Postgraduate Courses

Discussion of the latest enabling technologies used for the engineering of reliable software applications. These technologies include the modeling, design, testing and analysis of software applications.

Multimedia fundamentals and design issues. Audio fundamentals and audio processing. Image fundamentals and image processing. Video fundamentals and video processing. Internet multimedia. Integrated multimedia.

Financial arithmetic and financial instruments overview. Introduces tools and technologies for building applications in computational finance. Familiarity with Excel functionalities and VBA programming skills. Advanced Excel C++ add-in development. Object oriented modeling and design.

Data mining has recently emerged as a major field of research and applications. Aimed at extracting useful and interesting knowledge from large data repositories such as databases and the Web, data mining integrates techniques from the fields of database, statistics and AI.

In management decisions are often made in the face of uncertainty. This course covers computational tools for supporting reasoning and decision making under uncertainty. Topics include probabilistic inference, Bayesian networks, decision analysis, decision graphs, model building, model learning, solution algorithms, real-world examples and software tools.

This advanced database course addresses a number of selected data management issues and introduces emerging database related techniques.

Introduction to image synthesis and digital modeling. Topics include color theory, image processing, affine and projective geometry, hidden-surface determination, photorealistic image synthesis, advanced curve and surface design, dynamics, realistic character animation.

It is getting easier and more and more common to install or use recognition systems in our daily lives and working environments, such as fingerprint recognition systems, face and iris recognition systems, car plate and vehicle recognition systems, industrial automation inspection systems, medical diagnosis and surgical planning systems, image search systems. This course aims to provide students with a sound background in the area of recognition systems. Tentative topics include various examples of recognition systems, and related techniques in image analysis, computer vision, and pattern recognition.

Principles of mobile application development. Mobile software development environments and software architectures. Event-driven Programming. The Model-View-Controller framework. Features of typical mobile platforms: User-interface and user-experience design, Multimedia, 2D and 3D graphics and data storage support, networking, location and mapping services. Mobile client-server communication. Mobile back-end support. Hybrid mobile applications. Students need to design and implement a full-fledged mobile application.

The design and analysis of electronic/optical switches/routers needed to support the development and delivery of advanced network services over the Internet. Switches and routers are the KEY building blocks of the Internet.

This course discusses in-depth the architectures, protocols, and other key issues in the design of the global Internet. Topics include: common Internet applications, layered network architecture, switching techniques, local area networks, routing, transport, and multimedia networking.

The design and analysis of ciphers, public-key cryptography, digital signature, user and data authentication, nonrepudiation, data integrity, public-key infrastructure, secret sharing, key management, cryptographic protocols, systems security, network security, and Web security.

This course will cover the current computer crime legislations, cases involving Internet crimes, personal data privacy, e-business transactions and intellectual property right (IPR) issues, and explain how computer forensics and digital evidence analysis can enhance corporate information security strategies, IT audit and incident management. Case studies in financial computing (algo-trading/high frequency trading) and digital forensics, and hands-on session using digital forensics tools will be introduced.

State-of-the-art topics in Information Technology reflecting recent developments in techniques and tools.

An independent project carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. This course may be repeated for credit.