ENGG1002. Computer programming and applications (6 credit-units)
This course covers both the basic and advanced features of the C/C++ programming languages, including syntax, identifiers, data types, control statements, functions, arrays, file access, objects and classes, class string, structures and pointers. It introduces programming techniques such as recursion, linked lists and dynamic data structures. The concept and skills of program design, implementation and debugging, with emphasis on problem-solving, will also be covered.
Target students are those who wish to complete the programming course in a more intensive mode in 1 semester. Students with some programming knowledge are encouraged to take this course.
ENGG1004. Mathematics IA (3 credit-units)
Linear algebra, advanced calculus, ordinary differential equations.
ENGG1007. Foundations of computer science (6 credit-units) [for intake of 2009]
This course provides students a solid background on discrete mathematics and structures pertinent to computer science. Topics include logic; set theory; mathematical reasoning; counting techniques; discrete probability; trees, graphs, and related algorithms; modeling computation.
ECEN1503. English for computer science (3 credit-units)
The course is designed to enable 1st year computer science majors to acquire technical and professional communication skills. The focus is on developing students?understanding and use of language in spoken and written communication. Topics include: using appropriate language in professional writings; conducting effective interviews; making appropriate grammatical and lexical choices; writing effectively with a focus on content, form and language. Students engage in both individual and group work to write a professional resume and business letters, conduct workplace interviews and write technical proposals.
ECEN1504. Professional and technical communication for computer science (3 credit-units)
The course is designed to enable computer science majors to acquire professional and technical communication skills. The focus is on understanding and using professional and technical language. Topics include: producing and asking questions to elicit information; conducting effective interviews; organising and analysing information; writing effective technical reports with a focus on coherence and cohesion; and increasing technical vocabulary. Students are required to design and conduct authentic oral interviews and, produce written technical reports and vocabulary journals.
ECEN1515. Professional and technical oral communication for engineers (3 credit-units)
This course focuses on students developing technical and professional spoken English skills. Throughout the course, the students will give a series of presentations which will help them to improve skills such as accessing, abstracting, analyzing, organizing and summarizing information; asking questions and negotiating meanings; making effective grammatical and lexical choices and using visual aids to ensure meaning is clear. The presentations give the students an opportunity to develop the skills to talk about general issues in Engineering in the Hong Kong context, engineering theories and their practical applications and also requires them to present a detailed exploration of one aspect of engineering related to their chosen major. Assessment is wholly by coursework.
CENG1001. Practical Chinese language course for engineering students (3 credit-units)
The course is designed to introduce practical Chinese writing skills; letter-writing; official, business and personal; office documents: notices, announcements, proposals, minutes and reports; technical writing skills; characteristics of the written language used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore; the art of public speaking; different scripts of Chinese characters; the engineering profession and Chinese culture.
CSIS1117. Computer programming I (6 credit-units)
The goal of this course is for students to learn the general principles of programming, including how to design, implement, document, test, and debug programs.
CSIS1118. Foundations of computer science (6 credit-units)
(renamed from Mathematical foundations of computer science from 2009-10)
OR
CSIS1121. Discrete Mathematics (6 credit-units)
This course provides students a solid background on discrete mathematics and structures pertinent to computer science. Topics include logic; set theory; mathematical reasoning; counting techniques; discrete probability; trees, graphs, and related algorithms; modeling computation.
CSIS1119. Introduction to data structures and algorithms (6 credit-units)
Arrays, linked lists, trees and graphs; stacks and queues; symbol tables; priority queues, balanced trees; sorting algorithms; complexity analysis.
Prerequisite: CSIS1117 or ELEC1501 or ENGG1002
Pre-/Co-requisite: CSIS1122
CSIS1120. Machine organization and assembly language programming (6 credit-units)
Fundamentals of computer organization and machine architecture; number, character and instruction representations; addressing modes; assembly language programming including stack manipulation and subroutine linkage; basic logic design and integrated devices; the central processing unit and its control; concepts of microprogramming, data flow and control flow; I/O devices and their controllers, interrupts and memory organization; computer arithmetic.
