applicable to IST majors depending on workshop topic and content.
Information Visualization
ENGR-E583 with Professor Bueckle
This course provides students with a working knowledge on how to visualize abstract information and hands-on experience in the application of this knowledge to specific domains, different tasks, and diverse, possibly non-technical users.
Information Visualization
ENGR-E583 with Professor Bueckle
This course provides students with a working knowledge on how to visualize abstract information and hands-on experience in the application of this knowledge to specific domains, different tasks, and diverse, possibly non-technical users.
Environmental Remote Sensing
GEOG-G535 with Professor Kim
Principles of remote sensing of the earth and its atmosphere, emphasizing satellite data in visible, infrared, and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Emphasis on practical applications and digital image analysis. A satellite data analysis project is required.
ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING: DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
GEOG-G536 with Professor Hwang
Advanced remote sensing theory and digital image processing techniques with an emphasis on environmental science applications. Hands-on computer exercises provide significant experience in digital image processing techniques for extraction of qualitative and quantitative information about Earth's terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Geographic Information Systems
GEOG-G538 with Professor Kim
Overview of the principles and practices of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Spatial data models, database design, introductory and intermediate GIS operations, and case studies of real-world GIS applications. Laboratory exercises will provide significant hands-on experience. Lecture and laboratory.
Advanced Geographic Information Systems
GEOG-G 539 with Professor Kim
Intermediate and advanced topics in geographic information science and spatial analysis techniques using GIS software. This advanced course is for graduates who seek a greater understanding of this rapidly developing field and to learn how to construct, manage and analyze their own GIS data and models.
COMPUTING IN THE GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES
GEOG-G566 with Professor Robeson
A first course in scientific computing that emphasizes practical applications in the geospatial and environmental sciences. Requires high-level programming using MATLAB for visualization, data analysis, and modeling. Teaches problem solving through analysis and interpretation of a wide range of environmental and geographic data.
GEOSPATIAL PROGRAMMING
GEOG-G585 with Professor Hwang
Introduces both JavaScript and Python programming languages in conjunction with the Google Earth Engine and ArcGIS for geospatial analysis. Provides hands-on programming experience to independently solve problems in Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sending (RS) analysis, including machine learning.
User Services And Tools
ILS-Z501 with Professor Fichman
This course introduces students to the basic information sources and services among different types of libraries and information centers, including academic, public, special and school media.
Representation And Organization
ILS-Z503 with Professor Martell
Introduces students to various disciplines: approaches to the understanding, organization, representation (summarizing) and use of knowledge information. This survey looks for commonality among the approaches taken in information science, cognitive psychology, semiotics, and artificial intelligence, among others. The goal is to identify criteria for evaluation and improvement of ways to organize and represent information for future retrieval. Information systems currently used in libraries and information centers will be studied as examples. Emphasis in the course is on concepts and ideas, with appropriate attention to terminology and technology.
INFORMATION ANALYTICS
ILS-Z519 with Professor Soe
Theoretical and practical exploration of issues surrounding contemporary information systems. A specific focus will be on evaluating information systems from the user perspective. This approach will cut across disciplinary frameworks: behavioral, cognitive, and social sciences. It will also cover multiple research methods: online surveys, sense-making, critical incident, and network analysis.
Database Design
ILS-Z511 with Professor Choi
Concerned with access to bibliographic information from a user-centered point of view. Considers various database models such as flat file, relational, and hypertest in terms of text, sound, numeric, image and geographic data. The student will design and implement databases using a variety of commercial DRMS systems.
Digital Curation
ILS-Z586 with Professor Donaldson
Preserving and providing long-term access to digital materials over time is a Grand Challenge. They require constant and onging maintenance. This course provides an overview of research, policy and current practices in curating and preserving digital data, gives students practical experience, working with digital materials, and creating digital curation plans.
INTRODUCTION TO MOVING IMAGE PRESERVATON
ILS-Z587 with Professor Stoeltje
This class provides librarians and archivists skills, knowledge, and resources to properly handle moving image materials. It is also for those interested in preserving audiovisual media. Moving image archiving is in transition; the class addresses this transformation and how it affects practices, sites, and conceptions of film and video conservation.
Human-Computer Interaction
ILS-Z516 with Professor Soe
Search
ILS-Z534 with Professor Ghazinejad
The success of commercial search engines shows that Information Retrieval is a key in helping users find the information they seek. This course provides an introduction to information retrieval theories and concepts underlying all search applications. We investigate techniques used in modern search engines and demonstrate their significance by experiment.
