ECTS - - Computer Engineering MSc. without Thesis
Compulsory Departmental Courses
CMPE541 - Advanced Databases (3 + 0) 5
Database system concepts, transaction processing, concurrency control and database recovery, object-oriented and object-relational databases, semi-structured data and XML, parallel and distributed databases, advanced concepts of distributed databases, introduction to big data, temporal databases.
MDES600 - Research Methodology and Communication Skills (3 + 0) 5
Rigorous, scholarly research, particularly theses or dissertations. Literature review, surveys, meta-analysis, empirical research design, formulating research questions, theory building, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods, validity, reliability, triangulation, building evidences, writing research proposal
Elective Courses
CMPE318 - Java Programming (2 + 2) 5
Java technology, object-oriented programming, objects, classes, modularity; encapsulation, polymorphism, elements of Java, exceptions, garbage collector; classes and inheritance; interfaces; the collections framework; the input/output framework; the graphical user interfaces framework; threads.
CMPE325 - Study of Programming Languages (3 + 0) 6
Study of programming language concepts: syntax and semantics, types, values, expressions, and statements; program structure; procedures and functions; structured data; abstraction and encapsulation; inheritance; dynamic binding; concepts of programming paradigms by means of functional, procedural, and object-oriented programming languages.
CMPE326 - Formal Languages and Automata (3 + 0) 6
Languages and their representations, finite automata and regular grammars, context-free grammars, concept of abstract machines and language acceptance, deterministic and non-deterministic finite state machines, pushdown automata, Turing machines and introduction to the theory of computation.
CMPE341 - Database Design and Management (3 + 2) 7
Database system concepts, data modeling with ER and EER, the relational data model, file organizations and index structures, relational algebra, structured query language (SQL); database design: functional dependence and table normalization; introduction to database administration; a relational DBMS in a laboratory environment.
CMPE431 - Operating Systems (3 + 2) 5
Basic design principles of operating systems, single-user systems, command interpreter, semaphores, deadlock detection, recovery, prevention and avoidance; multi-user OS; resource managers, processor management and algorithms, memory management: partitioning, paging, segmentation and thrashing; device management; interrupt handlers, device drivers
CMPE433 - Cloud Computing and Virtualization (3 + 0) 5
Cloud description, types of cloud, services, deployment models, types of virtualization, hardware virtualization, hypervisors, OS virtualization, server virtualization, desktop virtualization, storage virtualization, application virtualization, benefits and costs, security issues.
CMPE462 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3 + 0) 5
Agent Paradigm, Problem Solving by Searching, Informed/Uninformed Search Methods, Genetic Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, Adversarial Search, Ant Colony Optimization, Particle Swarm Optimization, Artificial Bee Colony Optimization, Multi-Agent Systems & Intelligent Agents, Multi-Agent Interactions, Philosophical Foundations & Ethics.
CMPE525 - Object-Oriented Design and Programming (3 + 0) 5
Thinking object-oriented, abstraction, object-oriented analysis and design concept, design patterns, UML: introduction, role of modeling, models and views, core diagrams, fundamental elements, sequence, class, and package diagrams, development lifecycle, Java and UML: Responsibility-Driven Design (RDD), and CRC, classes, messages, inheritance, sub
CMPE531 - Advanced Operating Systems (0 + 0) 5
Advanced topics in process scheduling, multiprocessor and real-time scheduling, concurrent programming fundamentals, review of inter-process communication, semaphores and monitors, synchronization and communication, fault tolerance, recent advances in operating systems.
CMPE536 - Advanced Network Programming (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to networking, overview of programming language that will be used to implement course content, threads and multi threading, exceptions, sockets, web sockets, streaming, file streaming, memory I/O streams, object streaming, client-side networking, server-side networking, HTTP networking, message queuing, synchronous and asynchronous com
CMPE537 - Distributed Computing (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to the core concepts and principles of distributed programming techniques, computing paradigms, protocols, and application program interfaces (APIs), sockets, multicast, Remote Method Invocation (RMI), Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Interface Definition Language (IDL), applets, servlets, Common Gateway Interface (CG
CMPE555 - Introduction to Recommender Systems (3 + 0) 5
Basic Concepts of recommender systems, collaborative filtering algorithms, content-based recommendation algorithms, knowledge-based recommendation algorithms, and hybrid recommendation algorithms, evaluating recommender systems, a case study to generate personalized recommendations.
