Data Science Program

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Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center 104
(213) 740-4494
Fax: (213) 740-7285
Email: datascience@usc.edu
datascience.usc.edu
 

Director: Yolanda Gil, PhD

Associate Director, Applied Data Science and Undergraduate Programs: Emilio Ferrara, PhD

Faculty

Professors: Ellis Horowitz, PhD (Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Julia Higle, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Carl Kesselman, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering, Computer Science); Nenad Medvidovic, PhD (Computer Science); Viktor Prasanna, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Paul Rosenbloom, PhD (Computer Science); Cyrus Shahabi, PhD (Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Gaurav Sukhatme, PhD (Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering); John Wilson, PhD (Spatial Science)

Associate Professors: Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, PhD (Computer Science); Yan Liu, PhD (Computer Science)

Assistant Professor: Aleksandra Korolova, PhD (Computer Science)

Research Professors: Yigal Arens, PhD (Industrial & Systems Engineering); Craig Knoblock, PhD (Computer Science); Yolanda Gil, PhD (Computer Science)

Research Associate Professors: Jelena Mirkovic, PhD (Computer Science); Pedro Alejandro Szekely, PhD (Computer Science)

Research Assistant Professors: Yao-Yi Chiang, PhD (Spatial Science); Emilio Ferrara, PhD (Computer Science); Rafael Ferreira da Silva (Computer Science); Gale Lucas, PhD (Computer Science); Jay Pujara, PhD (Computer Science); Satish Kumar Thittamaranahalli, PhD (Computer Science)

Associate Professors of the Practice: Joseph Greenfield (Information Technology Program); Clifford Neuman, PhD (Computer Science); Wensheng Wu, PhD

Senior Lecturer: Tatyana Ryutov, PhD (Computer Science)

Lecturer: Mohammad Reza Rajati, PhD (Computer Science)

In addition to the programs listed below, the Data Science department also offers a Master of Science in Spatial Data Science  in conjunction with the Spatial Sciences department in Dornsife College and a Master of Science in Public Policy Data Science  with the Price School of Public Policy.

Programs

Bachelor’s Degree

• •  Data Science (BA)*

Minor

• •  Foundations of Data Science Minor

Joint Degree

• •  Communication Data Science Dual Degree with Tsinghua University School of Journalism and Communication (MS)

Master’s Degree

• •  Applied Data Science (MS)
• •  Communication Data Science (MS)
• •  Cyber Security Engineering (MS)
• •  Environmental Data Science (MS)
• •  Healthcare Data Science (MS)

Graduate Certificate

• •  Big Data Fundamentals Certificate

Courses

Data Science

• •  DSCI 250 Introduction to Data Science
• •  DSCI 351 Foundations of Data Management
• •  DSCI 352 Applied Machine Learning and Data Mining
• •  DSCI 429 Security and Privacy
• •  DSCI 454 Data Visualization and User Interface Design
• •  DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
• •  DSCI 519 Foundations and Policy for Information Security
• •  DSCI 523 Computer Systems Assurance
• •  DSCI 525 Trusted System Design, Analysis and Development
• •  DSCI 526 Secure Systems Administration
• •  DSCI 527 Secure Systems Engineering
• •  DSCI 528 Computer Forensics
• •  DSCI 529 Security and Privacy
• •  DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
• •  DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale
• •  DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management
• •  DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science
• •  DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
• •  DSCI 554 Data Visualization
• •  DSCI 555 Interaction Design and Usability Testing
• •  DSCI 556 User Experience Design and Strategy
• •  DSCI 558 Building Knowledge Graphs
• •  DSCI 559 Introduction to Data Management
• •  DSCI 560 Data Science Professional Practicum
• •  DSCI 562 Integration of Medical Imaging Systems
• •  DSCI 563 Medical Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Informatics Applications
• •  DSCI 564 Probability and Statistics for Data Science
• •  DSCI 570 Foundations of Communication Data Science
• •  DSCI 590 Directed Research
• •  DSCI 599 Special Topics