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From:  (Prof. Blum)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: RA in Signal Processing
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:43:06 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Research Assistantship in Signal Processing 

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at
Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania wishes to announce
a limited number of research assistantships (tuition and stipend) 
available for graduate research in signal processing 
(specifically signal detection and estimation).
These highly competitive positions are for important basic research 
and may be funded for three years.  
Only highly motivated students with top grades and good mathematical skills 
should apply.  Students with electrical engineering degrees are desired 
and those with backgrounds in signal detection and estimation 
or statistical signal processing are preferred.  Students interested 
in this opportunity should a resume with references, transcripts, and a copy 
of a technical paper or report they have written to: 

             RA in Signal Processing
             Professor Blum 
             Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
             Packard Lab # 19 
             Lehigh University
             Bethlehem, PA 18015

Indicate your interest a PhD or a Masters
degree and give a brief indication of your relevant experience.
Funding is available starting in September 1992.
A description of the research is given below. 

Brief Description of Research 

	 Distributing multiple sensors over a large area 
for the purpose of detecting a signal in noise is becoming 
increasingly attractive.  
In such cases it is generally too costly to transmit all the data
generated by each sensor to some central location for use in decision
making.  
Schemes that provide
acceptable performance while requiring only limited transmission capacity 
are of interest.
Locating a detector at each sensor and transmitting
only its decisions to a fusion center is one common approach.
The bulk of the research work concerning the design of such distributed 
detection schemes has focused on  
signal detection problems where a complete observation 
model which categorizes the environment 
under consideration is known.   
We will pursue research to investigate distributed 
detection schemes for cases where a complete observation model is 
not available due to incomplete knowledge of the operating 
environment. 
This is an extremely practical case which has applications in 
air traffic control,   
radar weather monitoring, military radar and sonar,  
and medical diagnostic systems.   
  

PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND BY E-MAIL
From: smith@muvms3.bitnet (Phil smith)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: looking for info on PhD Programs in MIS/IS
Date: 22 Aug 92 10:45:26 GMT
Organization: Marshall University

I would like some help. If anyone has the information I am seeking, I 
would ask that they e-mail it directly, afterwards if there is any interest,
I will summarize for the net.

I am looking for schools that offer Ph.D. programs in Information Systems
or Management Information Systems.  What I would like to know is if anyone 
has a listing of schools that offer such degree(s), and if so what are some
of thier admission criteria.  As I am currently a resident of West Virginia,
I am most interested in schools on the eastern side of the nation.

I have contacted the University of Kentucky and gotten a brochure on their
program and I am impressed; has anyone out there been through this program?
If so, and you wouldn't mind telling me a little about it; please e-mail me 
at the address(es) below.

Thanks everyone,
Phil


-- 
Phil Smith   			BITNET:	      Smith@Marshall
Sr. Systems Analyst             Internet:     Smith@Marshall.edu
Marshall University
---
From: adye@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Alan Dye)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:25:10 GMT
Subject: MS in MIS Info?
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo

Hi,

I am looking for any information about graduate programs in MIS, CIS, or IM.
(Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, or
 Information Management.)  I would prefer a MS program, not an MBA.  

Additionally, I am interested in a PhD program as well.

Thanks.

Alan Dye

p.s.  Either Post here, or Email.  Doesn't matter.

Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
From: kmldorf@utdallas.edu (George Kimeldorf)
Subject: Top Graduate Schools in Computer Science - List Wanted
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:04:22 GMT

Does anybody have a list of the ten or so top graduate schools in computer
science in the United States?
From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Re: Info on GRE testing guides
Date: 19 Aug 92 18:31:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Aug19.183104.6265
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853

In article <1992Aug19.155827.26510@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> eppler@frith.msu.edu writes:
>Does anyone have experience with using the practice manuals
>to cram for the GRE? We are especially interested in knowing
>how this can raise your quantitative and analytical scores.

You can't "cram" for the GRE, at least not the general exam.  You can,
however, prepare for the exam.  You must practice, practice, and
practice some more, if necessary, solving questions similar to the GRE
questions, until you can solve the problems quickly without wasting
too much time on any one of them and without making any mistakes.
The analytical and quantitative tests are tests of speed more than
knowledge or even intelligence.

When I took the GRE I just used the practice questions that I got in a
small booklet from ETS.  I tried a small sample of them and found out
I was too slow.  So I worked faster.  This made a tremendous
difference when I actually took the test--it would have been
disastrous to discover after half the time had elapsed that I'd done
only a quarter of the questions.

The verbal questions don't take a great amount of knowledge either;
mainly you have to become accustomed to the style of the questions.

-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
From: gamburd@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Alex Gamburd)
Subject: REQUEST: email addresses of graduate math depts.
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:27:01 GMT


I would like a list of email addresses I can write to, to obtain
application forms (grad school in math).  Please post, or email to
gamburd@theory.lcs.mit.edu
From: haneins@acf3.nyu.edu (shirley hanein)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: grad programs in israel: how do i get in?
Date: 16 Aug 92 02:16:31 GMT
Organization: New York University

i'm interested in going to grad school in israel however, i am 
currently enrolled in a program here in ny. 

what do i do about admissions info and such?

does anyone have any experience transfering into programs abroad?
what happens to your student loans while you try? 

thanks in advance.
shirley

haneins@acfcluster.nyu.edu
haneins@acf3.nyu.edu
From: eppler@frith.msu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Info on GRE testing guides
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:58:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering
Originator: eppler@frith.egr.msu.edu

Does anyone have experience with using the practice manuals
to cram for the GRE? We are especially interested in knowing
how this can raise your quantitative and analytical scores.