Co-requisite: CSIS1117 or ELEC1501 or ENGG1002
CSIS1122. Computer programming II (6 credit-units) [for intake of 2006 and thereafter]
This is the second programming course following ENGG1002/CSIS1117. The goal of this course is to strengthen students' programming skills, in particular, on implementing basic data structures and algorithms. Students will also learn various tools for developing programs in the UNIX/Linux environment.
Prerequisite: CSIS1117 or ELEC1501 or ENGG1002
CSIS1410. Industrial training (3 credit-units)
Industrial Training requires students to spend a minimum of six weeks employed, full-time, as IT interns or trainees. During this period, they are engaged in work of direct relevance to their programme of study. CSIS1410 provides students with practical, real-world experience and represents a valuable complement to their academic training.
CSIS1411. Workshop training (3 credit-units)
This is a compulsory course taken after completing the first year of studies. Workshop Training is structured as a series of modules in which students gain direct, hands-on experience of various industry-standard software tools and technologies. As well as providing an exposure to current "tools of the trade", the course also emphasizes the application of engineering principles to the development and use of software systems.
CSIS1421. Engineering mathematics (6 credit-units)
Linear algebra, probability and statistics, calculus, and ordinary differential equations.
CSIS0201. Fundamentals of system performance modelling (6 credit-units)
Concepts of system modelling; review of basic probability; probability models, forecasting models, decision analysis, probabilistic inventory models; queuing systems, simulation modelling; Markovian decision process.
Prerequisite: CSIS0230
CSIS0218. Discrete event simulation (6 credit-units)
Topics include: Monte Carlo methods, discrete event simulation, elements of simulation models, data collection and analysis, simulation language for modelling, random number generation, queuing models, and output analysis.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119 or CSIS1122 or ELEC1501 or ELEC1502
CSIS0230. Principles of operating systems (6 credit-units)
Operating system structures, process and thread, CPU scheduling, process synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, file systems, I/O systems and device driver, mass-storage structure and disk scheduling, case studies.
Prerequisites: CSIS1119 (for intake of 2007 and before) or CSIS1122 (for intake of 2008 and thereafter); and CSIS1120 or ELEC1401
CSIS0231. Computer architecture (6 credit-units)
Introduction to computer design process; performance and cost analysis; instruction set design; data-path and controller design; pipelining; memory system; I/O design; introduction to advanced topics.
Prerequisite: CSIS1120
CSIS0232. Operating systems laboratory (6 credit-units)
Laboratory-based learning through the implementation of an operating system or some of its essential components supporting such functions as multitasking, process scheduling, multithreading, multiprocessing, memory management, paging, caching, I/O scheduling, filesystems, and device drivers.
Prerequisite: CSIS0230
CSIS0233. Open source software development (6 credit-units)
This course explores open source software (OSS) engineering. Topics include: definition and philosophical foundations of OSS; the OSS engineering process; adoption of open standards; platforms and programming languages for OSS development; usage of collaborative tools; code reading skills; version control and software packaging; testing and maintenance of OSS; management of user feedbacks and contributions; and some licensing and deployment issues.
Prerequisite: CSIS0230; experience with UNIX/Linux systems; C++/Java programming or
Co-requisites: CSIS0234 and CSIS0297
CSIS0234. Computer and communication networks (6 credit-units)
Network structure and architecture; reference models; stop and wait protocol; sliding window protocols; character and bit oriented protocols; virtual circuits and datagrams; routing; flow control; congestion control; local area networks; issues and principles of network interconnection; transport protocols and application layer; and examples of network protocols.
Prerequisite: CSIS1120 or ELEC1401
CSIS0235. Compiling techniques (6 credit-units)
Lexical analysis; symbol table management; parsing techniques; error detection; error recovery; error diagnostics; run-time memory management; optimization; code generation.
Prerequisite: CSIS0259
CSIS0247. Topics in computer systems (6 credit-units)
Topics in computer hardware and/or software systems that are of current interest.
CSIS0250. Design and analysis of algorithms (6 credit-units)
The course studies various algorithm design techniques, such as divide and conquer, and dy namic programming. These techniques are applied to design highly non-trivial algorithms from various areas of computer science. Topics include: advanced data structures; graph algorithms; searching algorithms; geometric algorithms; overview of NP-complete problems.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119 or ELEC1501 or ELEC1502
CSIS0259. Principles of programming languages (6 credit-units)
Syntax and semantics specification; data types; data control and memory management; expressions, precedence and associativity of operators; control structures; comparative study of existing programming languages; advanced topics such as polymorphism, programming paradigms, exception handling and concurrency.
