Informatics Program

Return to: USC Viterbi School of Engineering  

Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center 104
(213) 740-4494
Fax: (213) 740-7285
Email: informatics@usc.edu
Director: Cyrus Shahabi, PhD

Faculty

Professors: Michael Cody, PhD (Communication and Journalism); Ellis Horowitz, PhD (Computer Science, Eelectrical 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 Engineering); Paul Rosenbloom, PhD (Computer Science); Cyrus Shahabi, PhD (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering); Gaurav Sukhatme, PhD (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering); Milind Tambe, PhD (Computer Science, Industrial and Systems 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: Craig Knoblock, PhD (Computer Science); Yolanda Gil, PhD (Computer Science)

Research Associate Professor: Clifford Neuman, PhD (Computer Science)

Research Assistant Professors: Yao-Yi Chiang, PhD (Spatial Science); Jelena Mirkovic, PhD (Computer Science); Stefan Scherer, PhD (Computer Science)

Associate Professor of the Practice: Wensheng Wu, PhD

Senior Lecturers: Joseph Greenfield (Information Technology Program); Tatyana Ryutov, PhD (Computer Science)

Programs

Bachelor’s Degree

• •  Informatics (BA)

Master’s Degree

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

Graduate Certificate

• •  Big Data Fundamentals Certificate

Courses

Informatics

• •  INF 250 Introduction to Data Informatics
• •  INF 351 Foundations of Data Management
• •  INF 352 Applied Machine Learning and Data Mining
• •  INF 429 Security and Privacy
• •  INF 454 Data Visualization and User Interface Design
• •  INF 510 Principles of Programming for Informatics
• •  INF 519 Foundations and Policy for Information Security
• •  INF 520 Foundations of Information Security
• •  INF 521 Application of Cryptography to Information Security Problems
• •  INF 522 Policy: The Foundation for Successful Information Assurance
• •  INF 523 Computer Systems Assurance
• •  INF 524 Distributed Systems and Network Security
• •  INF 525 Trusted System Design, Analysis and Development
• •  INF 526 Secure Systems Administration
• •  INF 527 Secure Systems Engineering
• •  INF 528 Computer Forensics
• •  INF 529 Security and Privacy in Informatics
• •  INF 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
• •  INF 550 Overview of Data Informatics in Large Data Environments
• •  INF 551 Foundations of Data Management
• •  INF 552 Machine Learning for Data Informatics
• •  INF 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
• •  INF 554 Information Visualization
• •  INF 555 User Interface Design, Implementation, and Testing
• •  INF 556 User Experience Design and Strategy
• •  INF 557 Foresight for Engineers
• •  INF 558 Building Knowledge Graphs
• •  INF 559 Introduction to Data Management
• •  INF 560 Data Informatics Professional Practicum
• •  INF 561 Engineering Data Analytics
• •  INF 562 Integration of Medical Imaging Systems
• •  INF 563 Medical Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Informatics Application
• •  INF 570 Foundations of Communication Informatics
• •  INF 590 Directed Research
• •  INF 599 Special Topics