Also, does anyone use the computerized versions of these manuals?
Are there any FTP sites with GRE practice programs?


Thanks
From: elm@cs.berkeley.edu (ethan miller)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Re: GRE & GPA, which is more important?
Followup-To: soc.college.gradinfo
Date: 15 Aug 92 02:20:00
Organization: Berkeley--Shaken, not Stirred
Reply-To: elm@cs.berkeley.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: terrorism.cs.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: chitwong@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu's message of 15 Aug 92 04:52:03 GMT

In article <77750@ut-emx.uucp> chitwong@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (wong chit) writes:

=>Hi, for those who have experiences in applying graduate school, do you think
=>that GRE & GPA are more crucial to your acceptance by the University.

Both are important.  GREs are used as a rough filter by many of the
good schools (MIT excepted).  You need good scores on the
quantitative, verbal, and subject (usually CS) sections.  The verbal
score can be slightly lower, but most schools expect American
applicants to do well on it.  Those students for whom English is a
second language can do worse.  GPA had better be great if it's from a
not-so-good school (one which the profs haven't heard of), but can be
worse if it's from a name school (with a good CS department) such as
Berkeley.  If your GPA is good from a small department, your GREs will
be used to "calibrate" your grade and make sure you actually learned
something while getting those A's.

=>In particular, I will be most interested in knowing the standards of
=>each CS and EE departments of the major universities.

There aren't many hard and fast standards for *any* schools.  I think
you need at least a 3.5 (in CS) to get into Berkeley for grad school,
but that rule can be bent if the profs want to.

ethan
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Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
From: tuku@IASTATE.EDU (Sukanta K Mishra)
Subject: grad ranking in industrial engg and mechanical engg 
Reply-To: tuku@IASTATE.EDU (Sukanta K Mishra)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:09:33 GMT


Hi friends,
	I would feel very much privileged if somebody can send me the 
latest rankings in Indusrial engg and also in Mechanical engg.
	I am presently doing M.S. Industial Engg.(with specialization
in CAD/CAM, Manufacturing) at Iowa State Univ. I would like to pursue Ph. D.
in the same area. It would be very helpful to receive any expert advice from
those of you who are already doing specialization in the same field. I would
certainly appreciate any necessary suggestions regarding good schools in the
relevant area of research and may be with good funding potential.  
Thanks.
	Sukanta Mishra
	(tuku@iastate.edu)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
From: rajesh@unlv.edu (Rajesh Viswanathan)
Subject: appliactions
Organization: UNLV
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 19:50:06 GMT


I'm planning to start applying to grad schools for my PhD, do most
schools have a way by which I can request apps by electronic mail
or do I have to go through the traditional method (US Mail!) Any
info regarding will be appreciated 
Please direct any e-mail replies to v_viswan@unsvax.nevada.edu

Thanx
Rajesh
-- 
Rajesh
:::Boswell: I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it:::
:::Johnson: That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your:::
:::countrymen cannot help.					:::
From: ralph@isis.CSS.GOV (Ralph Webber)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: SUNY@Binghamton Phone/Address wanted
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:45:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL


If anyone could please e-mail or post either the 
mailing address or the phone # for SUNY @ Binghamton 
I'd be very appreciative. 

-- 
<   Ralph Webber            ralph@osiris.css.gov   >
<   ENSCO, Inc.             (407) 254-4122         >
<   Melbourne, FL 32940                            >
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Re: Choosing a thesis advisor
From: <PMONGEAU@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Date: Tuesday, 11 Aug 1992 13:54:11 EDT
Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service

In article <1992Aug10.205754.15187@news.clarkson.edu>,
russell@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (David Russell) says:
>
>From article <1992Aug10.170425.10001@linus.mitre.org>, by
>crawford@church.mitre.org (Randy Crawford):
>> Can anyone enlighten me:  how do you know that you will get the thesis
>> advisor you want when you enter a doctoral program?
>> (text deleted)....
>> How can I get some assurance at admission time that Prof. X will be
>> my advisor?
>
>Get in touch with the individual you have in mind. Talk with him/her.
>Express your desires. Be up front. Express your concerns. etc...
>In the end if Prof. X wants you as a student then in all probability
>admission won't be a problem and you will have your desired advisor.
>--
>David M. Russell, Mechanical Eng. Dept.
[rest of sig deleted[
 
I agree with David.  The only thing that I might add is to tell Prof.X
WHY you want them to be your advisor.  If you have done any work that is
relevant to their expertise, don't be afraid to let them know that.
If there is a piece that you admire or area of research you find
particularly interesting, be sure to let them know.  You have to let
Prof.X know who you are and why they might want YOU as their advisee.
 
