Summary

Program Objectives: 
  • Offer increasing specialization within the existing knowledge base of Computer Science.
  • Address an area in which disciplinary knowledge is being discovered. The Ph.D. candidate enters as a student, progresses as an apprentice scholar and graduates as a colleague of his/her mentor.
  • Engage students in the acquisition of existing knowledge through courses selected to provide the foundation of the expertise required for scholarly inquiry at the highest scientific level.
  • Provide the intellectual breadth that allows for novel cross-disciplinary problem solving.
Learning Outcomes: 
  • Develop independence in research problem-solving skills at an advanced level.
  • Acquire the depth of knowledge.
  • Acquire sufficient breadth of knowledge.
  • Develop ethical reasoning skills.
  • Improve communication skills for teaching and research dissemination.
  • Understand the conduct and support of research and development.
Required Credits: 
24-36 		Required Credits

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Course listing and prerequisites

Core Faculty

Cristian Borcea

Borcea, Cristian

Professor

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Craig Gotsman

Gotsman, Craig

Distinguished Professor

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Guiling Wang

Wang, Guiling

Distinguished Professor

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Vincent Oria

Oria, Vincent

Professor

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Baruch Schieber

Schieber, Baruch

Professor

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Iulian Neamtiu

Neamtiu, Iulian

Professor

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Jason Wang

Wang, Jason

Professor

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Zhi Wei

Wei, Zhi

Distinguished Professor

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Senjuti Basu Roy

Basu Roy, Senjuti

Associate Professor

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Przemyslaw Musialski

Musialski, Przemyslaw

Associate Professor

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Jing Li

Li, Jing

Associate Professor

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Pan Xu

Xu, Pan

Assistant Professor

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Ioannis Koutis

Koutis, Ioannis

Associate Professor

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Xiaoning Ding

Ding, Xiaoning

Associate Professor

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Yehoshua Perl

Perl, Yehoshua

Professor

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Advisement

Reza Curtmola

Curtmola, Reza

Professor

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Where do Computer Science majors work?

Common Job Titles

  • Business Technology Analyst
  • Software Developer
  • Quality Assurance Engineer
  • Junior Programmer
  • IT Consultant

Top Employers

  • BNP Paribas
  • Jni Consulting Corp.
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
  • Prudential Financial

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