Prerequisites: CSIS1119; and CSIS1120 or ELEC1401
CSIS0262. Topics in computer applications (6 credit-units)
Some specialized application areas of computers.
CSIS0270. Artificial intelligence (6 credit-units)
This is an introduction course on the subject of artificial intelligence. Topics include: intelligent agents; search techniques for problem solving; knowledge representation; logical inference; reasoning under uncertainty; statistical models and machine learning. This course may not be taken with BUSI0088.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119 or CSIS1122
CSIS0271. Computer graphics (6 credit-units)
Overview of graphics hardware, basic drawing algorithms, 2-D transformations, windowing and clipping, interactive input devices, curves and surfaces, 3-D transformations and viewing, hidden-surface and hidden-line removal, shading and colour models, modelling, illumination models, image synthesis, computer animation.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119 or CSIS1122
CSIS0278. Introduction to database management systems (6 credit-units)
This course studies the principles, design, administration, and implementation of database management systems. Topics include: entity-relationship model, relational model, relational algebra and calculus, database design and normalization, database query languages, indexing schemes, integrity, concurrency control, and query processing. This course may not be taken with BUSI0052.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119 or ELEC1501 or ELEC1502
CSIS0293. Introduction to theory of computation (6 credit-units)
This course focuses on three traditional areas of the theory of computation: automata, computability and complexity. Topics include finite state automata and regular languages; pushdown automata and context free languages; Turing machines and random access machines; time complexity; space complexity; intractable problems; reduction and completeness; relationship among complexity classes; approximation algorithms and nonapproximability.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119
CSIS0297. Introduction to software engineering (6 credit-units)
This course introduces the fundamental principles and methodologies of software engineering. It covers the software process and methods and tools employed in the development of modern systems. The use of CASE tools and the UML are emphasized. The course includes a team-based project in which students apply their new knowledge to a full development lifecycle, including maintenance.
Prerequisite: CSIS1117 or CSIS0396 or ELEC1501 (for intake of 2005 or before)
Prerequisite: CSIS1122 (for intake of 2006 and after) or ENGG1002
CSIS0311. Legal aspects of computing (6 credit-units)
To introduce students to the laws affecting computing and the legal issues arising from the technology. Contents include: the legal system of Hong Kong; copyright protection for computer programs and databases; intellectual property issues on the Internet; data privacy; computer-related crimes. This course may not be taken with LLAW3065.
CSIS0314. Pattern classification and machine learning (6 credit-units)
This is an introduction course on the subjects of statistical pattern classification and machine learning. Topics include: introduction to pattern classification problems; performance evaluation; Bayesian decision theory; feature extraction techniques; parametric models; maximum-likelihood parameter estimation; maximum-discriminant decision rules; minimum classification error training; clustering techniques; decision trees and their learning techniques.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119 or ELEC1501 or ELEC1502
CSIS0315. Multimedia computing and applications (6 credit-units)
This course introduces various aspects of the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field of multimedia computing. Current developments of technologies and techniques in multimedia will also be covered. Applications of multimedia techniques are also highlighted through a media production course project. Major topics include: what are media, audio, acoustics and psychoacoustics, MIDI, basic compression techniques, video compression techniques, standards, and current multimedia technologies. This course may not be taken with BUSI0068.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119
CSIS0317. Computer vision (6 credit-units)
This course introduces the principles, mathematical models and applications of computer vision. Topics include: image processing techniques, feature extraction techniques, imaging models and camera calibration techniques, stereo vision, and motion analysis.
Prerequisite: CSIS1119 or ELEC1501 or ELEC1502
CSIS0318. Advanced multimedia (6 credit-units)
This course covers some theoretical foundations that catalyzed the development of multimedia technologies in recent years. These include the understanding in human perception, advanced compression techniques, media streaming technologies, and media modelling techniques. Students will gain practical experience of development of multimedia tools through coursework.
