This is a course about the practice of programming. Programming is more than just writing code. Programmers must also assess tradeoffs, choose among design alternatives, debug and test, improve performance, and maintain software written by themselves & others. At the same time, they must be concerned with compatibility, robustness, and reliability, while meeting specifications. Students will have the opportunity to develop these skills by working on their own code and in group projects.

This course is an introduction to the concepts of 2D and 3D computer vision. It surveys a wide range of topics from level-level vision to high-level recognition. We will discuss concepts such as filtering and edge detection; cameras and shape reconstruction; segmentation and clustering; optical flow and tracking; object recognition; motion recognition; statistical modeling of visual data, etc. Throughout the course, there will also be examination of aspects of human vision and perception that guide and inspire computer vision techniques.

How to secure computing systems, communications, and users. Basic cryptography; private and authenticated communication; software security; malware; operating system protection; network security; web security; physical security; cryptocurrencies and blockchains; privacy and anonymity; usable security; economics of security; ethics of security; legal and policy issues.

Developing programming skills for systems building, including modular program design, programming style, testing, debugging, and performance tuning. Additionally, an introduction to ARM assembly language and machine language.

A hands-on synthesis of key topics from digital architectures and software engineering in one course. Starting with the most elementary logic gate, Nand, students build a general-purpose computer system that can run Tetris, and any other program. You will learn how computers work, how they are constructed, and how to plan and build large-scale systems. The hardware platform (logic gates, RAM, CPU) is built in a simple Hardware Description Language, learned in the course; The software hierarchy (assembler, compiler, basic OS) is built in Java. Assignments are done in pairs and are supported by extensive scaffolding and partial implementations.