CSCI 599 (Fall 2009)
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Course Summary | Reading List | Schedules | Presentations |
Projects | Project Reports | Related Web Sites | Academic Integrity Policy |
Prof. Cyrus Shahabi | |
University of Southern California | |
For projects and talks, email to make an appointment. |
Description: | |
Geospatial information, in the form of traditional maps, has been used for several centuries for decision making tasks. The oldest map is known to be from 2500 B.C. of a city near Babylon. In the past forty years, the field of Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), with ESRI leading the industry, has been increasing the role of geospatial information in decision making tasks by allowing their digital manipulation. However, it was not until the last couple of years that the power of digital geospatial information has been brought to mass population through online map services such as Yahoo-map and most recently Google-Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth. Nowadays, you cannot see a news story without a screen-shot of Google Earth. According to US Department of Labor, the market for geospatial technologies in 2002 was estimated at $5 billion. This market is projected to have annual revenues of $30 billion by 2005, consisting of $20 billion in the remote sensing market and $10 billion in the GIS market. The focus of this seminar course is on studying an important class of geospatial queries, called Nearest Neighbor queries. Under this running research theme, the students become familiar with a variety of real-world geospatial applications (e.g., location-based services, online maps) and datasets (e.g., road-network data, aerial imagery, 3D models). Meanwhile, as part of the course projects, the students will learn to use the state-of-the-art geospatial software tools, applications and libraries such as those provided by Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth as well as our own GeoDec/GeoSIM platform. Class Format and Evaluation Method: In general, a class will consist of 2 paper presentations, each lasting 45-60 minutes followed by discussions, and a 30-minute implementation project update. Each paper will be presented by one student. The student is expected to go beyond the paper to seek online resources and examples that illustrate the principles and algorithms introduced in the paper. Every student is expected to complete the assigned reading, be prepared to discuss the articles in class, and to write a short critical summary of the presentations. The implementation of selected algorithms will be done in assigned teams of no more than four. Evaluation is based on: the team project (50%), the individual paper presentation(s) (30%) and the written paper summaries (20%). | |
Time and Location: | |
Wed. 15:30 - 17:50 at KAP145 | |
Pre-requisite: | |
CSCI-585 and Instructor Permission |
Title | Project Lead | Team Members | Project Description |
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Search Engine for Shoah Foundation | Ali Khodaei | Sangeetha Uthamalingam Santharam, Kaveh Shahabi | |
Arc-GeoSIM | Bei(Penny) Pan | Grady Laksmono,Karan Ashar | |
Location Privacy in GeoSim | Ling Hu | Nakul Desai,Jalal Kazemitabar | |
TRANSDEC: Transportation Decision Making | Ugur Demiryurek | Afsin,Nima, Raghu, Vikas |
Week | Date | Presentation | Presenters |
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1 | 8/26/2009 | Course introduction, Paper assignment, Project groups | Traffic - Ugur |
2 | 9/2/2009 | A1 , | Ling(slides) |
3 | 9/9/2009 | Presentation of project proposals | Traffic, Arc-GeoSim, Privacy, Search |
4 | 9/16/2009 | B1, B2 , | Penny(slides),Kaveh Shahabi(slides) |
5 | 9/23/2009 | C1, D1 , | Seyed Jalal Kazemitabar(slides),Afsin Akdogan(slides) |
6 | 9/30/2009 | D2 , D3 , | Ugur(slides),Nakul Desai(slides) |
7 | 10/7/2009 | E1, F1 , | Raghu(slides),Vikas Meka(slides) |
8 | 10/14/2009 | G1, G2 , | Karan Ashar(slides), Ali Khodaei(slides) |
9 | 10/21/2009 | F2, F3 , | Songhua(slides, slides) |
10 | 10/28/2009 | G3, H1 , | Grady Laksmono(slides),Sangeetha Uthamalingam Santharam(slides) |
11 | 11/4/2009 | Conflict with ACMGIS, class canceled | |
12 | 11/11/2009 | H2, H3 , | Jeff(slides),Jeff(slides) |
13 | 11/18/2009 | H4 , H5 | Nima Najafian(slides),Sangeetha(slides) |
14 | 11/25/2009 | Project presentations | Nima |
15 | 12/2/2009 | Project presentations | |
A1 | Ling |
B1 | Penny |
B2 | Kaveh Shahabi |
C1 | Seyed Jalal Kazemitabar |
D1 | Afsin Akdogan |
D2 | Ugur |
D3 | Nakul Desai |
E1 | Raghu |
F1 | Vikas Meka |
F2 | Songhua |
F3 | Songhua |
G1 | Karan Ashar |
G2 | Ali Khodaei |
G3 | Grady Laksmono |
H1 | Sangeetha |
H2 | Jeff |
H3 | Jeff |
H4 | Nima Najafian |
H5 | Sangeetha |
Directions for grading summaries:
A good summary with original thoughts
A- good summary
B+ cut&paste from the paper
F missing
Please use the following order for students
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Afsin Akdogan
Karan Ashar
Nakul Desai
Ling Hu
Jalal Kazemitabar
Ali Khodaei
Grady Laksmono
Vikas Meka
Nima Najafian
Raghu Nallamothu
Bei (Penny) Pan
Kaveh Shahabi
Sangeetha Uthamalingam
Reference Book:
Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures by Hanan Samet. (A 20% discount coupon for the book is available here).
All homeworks must be solved and written independently, or you will be penalized for cheating. The USC Student Conduct Code prohibits plagiarism. All USC students are responsible for reading and following the Student Conduct Code, which appears on pp. 73-78 of the 1999-2000 SCampus.
In this course we encourage students to study together. This includes discussing general strategies to be used on individual assignments. However, all work submitted for the class is to be done individually.
Some examples of what is not allowed by the conduct code: copying all or part of someone else's work (by hand or by looking at others' files, either secretly or if shown), and submitting it as your own; giving another student in the class a copy of your assignment solution; consulting with another student during an exam. If you have questions about what is allowed, please discuss it with the instructor.
Students who violate University standards of academic integrity are subject to disciplinary sanctions, including failure in the course and suspension from the University. Since dishonesty in any form harms the individual, other students, and the University, policies on academic integrity will be strictly enforced. We expect you to familiarize yourself with the Academic Integrity guidelines found in the current SCampus.
Violations of the Student Conduct Code will be filed with the Office of Student Conduct, and appropriate sanctions will be given.