CMPE563 - Information Retrieval (3 + 0) 5
Organization, representation, and access to information; categorization, indexing, and content analysis; data structures for unstructured data; design and maintenance of such databases, indexing and indexes, retrieval and classification schemes; use of codes, formats, and standards; analysis, construction and evaluation of search and navigation tec
CMPE566 - Advanced Data Mining (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to data mining, concepts, attributes and instance, data processing (cleaning, integration and reduction), data warehousing and online analytical processing (OLAP), data mining algorithms, credibility, advanced pattern mining, classification, engineering the input and output, data mining software and applications.
CMPE568 - Advanced Artificial Intelligence (3 + 0) 5
Intelligent agents, problem solving by searching, informed/uninformed search methods, exploration, constraint satisfaction problems, knowledge and reasoning, first-order logic, knowledge representation, learning, selected topics: neural networks, natural computing.
CMPE571 - Biometric Identification and Verification Systems (3 + 0) 5
Biometric identification and verification, performance calculations of biometric systems, fingerprint verification, face recognition, iris and retina based identification, hand geometry and DNA based identification, multimodal biometric systems, biometric system standards.
CMPE575 - Parallel and Cluster Computing (3 + 0) 5
Models of parallel computing ? dependence on architecture, trade-off between computation cost and communication cost, performance measures for parallel computation ? computational complexity, techniques for parallel computation ? divide and conquer, partitioning, and pipelining, parallel algorithms for sorting, searching and matrix computations, MP
CMPE578 - Penetration Testing (3 + 0) 5
Penetration testing concepts, ethical issues in penetration testing, building a testing infrastructure, legal issues with penetration testing, port scanning, vulnerability scanning, exploitation, password attacks, web application penetration testing, wireless penetration testing, reporting of the obtained test results.
CMPE579 - Current Trends in Internetworking Technologies (3 + 0) 5
Overview and history of the community organizations related to internet technologies and standard organizations, open and proprietary standards, widely used current techniques and technologies in internet, latest technologies under development, latest techniques and their states that are under development and discussed by the communities.
EE425 - Advanced Digital Design with HDL (2 + 2) 5
Behavioural, dataflow and structural modelling of digital circuits with Verilog HDL. Language constructs of Verilog. Design of finite state machines with data path using Verilog. Introduction to modern CAD tools. Simulation and verification of digital circuits.
ISE311 - Internet Programming (2 + 2) 5
Internet programming environments, home page design with HTML and DHTML, JavaScript, client-server model, client side scripts, and server-side scripts, web servers (installation on different OS such as Unix/Linux, and Microsoft, setting up the required components, administration), CGI, SSI, SSL, certification, cookies, and sessions, database integr
ISE314 - Data Warehousing and Mining (3 + 0) 5
Data warehousing fundamentals, planning, design and implementation and administration of data warehouses, data cube computation, OLAP query processing; fundamentals of data mining and relationship with data warehouse and OLAP systems; association rule mining; algorithms for clustering, classification and rule learning.
ISE424 - Distance Education and E-Learning (3 + 0) 5
Definitions, history, and theories of distance education and e-learning, instructional design, tools and technologies for distance education, multimedia learning, computer-supported collaborative learning, learning management systems, new directions and developments.
ISE501 - Foundations in IT Management (3 + 0) 5
Computing infrastructure overview; introduction to IT Services: event and fault management; problem management; change management; configuration management; asset management (inventory and software distribution); performance and capacity management;security management; network management; storage management; workload management; backup and recover
ISE502 - Organizational Management and Change (3 + 0) 5
Organizational behavior and management; personality and learning; perception, attribution and judgment of others; values, attitudes and work behavior, theories of work motivation, motivation in practice; groups and teamwork; leadership; communication; decision making, conflict and stress; organizational structure, change management principles: spon
ISE511 - IT Strategy Planning and Governance (3 + 0) 5
The IT strategic planning process; structuring the strategic planning process, analyzing the business environment; identifying the mission and competencies of your organization; assigning value and weight to enterprise objectives; reviewing established IT portfolios; measuring your IT governance maturity; aligning IT to your business objectives, de
ISE512 - IT Portfolio Management and IT Standards (3 + 0) 5
Processes for the integrated project life (approval, identifying and planning, implementation, management and tracking, assessment and improvement); prioritizing IT projects; resource allocation; managing risks and costs; assessment and governance; standard metrics for measuring ROI. ITIL, COBIT, Val IT, Sarbanes Oxley, related IEEE and ISO standar
ISE513 - Systems Integration (3 + 0) 5
Integration of information systems in organizations; the processes by which different computing systems and software applications are linked together physically or functionally; the strategies and methods for blending a set of interdependent systems into a functioning or unified whole; enabling two or more applications to interact and exchange data
ISE514 - Cloud Computing (3 + 0) 5
Basics of cloud computing, discovering the value of the cloud computing for business, advantages of cloud computing, elements of cloud computing, technical foundation of cloud computing, managing data in cloud, standards, managing and securing cloud services, virtualization, service oriented architecture, managing cloud environment.
