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computer science.

COSC 599 QUALIFYING EXAM FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Pass/Fail examination
Credits: 0

COSC 614 OPERATING SYSTEMS II
Prerequisites: COSC 514
Credits: 3
Continuation of COSC 514. Advanced topics in virtual memory management,
file and data base system management, operating systems security, disk
performance optimization, analytic modeling, and distributed operating
systems. Case studies in operating systems.
COSC 615 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Prerequisites: COSC 514 and COSC 516
Credits: 3
A survey of computer systems performance issues and evaluation
methodologies. Topics include workload characterization, parallelism, concepts
in hardware/software, computer measurement tools (e.g., hardware and
software monitors, modeling and benchmarking), system utilization and
performance profiles, and systems evaluation methodology (including the
analysis and optimization of CPU, memory, channels, and peripheral
resources).
COSC 618 COMPUTER GRAPHICS II
Prerequisites: COSC 518 and COSC 528
Credits: 3
Continuation of COSC 518. Topics will be chosen from three-dimensional (3D)
interactive graphics, raster display system architecture, 3D homogeneous
coordinate system, hidden surface elimination, modeling, shading, shadow
generation, anti-aliasing, ray-tracing, fractals, animation techniques, color
theory, graphics languages, and modern graphics.

COSC 619 IMAGE PROCESSING I
Prerequisites: COSC 504
Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to Computer Vision and Image Processing
fundamentals, human visual system, image resolution, binary images, gray
scale images, multispectral images, digital image formats, preprocessing, image

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