Co-requisite: CSIS0315
CSIS0320. Electronic commerce technology (6 credit-units)
This course aims to help students to understand the technical and managerial challenges they will face as electronic commerce becomes a new locus of economics activities. Topics include Internet and WWW technology, information security technologies, public-key crypto-systems, public-key infrastructure, electronic payment systems, and electronic commerce activities in different sectors.
Prerequisite: CSIS0278
CSIS0322. Internet and the World Wide Web (6 credit-units)
Introduction and history; networks, internetworking, and network protocols; TCP/IP and related protocols; client-server model and programming; distributed applications; Domain Name System; Internet applications: TELNET, mail, FTP, etc.; Internet security; intranet and extranet; virtual private networks; World Wide Web; Web addressing; HTTP; HTML, XML, style sheets, etc.; programming the Web: CGI, Java, JavaScript, etc.; Web servers; Web security; Web searching; push technology; other topics of current interest. This course may not be taken with BUSI0063.
Prerequisite: CSIS1117 or ELEC1501 or ENGG1002
CSIS0323. Advanced database systems (6 credit-units)
The course will study some advanced topics and techniques in database systems, with a focus on the system and algorithmic aspects. It will also survey the recent development and progress in selected areas. Topics include: query optimization, spatial-spatiotemporal data management, multimedia and time-series data management, information retrieval and XML, data mining.
Prerequisite: CSIS0278
CSIS0324. Topics in theoretical computer science (6 credit-units)
Topics of current interest in theoretical computer science not covered by other undergraduate courses. Topics may vary from year to year.
Pre/Co-requisite: CSIS0293 or CSIS0250
CSIS0325. Topics in Web technologies (6 credit-units)
This course presents selected topics that are essential in our understanding and appreciation of the latest advances in technologies related to the World Wide Web. Possible topics include XML, RDF and metadata, style languages, Web graphics and synchronized multimedia, privacy, content selection, accessibility, Web server architecture, mobile access, distributed authoring and versioning, and internationalization.
Prerequisite: CSIS0234 or CSIS0322
CSIS0326. Computational molecular biology (6 credit-units)
The novel and specialised algorithms needed to solve computational problems related to the vast amounts of data generated by modern molecular biology techniques will be examined in detail.
Prerequisite: CSIS0250 or BIOC2808
CSIS0327. Computer and network security (6 credit-units)
This course introduces the principles, mechanisms and implementation of computer security and data protection. Knowledge about the attack and defend are included. Topics include notion and terms of information security; introduction to encryption: classic and modern encryption technologies include public-key systems; authentication methods; access control methods; system integrity attacks and defences (e.g. viruses); introduction to network/Internet security; analysis and models of secure systems.
Pre-requisites: CSIS0230 and CSIS0234
CSIS0328. Wireless and mobile computing (6 credit-units)
This course introduces the basic principles and technologies in various mobile and wireless communication systems. Topics include mobile communication environment; digital modulation; channel coding; medium access technologies; cellular mobile radio systems; wireless LANs; security in wireless systems; internetworking in wireless systems; mobility applications.
Prerequisite: CSIS0234
CSIS0329. Computer game design and programming (6 credit-units)
The course will study practical topics in game design. The focus will be on 3D game design. Topics includes: types and design of game engine, modelling, texture mappings, real-time rendering techniques, lighting, kinematics, dynamics, collision detection, visibility culling, AI, sound and networking.
Pre-requisite: CSIS0271
CSIS0351. Applied algorithms (6 credit-units)
The aim of this course is to let students appreciate how real world problems are solved with sophisticated algorithms and data structures. It covers problems drawn from the following areas: data compression, cryptography, heuristic searching, pattern matching in biology, indexing and search engines, data mining, graphics, VLSI layout, and online scheduling.
Prerequisite: CSIS0250
CSIS0396. Object-oriented programming and Java (6 credit-units)
Introduction to object-oriented programming; abstract data types and classes; inheritance and polymorphism; object-oriented program design; Java language and its program development environment; user interfaces and GUI programming; collection class and iteration protocol; program documentation.
Prerequisite: CSIS1117 or ELEC1501 or ENGG1002
CSIS0402. System architecture and distributed computing (6 credit-units)
This course introduces the architecture of modern systems and the concepts and principles of distributed computing. Topics include: client-server computing, multi-tier architectures, Internet and peer-to-peer systems, parallel server systems, naming services, transaction processing, middleware and messaging, component technology, and web services.
