Transcript CSE Graduate Program Presentation

Graduate Studies in CS&E
Prof. Steven A. Demurjian
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Co-Director Research Informatics, Biomedical Informatics
Division, CICATS
Computer Science & Engineering Department
University of Connecticut
371 Fairfield Road, Box U-255Storrs, CT
[email protected]
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CSE Department
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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
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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
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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
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Number of active funded projects: 53
Total value of current grants: $14,213,345
NSF:
30 (57%) $7,739,855 (55%)
State:
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$3,712,112
Industry:
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$618,920
NIH:
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$273,567
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Research Areas Across Department
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Arriving with MS: 24 Credits
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Information for Graduate Students
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Graduate School (www.grad.uconn.edu)
 Most Useful Page is Forms
 www.grad.uconn.edu/forms.html
Computer Science & Engineering
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www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/index.php/graduate-studies
Forms of Interest:
 www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/index.php/graduatestudies/frequently-used-forms
 www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/index.php/graduatestudies/permission
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MS Programs – Plan A
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See:
www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/graduate/PlanOfStudy.pdf
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Requirements on Form are:
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MS Programs – Plan B
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See:
www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/graduate/PlanOfStudy.pdf
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Requirements on Form are:
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Ph.D. Program – without MS
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Note: Effective Fall 2010, Ph.D. Breadth Exam
Replaces PhD. Paper Review Exam
 http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/grad
uate/PhDBreadthAreasandCoursesMemo.pdf
 http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/grad
uate/PhDBreadthAreasApprovalForm.pdf
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Ph.D. Program – out MS
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Note: Effective Fall 2010, Ph.D. Breadth Exam
Replaces PhD. Paper Review Exam
 http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/grad
uate/PhDBreadthAreasandCoursesMemo.pdf
 http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/grad
uate/PhDBreadthAreasApprovalForm.pdf
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PhD. Breadth Requirement
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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
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Fall 2011 Courses:
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CSE 5103 Software Performance Engr
CSE 6510 Fault-Tolerant Parallel Comput
CSE 5800 Bioinformatics
CSE 6512 Randomization in Computing
CSE 5095 Intro to Quantum Computing
CSE 5095 Research Topics in Computer Architecture
CSE 5095 To be Announced
Area III
Area I
Area III
Area I
Area I
Area II
Area II
Utilize Permission Number Request Form:
 www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/index.php/graduatestudies/permission
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Graduate Assistantships
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Teaching Assistantships
 Awarded by CSE Department
 Most in Fall, Limited in Spring
 www.cse.uconn.edu/cms/images/stories/graduate/T
AApplication.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
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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 Computing
PI: R. Ammar
co-PIs: S. Demurjian, S. Rajasekaran, J.H. Cui, and S. Zhou
Ammar (CSE)
Huang (CSE)
Mandoiu (CSE)
Rajasekaran (CSE)
Shin (CSE)
Wu (CSE)
Demurjian (CSE)
Huang (CSE)
Kim (CSE)
Mandoiu (CSE)
Rajasekaran (CSE)
Shin (CSE)
Demurjian (CSE)
Kiayias (CSE)
Russell (CSE)
Shvartsman (CSE)
Ammar (CSE)
Cui (CSE)
Wang (CSE)
Shi (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 Computing
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Support for Five Doctoral Students (each for 3 years)
each of whom Must be US Citizen.
One Student will be Funded in the Areas of
 BMI
 Bio/Genome Informatics: Supercomputing
 Medical Informatics: Warehouses and Mining
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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,
Training in Teaching, etc., to Prepare Graduates to be
Faculty Members
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GAANN: Cloud Computing
PI: S. Rajasekaran
co-PIs: R. Ammar, J. Cui, I. Greenshields, and P. Luh
DIRECTOR
S. Rajasekaran
Theory and
Foundations
S. Rajasekaran
J. Chandy
I. Greenshields
C.-H. Huang
R. McCartney
Virtualization
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Visualization
I. Greenshields
T. Peters
Z. Shi
Networks and
Security
J. Cui
A. Kiayias
Z. Shi
Performance
and Reliability
R.A. Ammar
S. Gokhale
S. Rajasekaran
Applications
P. Luh
R.A. Ammar
I. Greenshields
I. Mandoiu
S. Rajasekaran
D.-G. Shin
Y. Wu
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Cloud Computing
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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
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