1 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

2 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

3 Undergraduate Programs   Three Programs  Computer Science & Engineering  Computer Science  Computer Engineering (shared with ECE)   Enrollment: Approximately 300 Students  CSE – 50%  CS – 30%  CompE – 20%

4 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 : 13 MS and 9 PhD  Graduated in : 7 MS and 12 PhD  20 New Students, Fall 2011

5 Research Funding:   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

6 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

7 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

8 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

9 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 

10 Information for Graduate Students   Graduate School (  Most Useful Page is Forms    Computer Science & Engineering   Forms of Interest:  studies/frequently-used-forms  studies/permission

11 MS Programs – Plan A   See:   Requirements on Form are:

12 MS Programs – Plan B   See:   Requirements on Form are:

13 Ph.D. Program – without MS   Note: Effective Fall 2010, Ph.D. Breadth Exam Replaces PhD. Paper Review Exam  uate/PhDBreadthAreasandCoursesMemo.pdf  uate/PhDBreadthAreasApprovalForm.pdf

14 Ph.D. Program – out MS   Note: Effective Fall 2010, Ph.D. Breadth Exam Replaces PhD. Paper Review Exam  uate/PhDBreadthAreasandCoursesMemo.pdf  uate/PhDBreadthAreasApprovalForm.pdf

15 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).

16 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:  studies/permission

17 Graduate Assistantships   Teaching Assistantships  Awarded by CSE Department  Most in Fall, Limited in Spring  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 when I receive Requests

18 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

19 GAANN: Advanced Computing PI: 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)

20 Advanced Computing  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  UWSN  Architecture and Protocols  Systems and Devices  5 th 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

21 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 and 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

22 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