MS in CS Through Distance Education Christoph F. Eick E-mail: gadvisor@cs.uh.edu Department of Computer Science University of Houston 2001/2002

The Department Faculty 19 Regular Faculty Members 4 new Faculty Members recruited this year At least 3 new positions per year for the next three years 15 Lecturers 4 Adjunct Professors

The Department Students 40 Ph. D. Students 350 MS Students 60% Thesis Option 40% Non-Thesis Option 500 Undergraduate Students Science Option Business Option

Ph. D. Program Degree Requirements 48 hours of course work 30 hours at 6000 level 18 hours at 7000 level 24 hours of research hours Dissertation 1 year full-time residency

MS Degree Program Thesis Option The default Plan May continue to Ph. D. study Stronger financial support (TA, RA, Fellowship, Scholarship) May not change to Non-Thesis Option

MS Degree Program Non-Thesis option New plan starting Fall 2000 Courses only English requirement for foreign students (TOEFL 650) May change to Thesis Option

MS in CS Through DE Same degree as on-campus Master of Science degree No need to come to campus on a regular basis Same admission standard and degree requirements

Thesis MS Requirements 24 credit hours of course work 15 hours of regular courses 9 hours of regular or special topic, special problem, advanced undergraduate electives, non-CS, or transfer courses 6 credit hours of thesis work

Non-Thesis MS Requirements 36 credit hours of course work 24 hours of regular courses 12 hours of regular or special topic, special problem, advanced undergraduate electives, non-CS, or transfer courses No thesis work

PB No Admission? 30 hours or more Yes MS (Thesis) MS (Non-Thesis) Ph. D. PB: Post Baccalaureate

Course Evaluation and Advising Road Map Admission Course Evaluation and Advising Prerequisite Courses Graduate Courses Thesis

Admission into the UH Central Computer Science Graduate Programs Admission is a competitive process; satisfying the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. In the last 2 semesters we admitted about 30-35% of the applicants.

MS Minimum Admission Requirements GRE (International Students) Verbal + Quantitative >= 1,000 Quantitative >= 600 GRE (U.S. Students) Verbal + Quantitative >= 1,150 TOEFL (Non-native speakers) >= 550 Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission

MS Admission Requirements Bachelor’s degree (transcript) in Computer Science or related fields Computer Courses at least 2 programming courses Math Courses at least 2 courses beyond Calculus II Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission

Factors Considered in Admitting Students Quality of schools from which past degree(s) were received GPA GRE Letters of recommendations Computer Science background …

Graduate Application Deadlines May 1(Int.)/July 1, 2002 (for Fall 2002) October 1(Int.) / December 1, 2002 (for Spring 2003)

Course Evaluation and Advising Road Map Admission Course Evaluation and Advising Prerequisite Courses Graduate Courses Thesis

Course Evaluation and Advising Students must see the graduate advisor for course advising before taking courses MS (including DE students) PB (including DE students) Christoph F. Eick gadvisor@cs.uh.edu

Course Evaluation and Advising Road Map Admission Course Evaluation and Advising Prerequisite Courses Graduate Courses Thesis

Prerequisite Courses Intro. to CS (Assembly) Not available through ITV Intro. to CS (Assembly) Logic and Computing Machines Numerical Analysis * Structured Programming and Analysis Language and Compilers Operating Systems

Prerequisite Courses * Not required for non-thesis option Calculus I Not available through ITV Calculus I Calculus II Calculus III * Linear Algebra Differential Equations * * Not required for non-thesis option

Course Evaluation and Advising Road Map Admission Course Evaluation and Advising Prerequisite Courses Graduate Courses Thesis

Graduate Courses Data Structures and Algorithms Analysis of Algorithms Data Management Software Engineering Declarative Programming Language Operating Systems Language and Compilers Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems Concurrent Programming

Graduate Courses Numerical Analysis Vector Processing Knowledge Based Systems Evolutionary Programming Artificial Intelligence Theory of Computation Computer Graphics

Graduate Courses Parallel Computations Computer System Performance Evaluation Computer Networks Real-Time Systems Digital Computer System Architecture Program Analysis and Testing Computational Complexity Internet Computing

Graduate Courses Probabilistic Analysis of Computer Algorithms Advanced Data Management Advanced Software Engineering Advanced Operating Systems Advanced Artificial Intelligence Advanced Parallel Computations Advanced Mathematical Software

Graduate Courses Advanced Vector Processing Data Security Computer Vision Neural Computers Advanced Performance Evaluation Advanced Automata Theory Advanced Computer Architecture Advanced Topics in CS

ITV Courses 1-way video and 2-way audio communication, video tapes The department is committed to offer at least one course through ITV each semester.

ITV Courses Offered Spring 2002 ITV Offerings Object-Oriented Analysis & Design Computer Graphics

Course Evaluation and Advising Road Map Admission Course Evaluation and Advising Prerequisite Courses Graduate Courses Thesis

Faculty Robert Anderson, UT-Austin Barbara Chapman, Queen's University, Belfast, N. Ireland Albert Cheng, U. of Texas-Austin K. H. Cheng, U. of Minnesota Christoph Eick, Karlsruhe, Germany J. C. Huang, U. of Pennsylvania

Faculty Stephen Huang, U. of Texas-Austin Olin Johnson, U. of California Lennart Johnsson, Chalmers, Sweden Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, U. of Pennsylvania Willis King, U. of Pennsylvania Ernst Leiss, TU Wien

Faculty Jehan-Francois Paris, U. of California Jaspal Subhlok, Rice U. Rakesh Verma, SUNY-Stony Brook

New Faculty in Spring 2002 Yuriy Fanfanov, Kuibyshev State University George Zouridakis, University of Houston Michael Resch, University Stuttgart Marc Garbey, Ecole Central de Lyon

Adjunct Faculty John Dennis, Utah Ken Kennedy, New York University (Computational & Applied Mathematics @ Rice) Ken Kennedy, New York University (Computer Science @ Rice) Montgomery Pettitt, UH (Chemistry @ UH)

Adjunct Faculty Venkat Subramaniam, UH, (Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Practice) Danny C. Sorensen, UC at San Diego (Computational & Applied Math @ Rice) Willy E. Zwaenepoel, Stanford (Computer Science @ Rice)

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