Department of Information Science and Telecommunications
School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Information Science Graduate Courses
Spring Term Course Schedule 2006 (2064)
Begins: January 4, 2006– Ends April 29, 2006

Primary Academic Code for MSIS, CASIS,  Ph.D IS/Telcom  940835


Telecommunications Graduate Courses

Class Number

Catalog Number
TextBooks

Instructor

16084

INFSCI 2120: Information and Coding Theory
No Text Required.

Munro, P.

16077 INFSCI 2130: Decision Anal & Decisn Suprt Sys
Robert Clemen, Making Hard Decisions: Introduction to Decision Analysis with CD Rom, Nelson Thomas Learning, 3rd Edition, 2005, ISBN: 053-4394299, Required.
Druzdzel, M.
16088

LIS 2194: Information Ethics
Stephen L. Carter, Integrity, Harper Perennial,1996 paperback edition, ISBN: 0-06-092807-7, Required.

Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millennium, Penguin Group, 1999 paperback edition, ISBN: 1573228834, Required.

Carbo, T.

16099

INFSCI 2350: Human Factors in Systems
Wickens & Hollands, Engineering Psychology & Human Performance, Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 0321047117, Required.

Lewis, M.

18295 INFSCI 2460: Spatial Reasoning for GIS
M.F. Worboys and M. Duckham, GIS: A Computing Perspective, CRC Press, 2nd Edition, 2004, ISBN: 0415283752, Required.
Hirtle,S.

16056

INFSCI 2470:  Interactive System Design
William M. Newman, Michael G. Lamming, Interactive System Design, Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1995, ISBN: 0201631628, Recommended but out of print.

Brusilovsky, P.

16079

INFSCI 2511: Infor Sys Anal, Desgn, Evaltn
Craig Larman, Applying UML & Pattern, Prentice Hall Publishers, 1st Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0137488807, Required.

Martin Fowler,UML Distilled, Addison Wesley Publisher, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 0321193687, Recommended.

Ray, G.

16011

INFSCI 2610 :  Data Structures
Robert Kruse, C.L. Tondo, Bruce Leung, Data Structures &Program Design in C,l Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-13-288366-X , Required.

Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-13-110362-8, Recommended.

Flynn, R.

16118 INFSCI 2611: Algorithm Design
Algorithms by Richard Johnsonbauch and Marcus Schafer, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 0023606924, Required.
Karimi, H.
16065 INFSCI 2720: Geographic Information Systems
No required text.
Karimi, H.
21271 INFSCI 2820: Security Management
M. Erbschilde, Guide to Disaster Recovery, Recommended.

G. Holden, Guide to Network Defense and Countermeasures, Course Technology, 2003, ISBN: 0619131241, Recommended.

Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, ISBN: 0-201-44099-7, Addison-Wesley, 2003, Recommended.
Charles P. Pfleeger, Security in Computing, Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0133374866, Recommended.

Ross Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, 2001, ISBN: 0471389226, Recommended.

Joshi, J.
18298 INFSCI 2870: Information Processing Standards
Sherrie Bolin, The Standards Edge: Future Generations, Sheridan Books, 2005, ISBN: 0-9748648-3-8, Required.
Spring, M.

16055

INFSCI 2904: Eval Methods Medical Informatics

Friedman, C.

16119 INFSCI 2935: Spec Topc: Sys & Tec-Sys Design – Developing Secure Systems
James Whittaker, Herbert Thompson, How to Break Software Security, Addition Wesley, 2003, ISBN: 0321194330, Recommended.

Marco Pistoia, Nataraj Nagaratnam, Larry Koved, Anthony Nadalin, Enterprise Java Security: Building Secure J2EE Applications, Addition-Wesley, 2004, ISBN: 0321118898, Recommended.

Secure Systems Development with UML – Jan Jurjens, Springer-Verlag, 2005, Recommended..

Jothy Rosenberg, David Remy, Securing Web Services with WS-Security: Demystifying WS-Security, WS-Policy, SAML, XML Signature, and XML Encryption, Sams Publishing, 2004, Recommended.

Clifford J. Berg, High Assurance Design: Architecting Secure and Reliable Enterprise Applications Addison-Wesley, 2006, Recommended.

Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, Addison-Wesley, 2003, ISBN: 0-201-44099-7, Recommended.

Ross Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, 2001, Recommended.

Joshi, J.
18300 INFSCI 2937: Spec Topc: Sys & Tec - Applicatn – Security in E-Commerce
Simson Garfinkle, Web Security, Privacy and Commerce, O’Reilly Publishers, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0596000456, Required.
Spring, M.
18349 LIS 2970: Special Topics: Information Visualization
Robert Spence, Information Visualization, Addison Wesley, 1st Edition, ISBN: 0201596261, Recommended but out of print.

Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon, 2nd edition." by Chaomei Chen. (2004) Springer, ISBN: 1852337893, Required.
Koshman, S.

21216

INFSCI 3006: Introduction to Doctoral Program
No Text Required.

Munro, P.

18301 INFSCI 3966: Doctoral Seminar: Sys & Tec – Cmptng Sys
No Text Required.
Kabara, J.
18302

INFSCI 3967: Doctoral Seminar: Sys & Tec – Applctn

Zadorozhny,V.

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