CS 7870 — Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science
4 semester hoursGraduateSeminarusually offered: fall, springtypical days: TBostonTraditionalrepeatable for credit
Gives students the opportunity to read and present various survey and research papers in theoretical computer science. Faculty supervisor and topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated three times for a maximum of 16 total semester hours.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 28% | 21.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 17% | 24.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 19% | 23.5 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 15 | 45 | 33% | 15.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 28% | 18.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14% | 25.0 |
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 49% · T 51% · W 4% · Th 49% · F 44%
Common patterns: MR (45% of sections), TF (44% of sections), T (7% of sections), MWR (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Rajmohan Rajaraman (31% of students) · reviews
- Ravi Sundaram (27% of students) · reviews
- Huy Nguyen (27% of students) · reviews
- Zhengzhong Jin (15% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Jonathan Ullman (45% of students) · reviews
- Daniel Wichs (17% of students) · reviews
- Mahsa Derakhshan (17% of students) · reviews
- Soheil Behnezhad (14% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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