COMPUTER ENGINEERING

H. Altay Güvenir, Ph.D., Chair

Graduate Courses

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

The Department of Computer Engineering offers M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs with the possibility of specialization in different areas of research in Computer Engineering. Current research areas are artificial intelligence, commonsense reasoning, computer vision, data mining, embedded systems formal semantics, machine learning, pattern recognition, database systems, object-oriented systems, information storage and retrieval, distributed database systems, graphics, physically based animation, ray tracing, radiosity, user interfaces, image analysis, parallel processing, parallel algorithm design, task assignment, simulation of various applications on multicomputer architectures, parallel methods for scientific computing, computer networks, mobile and wireless networking, cryptography and network security, theory, algorithms, graph theory, graph drawing, graph coloring, computational geometry, Implications of Internet, capacity planning for web services, performance modeling.

Master of Science

Admission: All applicants are required to have a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering or a related field of science and engineering. All Turkish citizens must take the ALES (Akademik Personel ve Lisansustu Egitimi Giris Sinavi - Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Examination) and have a minimum of 55 points in the quantitative section of the exam. GRE scores are required for international applicants. All non-native speakers of English are required to submit a proof of satisfactory knowledge of English. (Also refer to the ``Graduate Admissions'' section in the introduction of this catalog for the graduate admissions requirements.)

Degree Requirements: In addition to at least 24 credit units of course work, the M.S. degree candidate must take one research course, and prepare and successfully defend a thesis. The normal duration of M.S. study is four semesters. However, this may be extended for up to two more semesters upon approval of the Graduate Institute.

Doctor of Philosophy

Admission: All applicants are required to have a B.S. degree or a M.S. degree in Computer Engineering or a related field of science and engineering. All Turkish citizens must take the ALES (Akademik Personel ve Lisansustu Egitimi Giris Sinavi - Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Examination) and have a minimum of 55 (70 for B.S. degree applicants) points in the quantitative section of the exam. GRE scores are required for international applicants. All non-native speakers of English are required to submit a proof of satisfactory knowledge of English. (Also refer to the ``Graduate Admissions'' section in the introduction of this catalog for the graduate admissions requirements.)

Degree Requirements: Each student's Ph.D. program is individually planned with a faculty advisor. In addition to successful completion of at least 24 credit units of course work above the M.S. level (48 units of course work above B.S. level), the Ph.D. student is expected to pass qualifying examination, and to prepare and defend a dissertation based on original research. The normal duration for Ph.D. study is eight semesters for students with M.S. degree and ten semesters for students with the B.S. degree. However, these durations may be extended for up to two more semesters upon approval of the Graduate Institute.


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