Prerequisite: CSIS0396
CSIS0403. Implementation, testing and maintenance of software systems (6 credit-units)
This course examines the theory and practice of software implementation, testing and maintenance. Topics in implementation include: detailed design issues and implementation strategies; coding style and standards; the review process; individual software process and metrics; and reuse. Also examined are the implementation aspects of contemporary approaches such as generic programming, design patterns, and design by contract. Testing covers unit and component testing; integration testing; system, performance and acceptance testing; and test documentation. Testing techniques for OO software are examined in detail. Topics in maintenance include maintenance techniques, tools and metrics; software rejuvenation; and refactoring.
Pre/Co-requisite: CSIS0297
CSIS0404. Software quality and project management (6 credit-units)
This course covers software quality and project management. Topics in software quality include software quality assurance; software quality metrics; review; inspection and audits. Topics in project management include project planning and scheduling; project control; risk analysis; planning and monitoring; process management and process improvement; configuration management and control; software acquisition; contract briefing, negotiation and management. This course may not be taken with BUSI0060 or BUSI0061.
Prerequisite: CSIS0297
CSIS0405. SProfessionalism and ethics (3 credit-units)
This course exposes students to issues of professionalism in computing. Topics included professional societies and ethics, professional competency and life-long learning, methods and tools of analysis, risks and liabilities of computer-based systems, intellectual property and software law, information security and privacy, and the social impacts of computing.
CSIS0406. Real-time and embedded systems (6 credit-units)
Topics include: specification of real-time software requirements; design, implementation, and evaluation of real-time software; analysis and verification of real-time computing system performance.
Prerequisite: CSIS0230
CSIS0407. Scientific computing (6 credit-units)
This course provides an overview and covers the fundamentals of scientific and numerical computing. Topics include numerical analysis and computation, symbolic computation, scientific visualization, architectures for scientific computing, and applications of scientific computing.
Prerequisites: CSIS1117 or ELEC1501 or ENGG1002; and CSIS1118 or CSIS1121 or ENGG1007
CSIS0409. Model-based design of interactive systems (6 credit-units)
This course presents the principles and practices of model-based design for interactive systems. Topics include: model-based approaches; task elicitation and use-case modelling; object modelling and design; dy namic modelling; activity modelling; architectural models and design; design patterns and frameworks; user-interface design; device-independent modelling; formal modelling and design.
This course replaces CSIS0401. It may not be taken with CSIS0401.
Prerequisite: CSIS0297
CSIS0412. Research internship (6 credit-units)
The student will participate in a research project under the guidance and supervision of a teacher over a prescribed period of time; the results will be presented in an oral and a written report; the work involved must not overlap with that for the final-year project or any other major project.
CSIS0801. Final year project (12 credit-units)
Student individuals or groups, during the final year of their studies, undertake full end-to-end development of a substantial project, taking it from initial concept through to final delivery. Topics range from applied software development to assignments on basic research. In case of a team project, significant contribution is required from each member and students are assessed individually, such that each student is given a separate project title. Strict standards of quality will be enforced throughout the project development.
CSIS0803. System integration project (6 credit-units)
This is a team project involving development and integration of software components. The objective is to put the concepts and theories covered in the core courses into practice. The output will be a distributed software system based on well-defined requirements. Software tools will be used and system programming is a compulsory part of the project.
ELEC2802. Engineering organization and management (3 credit-units)
Management concepts, decision making processes, project management, leadership, management control, marketing.
ELEC2803. Engineering and society (3 credit-units)
Interaction between engineers and society; impact of technologies on society; environmental and safety issues; professional conduct and responsibility; contract law; law of tort; professional negligence and intellectual property law.
ELEC2804. Engineering economics and finance (3 credit-units)
Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics; Microeconomics, Introduction to Financial Management; Accounting concepts and financial statements; cost and profit.
Candidates may take up to two MSc(CompSc) courses as electives, subject to the approval of the Head of Department. An MSc(CompSc) course is equivalent to 3 credit-units.
Last updated: July 7, 2009
