CS 4950 — Computer Science Research Seminar
1 semester hoursUndergraduateSeminartypical days: ThBostonTraditionalrepeatable for credit
Offers students an in-depth look at research in a particular subarea of computer science, information science, data science, or cybersecurity. The particular subarea varies from semester to semester. Exposes students to current research topics, often via guest faculty members. Offers students an opportunity to practice reading and discussing scientific literature, presenting scientific work, and distilling the key ideas and contributions of papers through required weekly paper summaries. May be repeated once.
Prerequisites
- CS 3950 (min D-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 26% | 14.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 10% | 27.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 38% · W 0% · Th 63% · F 0%
Common patterns: R (63% of sections), T (38% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Aanjhan Ranganathan (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Olga Vitek (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (CS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All CS courses · Plan it at numap.app
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