Advanced Archives
ILS-Z604 with Professor Donaldson
Social Media Mining
ILS-Z639 with Professor Ghazinejad
This course provides a graduate-level introduction to social media mining and methods. The course provides hands-on experience mining social data for social meaning extraction (focus on sentiment analysis) using automated methods and machine learning technologies. We will read, discuss, and critique claims and findings from contemporary research related to SMM.
Comic Books and Their Readers
ILS-Z604 with Professor Walsh
Information Architecture in Practice
ILS-Z604 with Professor Wehner
Folklore Archives, Digital Age
ILS-Z604 with Professor Hillers
Class meets with FOLK-F 804 A hands-on introduction to the folklore archive which teaches students about the organization and preservation of manuscript, audio, and digital materials. The course looks at the evolution of the folklore archive from its nineteenth- and early twentieth-century origin to its digital present. Visits to several IU archives will provide students an insight into discipline-specific practices, and the final project will allow students the opportunity to work directly with archival materials. We will look at the challenges and opportunities of digitization by using major online folklore archives, such as the Irish National Folklore Collection (www.dúchas.iu). Finally we will address issues of community access, repatriation, and the ethics of cultural archiving.
Metadata
ILS-Z634 with Professor Arave
Information Visualization
ILS-Z637 with Professor Ma
ILS-Z 637 Information Visualization (3 cr.) Introduces information visualization, highlighting processes which produce effective visualizations. Topics include perceptual basis of information visualization, data analysis to extract relationships, and interaction techniques.
Social Media Mining
ILS-Z639 with Professor Ghazinejad
his course provides a graduate-level introduction to social media mining and methods. The course provides hands-on experience mining social data for social meaning extraction (focus on sentiment analysis) using automated methods and machine learning technologies. We will read, discuss, and critique claims and findings from contemporary research related to SMM.
CMPTR-MEDIATED DISCRSE ANALYS
ILS-Z639 with Professor Herring
Human-Centered Research Methods in Informatics
INFO-I502 with Professor Ensmenger
This course surveys a broad range of research methods employed in Informatics, exploring their meta-theoretical underpinnings and exemplifying their application to specific research questions. This course is intended for students in Informatics graduate programs, especially PhD students, who need a grounding in research methods.
Management, Access, And Use Of Big And Complex Data
INFO-I535 with Professor Kouper
Innovation today is emerging from a preponderance of data from sensors, social media, and the Internet. This course covers knowledge representation, data process, and data management for big and complex data. Specific topics include data integration, semantics, and provenance; workflows and pipelines; and distributed noSQL stores.
Advanced Topics in Virtual Heritage
INFO-I588 with Professor Guidi
This course teaches students how to create simulations of complex cultural heritage environments such as a room and its furnishings, a building, or a settlement. Also covered are the principles of restorations of art, technologies to disseminate 3D models, and the use of simulations as tools of scientific discovery.
Topics in Information: HCI/D Studio Practice
INFO-I590 with Professor Gray
Variable topic. Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics In Informatics: Multimedia Arts and Technology
INFO-I590 with Professor El-Shamy
Variable topic. Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics In Informatics: Introduction To Virtual Reality
INFO-I590 with Professor Wood
Variable topic. Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics In Informatics: Smart Cities
INFO-I590 with Professor Habeeb
Variable topic. Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: Prototyping with Arduino Tools
INFO-I590 with Professor Francisco
Variable topic. Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Fundamental Computer Concepts for Informatics
INFO-I500 with Professor Kulekci
An introduction to fundamental principles of computer concepts for Informatics study, including an overview of computer architecture, computer algorithms, fundamentals of operating systems, data structure, file organization and database concepts.
Social Media Informatics
INFO-I505 with Professor Paolillo
Social media platforms and research on social media are both defined by their applications of algorithms and interpretations of human agents. This course emphasizes the interplay of these elements, drawing on techniques from linguistics and computational approaches such as natural language processing, network modeling and analysis, and vector space modeling.
Interaction Design Methods
INFO-I543 with Professor Toombs
Students will learn basic concepts and methods for usability studies and evaluation of interactive systems as well as apply those methods to actual system design evaluations. This course is not only for understanding the basics and traditional approaches in this area, but also for exploring new ways of evaluating the usability of state-of-the-art technology-based systems such as systems in ubiquitous computing, CSCW, tangible and social computing areas.
Interaction Design Methods
INFO-I543 with Professor Gray
Students will learn basic concepts and methods for usability studies and evaluation of interactive systems as well as apply those methods to actual system design evaluations. This course is not only for understanding the basics and traditional approaches in this area, but also for exploring new ways of evaluating the usability of state-of-the-art technology-based systems such as systems in ubiquitous computing, CSCW, tangible and social computing areas.
