From: raphael@ms.uky.edu (Raphael Finkel)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Computer Science, University of Kentucky
Date: 14 Dec 92 17:09:59 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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Programs of Study
     The Department of Computer Science offers Masters of Science and Doctor
     of Philosophy degrees.  It usually takes two years to complete a Masters
     degree and four or more years for the PhD.  All students must take the
     problem seminar course and must pass foundational examinations to
     demonstrate breadth of knowledge at the undergraduate level in the areas
     of Theory and Algorithms, Numerical Methods, and Systems.

     Two Masters options are available: (a) Complete 24 hours of coursework
     and write a thesis.  The thesis often involves a major implementation of
     existing algorithms but can also contain original research.  (b) Complete
     30 hours of coursework and complete a project.  Three hours of coursework
     may be devoted to the project.  Both options require a final examination
     directed by a committee chaired by the thesis or project director.

     PhD candidates must demonstrate reading proficiency in any natural
     language other than their native tongue.  The PhD program includes
     includes two general written examinations in approved areas and one that
     covers the major area in detail.  An oral qualifying examination is
     typically completed by the end of the third year of study.  The final
     step towards the degree is preparing and defending a dissertation that
     displays independent research.

Research Facilities
     The Department has substantial research computing facilities that run
     Unix and use NFS to provide a single coherent file system.  Machines
     include a 26-processor Sequent Symmetry, five DEC MicroVaxen, and many
     workstations running X Windows (21 VaxStation 2000s, three DECStation
     3100s, three VAXStation IIs, six Sun 3/140s, 16 Sun 4s, seven
     NeXTStations, one HP700).  All graduate students have accounts on all
     machines.  In addition, there is a digitizer and a camera.

     All these machines are on a local ethernet, connected both to our
     instructional machines (40 AT&T machines) and to a campus-wide broadband
     network and thence to Bitnet, USEnet, and the Internet. We have access to
     the campus supercomputing facility (IBM 3090J/600, running VM/CMS and
     AIX) and to the research center for advanced manufacturing and industrial
     automation, whose laboratories provide a variety of computing, robotics,
     and automation machinery to research projects related to machine vision,
     graphics, robotics, and manufacturing or automation systems software.

Financial aid
     About 25 teaching assistantships and 10 research assistantships are
     available through the department.  These have stipends of about $9600 -
     $10,000 this academic year for 20 hours work per week and include total
     tuition waivers.  Teaching assistants usually teach introductory courses,
     and research assistants lend support to research projects.  We also grant
     half assistantships, which provide half the stipend and half the tuition
     waiver.  Students can often find research assistantships outside the
     department as well.  Competitive fellowships are available through the
     Department, the Graduate School, and the University.  Fellowships usually
     include payment of tuition.  Part-time employment opportunities are
     abundant on campus.

Cost of Study
     The 1991-2 2-semester full-time graduate tuition is $2004 (in-state) and
     $5564 (out-of-state) including all fees.  Students are eligible for
     substantial discounts on personal computers from several manufacturers.

Cost of Living
     There is extensive on-campus graduate housing, both for single students
     and for families.  Monthly rental for furnished apartments including
     utilities ranges from $265 to $352 for singles and from $362 to $450 for
     families.  Numerous apartments are also available within walking distance
     of campus.

Student Group
     The department has approximately 300 undergraduates, 95 Masters students,
     and 37 PhD students.  About 16% of the graduate students are female;
     slightly over 50% are American.  The largest international groups are
     Indian (19%) and Chinese (5%).  We support about 30 students with
     teaching assistantships, 8 with research assistantships, and 5 with
     competitive fellowships.

Location
     The University is in the heart of the beautiful Bluegrass region,
     renowned for race horses, burley tobacco, and bourbon whiskey.  The
     Appalachian mountains are several hours to the east, and many scenic
     parks are within an easy drive of the city.  Lexington is a thriving
     community of about 230,000 people whose major industries are the
     University and Lexmark.  No heavy industry exists in the area (pollution
     is bad for horses), and the city is becoming more cosmopolitan yearly.
     There is fairly good theater, a ballet company, and an orchestra.  Two
     tracks (harness and flat) and the Kentucky Horse Park (steeplechase and
     polo) provide equine attractions, but the major spectator sport is the
     University's nationally ranked basketball team.  Both Louisville and
     Cincinnati are within two hours by automobile.

