Syllabus Fall 2026

 Syllabus Fall 2026

CSE 4095 - 801 Special Topics in Computer Science and Engineering 

Instructor: John A. Iacovacci

john.iacovacci@uconn.edu

Cell Phone: 917-701-6177

Lectures:

Wednesdays: 6:20-8:50 pm Room DWTN 305A

Office Hours: Wednesday 5:00-6:00 pm room 3.39

Or remote on request

Our Class Website is https://googleclouduconn.blogspot.com/

Catalog Description

CSE 4095 -  Provides an in depth study of the Google cloud platform.

We will be focusing on learning various aspects of the google cloud using

small assignments related to cloud concepts. The class format is based

upon the first half lecture then the second half hands on workshop.

The environment is hosted at cloud.google.com.

$300 of cloud services is budgeted for each student by google. A credit card is needed to get google credit. Students will not be spending the entire

$300 google credit so no costs should be incurred. Additional $50 credits will be available from Google.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the students should be able to understand and

be able to develop applications on the google cloud. The concepts will

include virtual machines, SQL,  NoSQL,  Document Storage, Linux,

HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, Security, Python, GitHub, Google  API’s,

Cloud Functions, Networking, Authentication, Encryption,  Gemini, Prompt Engineering, Agent development, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

General Requirements & Expectations

1. Attendance: Students are expected to attend all lectures. Attendance

will be taken.

Reading and assignments are required. Assignments required on date.

A 20% penalty will be given for late assignments and 25% if more

than 3 weeks late.

2. Make sure you check your UCONN.EDU e-mail account regularly, or have it forwarded to an account that you use regularly. Otherwise you may miss important announcements.

Grading Percentages

Description Percent of course grade

Class assignments: 12 assignments 80% 

Class participation 20%.

(note late assignments will be penalized 20% or 25% depending upon how late they are)

9/2	Week 1  What is the Cloud / Data Center / Linux	Linux assignment
9/9	Week 2  Cloud Storage / HTML CSS JavaScript/ React	React assignment
9/16	Week 3 Python /Github	Python/Github assignment
9/23	Week 4  Cloud Run/functions	Cloud Run Assignment
9/30	Week 5  Document Storage / Firestore/SQL	SQL Assignment
10/7	Week 6  Data Visualization	Data Visualization Assignment
10/14	Week 7 Networking, Security, IAM & Admin	Validation/Security Assignment
10/21	Week 8 Google API’s	API assignment
10/28	Week 9 Text Analysis/ NLP	NLP assignment
11/4	Week 10 AI, Models, Prompts	Prompt Assignment
11/11	Week 11 Agents	AI Agent Assignment
11/18	Week 12 Regression and Classification	ML Assignment
12/2	Week 13 Put it all together	Connect all assignments
12/9	Week 14 Review
12/20	All project work due

Academic Honesty

Students should refer to the Student Code (see section on Academic Integrity -

http://www.dos.uconn.edu/student_code.html) for specific guidelines.

Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Center for Students with Disabilities (486-2020) as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.