Arie Kaufman
Department Chair

IV Ramakrishnan
Graduate Program Director

The Department of Computer Science offers an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and an M.S. in Information Systems Engineering.

The M.S. program in Computer Science is designed primarily to train students with professional goals in business, industry, or government, requiring a detailed knowledge of computer science concepts and applications. The program concentrates primarily on applied computer science, emphasizing software development, programming, computer systems, and applications. Each student is given the experience of working on a large-scale software or hardware development project involving analysis, design, evaluation, and implementation.

The Ph.D. program in Computer Science is for students interested in obtaining academic or research positions in colleges and universities or in government or commercial research laboratories. The program gives students a rigorous and thorough knowledge of a broad range of theoretical and practical research subject areas and develops the ability to recognize and pursue significant research in computer science. The first two years of graduate study are devoted to coursework. By the end of the second year the research phase of the student’s graduate career should be underway, with participation in advanced study and preliminary research work. The final years of graduate study are devoted to dissertation research.

The primary areas of Departmental research interests include, among others, algorithms, architecture, artificial intelligence, computation theory, concurrency, databases, image processing, graphics, languages, logic, networking, and operating systems.

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