The University
     The University of Kentucky, with a total enrollment of over 23,000
     students (20% graduate), is the flagship educational institution in
     Kentucky.  It places a high priority on educational training at the
     postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate levels.  The Carnegie
     Foundation classified it as a Research I University in 1987, placing it
     among the top 45 public research institutions in the nation.

Applying
     Applications are processed throughout the year, and students may enter at
     the beginning of any semester.  Applications for Fall Semester are due
     February 1 for international students and those wishing to be considered
     for fellowships.  Applications from students wishing assistantships are
     due by March 1.  All application materials (two official transcripts, GRE
     scores, and various forms) must be on file by those dates.  Foreign
     applicants whose native language is not English must satisfactorily
     complete the TOEFL examination.

Correspondence and Information

     Application forms:       Computer Science queries:
     The Graduate School      DGS, Department of Computer Science
     351 Patterson Office Tower915 Patterson Office Tower
     University of Kentucky   University of Kentucky
     Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027
     (606) 257-4613           (606) 257-4997
                              (email:  gradpro@ms.uky.edu or gradpro@ukma.bitnet)

The Faculty and Their Research
e-mail: <name>@ms.uky.edu

Anthony Q. Baxter, Associate Professor and Associate Chairman; PhD 1973,
     University of Virginia.  Programming and systems, performance monitoring
     and evaluation, database systems.
Yuri Breitbart, Professor and Chairman; PhD 1973, Israel Technological
     Institute (Technion).  Distributed database systems, query optimization
     in heterogeneous distributed database environments, databases and logic.
Fuhua Cheng, Associate Professor; PhD 1982, The Ohio State University.
     Computer-aided geometric design, computer graphics, numerical analysis.
Raymond H. Cox, Associate Professor; PhD 1963, University of North Carolina.
     Functional analysis, integral equations (Joint appointment with
     Mathematics).
Raphael A. Finkel, Professor; PhD 1976, Stanford University.  Operating
     systems, distributed algorithms, programming languages.
James Griffioen, Assistant Professor; PhD 1991, Purdue University.  Computer
     networks, operating systems.
J. Robert Heath, Associate Professor; PhD 1973, Auburn, University.  Computer
     engineering, digital signal processing, software engineering (Joint
     appointment with Electrical Engineering).
Jerzy W. Jaromczyk, Associate Professor; PhD 1984, Warsaw University.
     Computational geometry, algorithms.
Kenneth K. Kubota, Professor; PhD 1969, Facultes des Sciences de Paris.
     Number theory, operating systems (Joint appointment with Mathematics).
Forbes D. Lewis, Professor; PhD 1970, Cornell University.  Computational
     complexity, CAD algorithms for VLSI systems.
Wiktor Marek, Professor; PhD 1968, DSc 1972, Warsaw University.  Logical
     foundations of AI, theory of databases, logic programming.
Rajiv Mehrotra, Associate Professor; PhD 1986, Wayne State University Image
     processing, machine vision, robotics.
A. C. R. Newbery, Professor; PhD 1962, University of London.  Numerical
     analysis, interpolation (Emeritus).
Arcot K. Rajasekar, Assistant Professor; PhD 1989, University of Maryland.
     Logic programming, deductive databases, artificial intelligence.
Brent Seales, Assistant Professor; PhD 1991, University of Wisconsin.  Image
     processing, graphics.
Robert Tannenbaum, Adjunct Professor; EdD 1968, Columbia University.
     Graphics, fractals, CAI (Joint appointment with Computing Center).
Miroslaw Truszczynski, Professor; PhD 1980, Technical University of Warsaw.
     Graph theory, combinatorics, logical foundations of AI.
Grzegorz W. Wasilkowski, Professor; PhD 1980, University of Warsaw.
     Computational complexity, numerical analysis.
Rajendra Yavatkar, Assistant Professor; PhD 1989, Purdue University Computer
     networks, distributed systems, programming languages, compilers