Meaning and Form in HCI
INFO-I561 with Professor Blevis
This course is a continuation of Human-Computer Interaction Design I, emphasizing the justification of design effectiveness.
Meaning and Form in HCI
INFO-I561 with Professor Blevis
This course is a continuation of Human-Computer Interaction Design I, emphasizing the justification of design effectiveness.
Topics in Informatics: Prototyping with Arduino Tools
INFO-I590 with Professor Francisco
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: Introduction to Virtual Reality
INFO-I590 with Professor Wood
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: ARTIFICIAL LIFE IN VR
INFO-I590 with Professor Wood
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: 3D DIGITIZATION
INFO-I590 with Professor Guidi
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: BUILDING VIRTUAL WORLDS
INFO-I590 with Professor Wood
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: Advanced Information Ethics
INFO-I590 with Professor Terrell
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: VISUALIZING DATA WITH TABLEAU
INFO-I590 with Professor McCoy
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: EXPLORATIONS EDUCATIONAL TECH
INFO-I590 with Professor Francisco
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
Topics in Informatics: TECHNOLOGICAL NATURE
INFO-I590 with Professor Peirce Caudell
Emphasis is on new developments and research in informatics.
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION DESIGN THEORY
INFO-I604 with Professor Kaziunas
he course will explore, analyze and criticize underlying assumptions and the rationale behind some of the most influential theoretical attempts in HCI and related fields. The purpose of the course is to make students aware of how theories can influence practice and to develop critical thinking around the role, purpose, and function for theories.
Network Science
INFO-I606 with Professor Yeol Ahn
This course teaches the fundamental theories, algorithms, and key applications of network science across social and biological systems.
Network Science
INFO-I606 with Professor Fortunato
This course teaches the fundamental theories, algorithms, and key applications of network science across social and biological systems.
Human Computer Interaction
INFO-I609 with Professor Blevis
Ph.D. student introduction to major historical and emerging theories, methods, technologies, and applications in Informatics. Provides students with opportunities to explore relevant research literature, results, and applications. Students will develop a profound understanding of leading research approaches and paradigms in their research area.
Computation and Linguistic Analysis
LING-L545 with Professor Tyers
This course explores how linguistic analysis can be stated as computer programs, emphasizing the design of data structures used in linguistic analysis, the computational issues underlying them, and their use in natural processing.
Applying Machine Learning Techniques in Computational Linguistics
LING-L665 with Professor Cavar
Course includes an introduction to CL and to W focused on supervised algorithms: decision trees and rule learning. Also considered are applications of ML algorithms to CL problems.
Seminar in Computational Linguistics
LING-L715 with Professor Tyers
The seminar will introduce students to current research in the field of Computational Linguistics.
Media Research
MSCH-M502 with Professor Thompson
Introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methodologies used in media.
Media Research
MSCH-M502 with Professor Kang
Introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methodologies used in media.
MIDI and Computer Music
MUS-N561 with Professor Wang
MIDI and Computer Music
MUS-N561 with Professor Warren
Projects in Scoring Visual Media
MUS-K502 with Professor Groupe
Electronic Studio Resources II
MUS-K504 with Professor Gibson
Topics in Scoring Visual Media: Intro to Scoring Long Form
MUS-K555 with Professor Groupe
Though there will be workstations with software available for student use, it is suggested that students own or have at their disposal use of: 1) Digital Audio Workstation (DAW, sequencer); AND 2) Sound library (orchestral library, softsynth, extras as desired). More details and pre-requisites: http://tinyurl.com/gonyddy
Topics in Scoring Visual Media: Synthestration 2
MUS-K555 with Professor Thomas
Specialized techniques course developing students' skills in music scoring for visual media. More details: http://tinyurl.com/gonyddy
Projects in Electronic Music
MUS-K506 with Professor Gibson
Advanced projects in electroacoustic composition.
Political Data Analysis II
POLS-Y576 with Professor DeSante
This course is designed to build upon the concepts and skills developed in POLS Y575 (Political Data Analysis I). Successful completion of the Y575 course is a prerequisite for enrolling in this course (unless permission has been obtained from the instructor). The first half of the course will introduce students to bivariate and multivariate regression models. We will begin with the linear model, including a discussion of the goals and assumptions of ordinary least squares (OLS). We will also cover models for handling dichotomous dependent variables (logits and probits). The second half of the course will introduce students to the logic of causal inference. Topics covered include DAGs, experiments, difference-in-difference designs, regression discontinuities, and instrumental variables.
