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elimination, modeling, shading, shadow generation, anti-aliasing, ray-
tracing, fractals, animation techniques, color theory, graphics
languages, and modern graphics.

COSC 623 LOGIC, COMPUTABILITY AND AUTOMATA
II
Prerequisites: COSC 523
Credits: 3
Continuation of COSC 523. The theory of abstract mathematical
machines. Structural and behavioral classification of automata; finite
state automata; theory of regular sets. Pushdown automata, linear
bounded automata. Finite transducers. Universal Turing machines.

COSC 631 DATABASE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS II
Prerequisites: COSC 531
Credits: 3
Continuation of COSC 531. Advanced topics in data base design and
information management systems. Topics include normalization and
semantic modeling, view integration, recovery and concurrency,
security and integrity, data base machines, distributed and
heterogeneous data base management, intelligent data bases, and
object-oriented systems.
COSC 641 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS II
Prerequisites: COSC 541
Credits: 3
This course is a continuation of COSC 541. The topics include numerical
differentiation and integration; the solution of initial value and
boundary ordinary differential equations; methods of solving nonlinear
systems of
equations; other topics as time permits.
COSC 645 APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY
Prerequisites: COSC 535
Credits: 3
This course teaches students some of the basic paradigms and
principles of modern cryptography and their applications. After
mathematical preliminaries from algebra and number theory, we will
explore the following topics in the field: foundations of cryptography,
public key cryptography, pseudorandom generators, elliptic curve
cryptography, and fundamental limits to information operations.

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