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Our graduate program

The departments of Mathematics & Computer, Biomedical Informatics, and Biostatistics jointly offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science with a number of concentrations including:
  • Data Science
  • ​Biomedical Informatics
  • Systems
  • Language and Information Science
  • Theory, and
  • Scientific Computing. 

Program overview

Students take 4 required core courses, followed by 7 electives, which could be structured to focus primarily on their chosen concentration (depth), or from multiple areas (breadth). PhD students also complete at least one semester "rotation" project to explore a potentially research area.

For M.S. degree, the academic course work is expected to be completed within 2 years. Instead of one of the courses, students can elect to complete a M.S. thesis, which involves performing original research with the chosen M.S. advisor.

For Ph.D. degree, the academic course work is expected to be finished within the first 2 to 3 years, followed by a qualifying examination in the student's chosen concentration, and a thesis proposal, followed by the thesis defense and graduation. By year 3, and often earlier, students are expected to begin working closely with a Ph.D. advisor on original research. ​On average, a PhD degree in CS takes 5-6 years to complete. ​

Courses

Click here for brief descriptions of the courses offered in the program.

Core courses:
  • Algorithms
  • Databases
  • Systems programming
  • Machine Learning

Electives (incomplete list):
  • Data Mining
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Information Retrieval
  • Data Privacy and Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Advanced Machine Learning
  • Advanced Information Retrieval and Web Search
  • Advanced Natural Language Processing
  • High Performance Computing
  • Mobile Health
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