Graduate Topics in Digital Art
SOAD-S510 with Professor Young
Opportunity for students to investigate the computer as an interactive tool in the process of art making while examining aesthetics and processes of major artists working in this field. Provides the opportunity for exploration of the computer’s potential use in the art work of each class member.
Graduate Topics in Digital Art
SOAD-S510 with Professor Rivers
Opportunity for students to investigate the computer as an interactive tool in the process of art making while examining aesthetics and processes of major artists working in this field. Provides the opportunity for exploration of the computer’s potential use in the art work of each class member.
Graduate Topics in Digital Art
SOAD-S510 with Professor Dolinsky
Opportunity for students to investigate the computer as an interactive tool in the process of art making while examining aesthetics and processes of major artists working in this field. Provides the opportunity for exploration of the computer’s potential use in the art work of each class member.
Graduate Digital Art
SOAD-S511 with Professor Staff
Through advanced studio projects in digital art, the student will create a body of work involving experimentation with technology incorporating installation, multimedia, networks, virtual environments, and/or portable media. Topics of relevance to contemporary digital art will be considered, such as interaction, time-based media, location, and virtuality.
MFA Digital Art Seminar
SOAD-S519 with Professor Young
nvestigates the relationship between art, aesthetics, and technology. Topics can include virtual environments, screen-media, sound art, time-based media, networked art, and locative media, as well as related history, criticism and theory. Coursework includes readings, discussions and research-based projects, papers or presentations.
Graduate Topics in Graphic Design: Graphic Design & Programming
SOAD-S550 with Professor Landerman
Professional problem solving in graphic design. Using a variety of mediums to communicate messages, students apply processes from printing to multimedia as appropriate for directed projects.
Graduate Topics in Graphic Design: Graphic Design & Programming
SOAD-S550 with Professor Cvitkovich
Professional problem solving in graphic design. Using a variety of mediums to communicate messages, students apply processes from printing to multimedia as appropriate for directed projects.
Graduate Graphic Design
SOAD-S551 with Professor Staff
Graphic design as an integral element of all visual communication media. Self-defined and assigned study to assure as wide as possible exposure to the problem-solving process.
MFAGraphic Design Seminar
SOAD-S559 with Professor Landerman/Cvitkovich
Vector-Based Geographic Information Systems
SPEA-E518 with Professor Primack
Geographic information systems using vector data structure. Vector GIS capabilities and uses. Data structure and file management of spatial data. Laboratory exercises using ARC/INFO software.
Introduction To Statistics
STAT-S520 with Professor Valdivia
Basic concepts of data analysis and statistical inference, applied to 1-sample and 2-sample location problems, the analysis of variance, and linear regression. Probability models and statistical methods applied to practical situations and actual data sets from various disciplines. Elementary statistical theory, including the plug-in principle, maximum likelihood, and the method of least squares.
Introduction To Statistics
STAT-S520 with Professor Valdivia
Basic concepts of data analysis and statistical inference, applied to 1-sample and 2-sample location problems, the analysis of variance, and linear regression. Probability models and statistical methods applied to practical situations and actual data sets from various disciplines. Elementary statistical theory, including the plug-in principle, maximum likelihood, and the method of least squares.
Applied Statistical Computing
STAT-S611 with Professor Manrique-Vallier
This course will be an introduction to statistical computing using R and C/C++. It will mainly focus on writing code for solving statistical problems. We will also cover a number of algorithms used in modern statistical computation. Topics may include: computer representation of numbers and finite precision arithmetic, programming in R, advanced R, programing in C/C++, random number generation, Monte Carlo methods, Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, numerical linear algebra, and numerical optimization. The selection of specific topics and their emphasis can be adjusted to accommodate the class and instructor's interests and preferences.
Exploratory Data Analysis
STAT-S670 with Professor Luen
Numerical and graphical techniques for summarizing and displaying data. Exploration versus confirmation. Connections with conventional statistical analysis and data mining. Applications to large data sets.
Advanced Data Analysis I
STAT-S771 with Professor Xie
Advanced Data Analysis II
STAT-S772 with Professor Xie
Sound Design I
THTR-T547 with Professor Hopson
Study of the practical use, aesthetics, and implementation of sound in theatre productions. Focus is on using computers to assist in the creation, selection, and playback of sound cues. Topics include sound system operation and design for both plays and musicals. Emphasis on researching, selecting, and recording music for production.
Lighting Design Seminar
THTR-T646 with Professor Hahn
Development of a lighting designer's critical experience with color, timing, volumetric space, lateral thinking, and creativity are addressed in successive semesters in this project-based course, heavy on critique. With these supporting skills, the designer's work in production can be conducted with greater confidence and assurance of a successful outcome.
