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Graduate Studies in CS&E Graduate Studies in CS&E

Prof. Steven A. DemurjianProfessor, Director of Graduate Studies

Co-Director Research Informatics, Biomedical Informatics Division, CICATS

Computer Science & Engineering DepartmentUniversity of Connecticut

371 Fairfield Road, Box U-255Storrs, CTsteve@engr.uconn.edu

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CSE Department Department Head: Prof. Reda Ammar Associate Head: Prof. Alex Russell Storrs (main campus):

7 Full Professors (Ammar, Demurjian, Peters, Rajasekaran, Russell, Shin, Shvartsman)

11 Associate Professors (Bi, Cui, Gokhale, Greenshields, Huang, Kiayias, McCartney, Mandoiu, Michel, Shi, Wang)

3 Assistant Professors (Bamis, Khan, Wu) Stamford branch: Full Professor (Engel) CSE Staff:

Business Manager: Debra Mielczarek Administrative Services Specialist II Computer Lab Technician: Howard Ellis

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Undergraduate Programs Three Programs

Computer Science & Engineering Computer Science Computer Engineering (shared with ECE)

Enrollment: Approximately 300 Students CSE – 50% CS – 30% CompE – 20%

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Graduate Program Current Program Profile: 118 Total

MS Program: Currently 41 Students Ph.D. Program: Currently 77 students 60% international and 40% domestic Graduated in 2009-2010: 13 MS and 9 PhD Graduated in 2010-2011: 7 MS and 12 PhD 20 New Students, Fall 2011

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Research Funding: 2009-2010 Number of active funded projects: 53 Total value of current grants: $14,213,345 NSF: 30 (57%) $7,739,855 (55%) State: 3 $3,712,112 Industry: 4 $618,920 NIH: 3 $273,567

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Research Areas Across Department Networking

Sensor Networks, Underwater Networks, Wireless Networks, etc.

Collaboration with ECE, Marine Sci, Woods Hole Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics

Algorithms, Theory, Databases, GUIs, Security Biological, Medical, Behavioral, Health Data

Distributed and Parallel Computing Fault-Tolerance, Performance, Grid Computing Architectures, Algorithms

Information Security Encryption, Access Control, Algorithms Secure Voting, Medical Information Systems

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Research Areas Across Department Software Engineering

Reliability, Performance, Secure Software Engineering, Testing, Architectures

Programming Languages Combinatorial Optimization, Constriant

Programming Computer Architecture

Hardware Encryption Graphics and Visualization

Computation Topology, Animation Computer Science Education

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CSE Graduate Program Committee Members:

Steven Demurjian, Chair S. Rajasekaran, Member Ion Mandiou, Member Jerry Shi, Member

Responsible for: Graduate Admissions (Reviewing Folders) Graduate Program Curricula (Courses,

Descriptions, Program Requirements, etc.) Jun-Hong Cui, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies &

Diversity

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Graduate Degree Programs Computer Science & Engineering Master of Science – 27 Total Credits

Plan A – Thesis Version (6 Courses/9 Credit Thesis)

Plan B- Non-Thesis Version (9 Courses) Doctor of Philosophy

Direct from BS: 45 Credits Plan B MS Awarded after 27 Credits and Completion

of General Exam Arriving with MS: 24 Credits

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Information for Graduate Students Graduate School (www.grad.uconn.edu)

Most Useful Page is Forms www.grad.uconn.edu/forms.html

Computer Science & Engineering www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/index.php/graduate-studies Forms of Interest:

www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/index.php/graduate-studies/frequently-used-forms

www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/index.php/graduate-studies/permission

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MS Programs – Plan A See:

www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/graduate/PlanOfStudy.pdf Requirements on Form are:

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MS Programs – Plan B See:

www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/graduate/PlanOfStudy.pdf Requirements on Form are:

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Ph.D. Program – without MS Note: Effective Fall 2010, Ph.D. Breadth Exam

Replaces PhD. Paper Review Exam http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/

graduate/PhDBreadthAreasandCoursesMemo.pdf http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/

graduate/PhDBreadthAreasApprovalForm.pdf

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Ph.D. Program – out MS Note: Effective Fall 2010, Ph.D. Breadth Exam

Replaces PhD. Paper Review Exam http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/

graduate/PhDBreadthAreasandCoursesMemo.pdf http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/

graduate/PhDBreadthAreasApprovalForm.pdf

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PhD. Breadth Requirement Qualify in three Areas:

Area I: Theory and Algorithms Area II: Systems (NWs, Distr, Arch, DBs) Area III: Programming, SW, Appls.