ISE543 - Internet Security and Ethical Hacking (3 + 0) 5
Data encryption techniques and algorithms; public-key encryption, hash functions; digital signatures, authentication; network security; web security; system security, intruders, viruses, firewalls; the algorithms and data security tools; ethical hacking.
ISE552 - E-Commerce - A Managerial Perspective (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to e-business and e-commerce, electronic marketplaces; technical aspects and infrastructure of e-commerce; e-commerce business models; current state of the art; marketing online, legal environment in e-commerce, fiscal environment in e-commerce; introduction to enabling technologies and standards; workflow systems for e-commerce; curre
MATH332 - Finite Fields (3 + 0) 6
Characterization of finite fields, roots of irreducible polynomials, trace, norm, roots of unity and cyclotomic polynomials, order of polynomials and primitive polynomials, irreducible polynomials, construction of irreducible polynomials, factorization of polynomials
MDES610 - Mathematical Modeling via Differential and Difference Equations (3 + 0) 5
Differential equations and solutions, models of vertical motion, single-species population models, multiple-species population models, mechanical oscillators, modeling electric circuits, diffusion models, modeling by means of difference equations.
SE422 - Introduction to Data Science (3 + 0) 5
Python programming language for data science, data scraping, data manipulation, data visualization, use of vectors and matrices in data science, review of statistical concepts for data science, conditional probability, Bayes?s theorem, normal distribution, prediction, regression, classification and clustering.
SE427 - Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technologies (2 + 2) 5
Introduction.Blockchain Basics.Consensus Algorithms.Cryptography Fundamentals.Blockchain Networks. Blockchain Programming. Blockchain Transactions, Mining, and Wallets. Smart Contracts. Cryptocurrencies. Blockchain Applications. Decentralization. Blockchain Security. Legal Aspects, Finance, and Economy. Future of Blockchain Technologies.
SE544 - Cognitive Aspects of Software Engineering (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to cognitive science and its methods; cognitive processes related to software engineering (memory, expertise, attention, decision making and problem solving, team cognition); basic experimental design; case studies on cognitive aspects of software engineering research.
SE546 - Decision Support in Health Informatics (3 + 0) 5
Choosing the correct information for different decisions and communicate its meanings to users; evaluation of statistical and other methods and tools; the difference between research databases and operational databases; techniques to effectively communicate quantitative healthcare data using tables and graphs; methods for choosing the right medium.
SE550 - Software Engineering (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to software engineering and related topics; software process and project metrics; project planning; scheduling and tracking; configuration management; software quality assurance; requirement analysis; data flow diagrams and related topics; design concepts and methods; implementation; testing methods and test strategies; object-oriented
SE552 - Advanced Software Project Management (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to project management; algorithmic cost estimation models; advanced cost estimation models; function points estimation; risk assessment; life cycle models; prototyping; management of software reuse; software maintenance; software maturity framework; case studies.
SE554 - Software Quality Management (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to software quality and assurance; components of software quality assurance; configuration management; reviews, inspection and audits; software testing strategies and techniques; software quality standards; certification and assessment; introduction of case studies related with software process improvement and quality metrics.
SE558 - Software Architecture (3 + 0) 5
Introduction to software architecture; architecture business cycle; creating an architecture; introducing a case study; understanding and achieving quality; design, document and reconstruct software architecture; methods for architecture evaluation; quantitative approach to architecture design decision making; software product lines; middleware, mo
SE560 - Requirements Engineering (3 + 0) 5
Domain understanding and requirements eliciation; requirements evaluation; requirements specification and documentation; requirements quality assurance; requirements evolution; modeling system objectives with goal diagrams; risk analysis on goal models; modeling system agents and responsibilities; modeling system behaviours; integrating multiple sy
SE564 - Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management (3 + 0) 7.5
Basics of SOA; SOA design principles; SOA standards, foundations, BPEL, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI; governance; business process models; business process management from process and content management to collaboration and analytics; BPM enabled by SOA.