Special Topics

Special Topics courses cover some of our most innovative and promising research directions.  They are often prototypes of new courses that we are developing.

Special Topics courses offer variable course content, so each semester's offerings are unique.

Summer 2023

We aren't offering any courses in Summer 2023.

Fall 2023

CSE 199 Internet, Computing, & Society (Seminar)
Section: A
Instructor: Kenneth A. Joseph
Description: Internet, Computing, & Society
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 16418
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: MW, 5:00PM-5:50PM
Location: Nsc 215, North Campus
Credit Hours: 3.00
Enrollment: 20/140 (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 199SR registration number 16418 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 199SR orange catalog icon
CSE 199 Internet, Computing, & Society (Seminar)
Section: B
Instructor: Kenneth A. Joseph
Description: Internet, Computing, & Society
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 16419
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: MW, 4:00PM-4:50PM
Location: Nsc 215, North Campus
Credit Hours: 3.00
Enrollment: 28/129 (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 199SR registration number 16419 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 199SR orange catalog icon
CSE 199 Internet, Computing, & Society (Seminar)
Section: C
Instructor: Kenneth A. Joseph
Description: Internet, Computing, & Society
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 16420
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: MW, 4:00PM-4:50PM
Location: Hoch 114, North Campus
Credit Hours: 3.00
Enrollment: 11/132 (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 199SR registration number 16420 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 199SR orange catalog icon
CSE 199 Internet, Computing, & Society (Seminar)
Section: D
Instructor: Kenneth A. Joseph
Description: Internet, Computing, & Society
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 16761
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: MW, 5:00PM-5:50PM
Location: Davis 101, North Campus
Credit Hours: 3.00
Enrollment: 25/140 (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 199SR registration number 16761 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 199SR orange catalog icon
CSE 199 Internet, Computing, & Society (Seminar)
Section: E
Instructor: Kenneth A. Joseph
Description: Internet, Computing, & Society
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 17052
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: MW, 5:00PM-5:50PM
Location: Hoch 114, North Campus
Credit Hours: 3.00
Enrollment: 10/140 (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 199SR registration number 17052 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 199SR orange catalog icon
CSE 199 Internet, Computing, & Society (Seminar)
Section: F
Instructor: Kenneth A. Joseph
Description: Internet, Computing, & Society
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 17051
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: MW, 4:00PM-4:50PM
Location: Cooke 121, North Campus
Credit Hours: 3.00
Enrollment: 2/134 (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 199SR registration number 17051 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 199SR orange catalog icon
CSE 410 3D Game Development in Unreal (Lecture)
Section: PAUL
Instructor: Paul Dickson
Description: This course covers the methods and technologies used to implement modern video games. Students will be introduced to the Unreal game engine and concepts central to developing video games. After the introduction, students will spend the rest of the semester working on a team-project game of the students' choosing. The course provides first-hand experience of building games and the process of refactoring and testing needed in order to complete a video game prototype.
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 21961
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: MWF, 9:00AM-9:50AM
Location: Nsc 216, North Campus
Credit Hours: 1.00-3.00
Enrollment: 60/60 (0/60 seats reserved: force registration only) (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 410LEC registration number 21961 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 410LEC orange catalog icon
CSE 410 Internet of Things and Mobile Computing (Lecture)
Section: WENY
Instructor: Wenyao Xu
Description: This course concentrates on the discussion of emerging internet-of-things (IoT) and mobile systems. After reviewing traditional embedded, mobile and systems, a set of new applications and technologies will be in-depth discussed. Also, this course will discuss research work on IoT systems, and focus on both technologies and applications, including smart health and cybersecurity. By the end of the course, students will review the concept, design, implementation and applications of IoT topics. Hands-on projects will be provided in this course. Students will form teams and prototype IoT and mobile systems for real-world applications.
Notes: Projects are mandatory.
Coreqs: No
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 21960
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: F, 2:00PM-4:50PM
Location: Baldy 117, North Campus
Credit Hours: 1.00-3.00
Enrollment: 7/30 (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 410LEC registration number 21960 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 410LEC orange catalog icon
CSE 410 Software Security (Lecture)
Section: ZHAO
Instructor: Ziming Zhao
Description: Check out the video description of the course made by Professor Ziming Zhao Video Description https://zzm7000.github.io/teaching/2021fallcse410510/ Description: This course is designed to provide students with good understanding of the theories, principles, techniques and tools used for software and system hacking and hardening. Students will study, in-depth, binary reverse engineering, vulnerability classes, vulnerability analysis, exploit and shellcode development, defensive solutions, etc. to understand how to crack and protect native software. In particular, this class covers offensive techniques including stack-based buffer overflow, heap security, format string vulnerability, return-oriented programming, etc. This class also covers defensive techniques including canary, shadow stack, address space layout randomization, control-flow integrity, etc. A key part of studying security is putting skills to the test in practice. Hacking challenges known as Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions are a great way to do this. In this class the progress of students are evaluated by lab assignment and in-class Capture-The-Flag (CTF) competitions.
Instruction Mode: In person
Class #: 20653
Dates: 08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023
Days, Time: M, 5:00PM-7:50PM
Location: Nsc 201, North Campus
Credit Hours: 1.00-3.00
Enrollment: 17/40 (0/40 seats reserved: force registration only) (Active)
Links: Registration: CSE 410LEC registration number 20653 calendar icon | Course Catalog: CSE 410LEC orange catalog icon