T pass you must obtain three As (one in each area) or two As and one A- (across all three areas).

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Registering for Courses Fall 2011 Courses:

CSE 5103 Software Performance Engr                 Area III

CSE 6510 Fault-Tolerant Parallel Comput             Area I CSE 5800 Bioinformatics                            Area III

CSE 6512 Randomization in Computing                 Area I CSE 5095 Intro to Quantum Computing                 Area I CSE 5095 Research Topics in Computer Architecture  Area II

CSE 5095 To be Announced                           Area II Utilize Permission Number Request Form:

www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/index.php/graduate-studies/permission

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Graduate Assistantships Teaching Assistantships

Awarded by CSE Department Most in Fall, Limited in Spring www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/graduate/

TAApplication.pdf Research Assistantships

Given by Individual Faculty They Recruit their Own Students

Graduate Assistantships Available Around Campus Roper CTR, UITS, SoE ECS, SoEd We’ve Had Students Everywhere I Email when I receive Requests

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GAANN Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need CSE leads two projects:

Advanced Computing Cloud Computing

CSE participates in another two projects: Advanced Computing Security Sustainable Energy

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GAANN: Advanced ComputingGAANN: Advanced ComputingPI: R. Ammar

co-PIs: S. Demurjian, S. Rajasekaran, J.H. Cui, and S. Zhou

Demurjian (CSE)Kiayias (CSE)Russell (CSE)

Shvartsman (CSE)

Ammar (CSE)Cui (CSE)

Wang (CSE)Shi (CSE)

Ammar (CSE)Huang (CSE)

Mandoiu (CSE) Rajasekaran (CSE)

Shin (CSE) Wu (CSE)

Demurjian (CSE)Huang (CSE)

Kim (CSE)Mandoiu (CSE)

Rajasekaran (CSE) Shin (CSE)

Ammar (CSE)Cui (CSE)Fei (CSE)Kim (CSE)

Rajasekaran (CSE)Shi (CSE)

Zhou (ECE)Wang (CSE)

Cui (CSE) Chandy (ECE)

Fei (ECE)Pattipati (ECE)

Shi (CSE)Zhou (ECE)

Wang (ECE) Willett (ECE)

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Advanced ComputingAdvanced Computing Support for Five Doctoral Students (each for 3 years) Support for Five Doctoral Students (each for 3 years)

each of whom Must be US Citizen.each of whom Must be US Citizen. One Student will be Funded in the Areas ofOne Student will be Funded in the Areas of

BMI Bio/Genome Informatics: Supercomputing Medical Informatics: Warehouses and Mining

UWSN Architecture and Protocols Systems and Devices

5th student in Security and Networks will be in either BMI or UWSN

Educational Program for GAANN includes Research, Educational Program for GAANN includes Research, Training in Teaching, etc., to Prepare Graduates to be Training in Teaching, etc., to Prepare Graduates to be Faculty MembersFaculty Members

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GAANN: Cloud ComputingGAANN: Cloud Computing

PI: S. Rajasekaran co-PIs: R. Ammar, J. Cui, I. Greenshields, and P. Luh

DIRECTORS. Rajasekaran

Theory and Foundations

S. RajasekaranJ. Chandy

I. GreenshieldsC.-H. Huang

R. McCartney

Virtualization and

VisualizationI. Greenshields

T. PetersZ. Shi

Networks and Security

J. CuiA. Kiayias

Z. Shi

Performance and Reliability

R.A. AmmarS. Gokhale

S. Rajasekaran

ApplicationsP. Luh

R.A. AmmarI. Greenshields

I. MandoiuS. Rajasekaran

D.-G. ShinY. Wu

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Cloud Computing Support for Three Doctoral Students (each for 3 years)

each of whom Must be US Citizen. The following areas are covered:

Theory and Foundations Virtualization and Visualization Networks and Security Performance and Reliability Applications

Educational Program for GAANN includes Research, Training in Teaching, etc., to Prepare Graduates to be Faculty Members