Graduate Faculty: Brazile, Conrady, Das, Fisher, Irby, Jacob, Parberry, Renka, Shahrokhi, Shi, Sinharoy, Swigger, Tate, Vlach, C.C. Yang, C.Q. Yang.
The Department of Computer Sciences offers graduate programs leading to the following degrees:
The department is committed to overall excellence in computer science graduate education. Consequently, the programs of study for these degrees include a mixture of course, laboratory and research work designed to place graduates at the forefront of technical excellence.
The Center for Research in Parallel and Distributed Computing (CRPDC) was established by a group of faculty in the Department of Computer Sciences in 1990. CRPDC is dedicated to the promotion and fostering of basic and applied research in all aspects of the theory and practice of parallel and distributed computing.
The department has extensive facilities to support these projects. Current research facilities include a departmental Sequent Symmetry dedicated to research, Intel iPSC/1 and iPSC/2 multiprocessor systems, an experimental transputer system, a number of modern workstations and several minicomputers. The department also maintains a large microcomputer laboratory for research and instruction. Additional support is provided through the potential for interdisciplinary work with other departments and laboratories and a local area network linking the department to the facilities of the campus computer center.
Grants from the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the National Science Foundation, the state of Texas, IBM, TWA, EDS and Texas Instruments have contributed to faculty research in artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, parallel and distributed computing, and scientific computation. Each of these projects has involved the work of a number of graduate students.
The main library contains more than 36,000 computer-oriented volumes and subscribes to 133 periodicals specializing in the computer field. These periodicals range from the highly technical Journal of the ACM to user-oriented Personal Computing.
The department enjoys a friendly working relationship with local and national companies. The department's Advisory Council is composed of representatives from government agencies and high-tech firms. During the past few years they have helped obtain research funding, fellowships and internships for students in the department.
Oct. 1 - spring semester
March 1 - first summer session
April 1 - second summer session
June 1 - fall semester
1. a combined score of at least 1050 on the verbal and quantitative portions, with 650 on the quantitative portion, of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and a 3.0 GPA on the most recent 60 hours of course work;
2. a ranking in the 34th percentile or above on the verbal portion of the GRE; for applicants whose native language is not English, a TOEFL score of at least 580 also is required;
3. completion of a sufficient amount of prior work in the field of computer science, including courses equivalent to CSCI 2010, 3100, 3400, and 3600; some undergraduate leveling sequences are available; and
4. at least 15 hours of mathematics, including differential and integral calculus, discrete mathematics and two other courses selected from statistics, linear algebra, abstract algebra, numerical analysis and differential equations.
Students not satisfying both conditions 1 and 2 will not be admitted to the computer science program nor will they be allowed to enroll in graduate computer science courses. Those students who satisfy both conditions 1 and 2 but who lack some of the computer science background may be provisionally admitted to the program and may enroll in graduate-level courses.
Admission to candidacy is granted by the dean of the School of Graduate Studies after the degree plan has been approved.
1. a combined score of 1150 on the verbal and quantitative portions, with 700 on the quantitative portion, of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and a 3.5 GPA on the most recent 30 hours of course work;
2. a ranking in the 50th percentile or higher on the verbal portion of the GRE; for applicants whose native tongue is not English, a TOEFL score of at least 580 also is required; and
3. three letters of recommendation.
1. a minimum of 12 hours of 6000-level organized courses in computer science;
2. the residence requirement, consisting of two consecutive semesters of enrollment in at least 9 semester hours;
3. satisfactory completion of a written qualifying examination prior to submitting a proposal for dissertation research; and
4. submission and successful defense of the doctoral dissertation.
More detailed information on degree requirements is available upon request from the Department of Computer Sciences.