Paul    -     PMONGEAU@MIAMIU     - Communication   -Miami Ohio)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:15:49 EDT
From: <U4400@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Re: Choosing a thesis advisor

In article <1992Aug10.170425.10001@linus.mitre.org>, crawford@church.mitre.org
(Randy Crawford) says:
>
>Can anyone enlighten me:  how do you know that you will get the thesis
>advisor you want when you enter a doctoral program?
>
>I've been considering some schools with a specific individual in mind as
>my thesis advisor -- schools I would never consider if I knew that this
>person would be unavailable.
>
>How can I get some assurance at admission time that Prof. X will be
>my advisor?
>--
I agree with the others that you should talk to him or her, but I will
add one more piece of advice.  Find out whether they are nearing
retirement - my advisor/committee chair retired when I was two years
into the program and moved to London!  He made it clear that none of his
(former) advisees were to contact him for any reason, and that he was
done with academia.  He had every right to do this, but left me rather
high and dry (as well as others who were much farther along on the PhD)
and now I'm having trouble with my new advisor.  They won't do you any
good if they leave the university.
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Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
From: diop@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony Shawn Johnson)
Subject: What is minimum grade point average needed
Originator: diop@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:07:13 GMT

I would like to know what is the minimum acceptable grade point average
necessary for grade school in general.  Thanks for your help.

Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
From: wpmadden@c00059-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu (WILLIAM PATRICK MADDEN)
Subject: OSU EE Grad info
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:20:48 GMT

Is there an email address that one can contact the EE dept at Oregon State 
Univ. regarding MS programs?

Thanks, Wm

--
Bill Madden
wpmadden@eos.ncsu.edu
No icon tact
Organization: Middle East Technical University - Computer Center
Date: Friday, 14 Aug 1992 12:49:56 TUR
From: enis tuncer <A10630@TRMETU.BITNET>
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: please help

Hi,

A friend of mine graduated from BIOLOGY this year an she wants to study her
masters degree in United States. So she is looking for the universities that she
can get scholarship. Her graduation GPA is 3.01 (over 4.00), and Toefl score is
530 (she will take it again on october), I don't know her gre score but it is
above the average. Please write me the uni.s at which she can get scolarship.  ?

THANX.
From: rauscher@romulus.rutgers.edu (Rich Rauscher)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Re: What is minimum grade point average needed
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:23:12 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Center for Discrete Math. and Theor. Comp. Sci.

>I would like to know what is the minimum acceptable grade point average
>necessary for grade school in general.  Thanks for your help.

Hmmm...there was no GPA requirement when I entered kindergarten. :-)
-- 
Rich Rauscher, Systems Analyst, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
              "In the long run, the computers will win."
rauscher@dimacs.rutgers.edu     uunet!fed!rauscher   rauscher@NJIN.bitnet
From: cson@almaak.usc.edu (Christian Son)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Looking for a housing at Cornell
Date: 14 Aug 1992 02:03:46 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: almaak.usc.edu

Hi, fellows...

I am going to master of engineering program at Cornell this fall but, 
I don't have a housing yet. If you are living in that area and looking for
a roommate or know someone who is looking, please send me a e-mail.

	cson@almaak.usc.edu

I will take any housing info. also.  Thanks a lot.

Chris
From: kumar@billings.cs.unc.edu (Subodh Kumar)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Good Schools for Petroleum engineering
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:18:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


These programs were named the nation's best by engineering
deans in the U.S. News and World Report reputational survey: (3/23/92)


Petroleum
---------
1. U. Texas at Austin (tie)
1. Texas A&M
3. Stanford
4. U. Oklahoma
5. Louisiana State University and A&M College

-- 
	You can either win or lose - there is no third option.
Subodh Kumar		Department of Computer Science 
			University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
			NC 27599 	Tel: (919) 962-1943
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
From: s1006420@titan.ucc.umass.edu (and a thousand battles shall be won..)
Subject: Re: Need Astrophysics Grad. Program Rankings
Keywords: Rankings, Astrophysics, Graduate, US
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 16:11:13 GMT

this got posted in reply to another article - which wasn't my
intention. Therefore the subject astrophysics grad. programs came up.

the center i would like info on, has nothing to do with astrophyisics :)

				   
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
From: s1006420@titan.ucc.umass.edu (and a thousand battles shall be won..)
Subject: Re: Need Astrophysics Grad. Program Rankings
Keywords: Rankings, Astrophysics, Graduate, US
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 15:54:44 GMT


Hi,

Can anyone give me any information (including address) of a:

Center for Partnership Studies in Pacific Grove, California.

Riane Eisler is the co-director (author of 'The Chalice and
the Blade - our history , our future).

Thanks in advance,

Vera B.
From: mimir@milton.u.washington.edu (Al Billings)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Anthro Grad Schools
Date: 14 Aug 92 06:30:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Aug14.063030.10722
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


 I was wondering if online information existed on the various graduate
schools for Anthropology existed. I plan on going for my masters in a bit
over a year from now and I need to get information on various schools.

Al Billings

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From: liang@cs.arizona.edu (Song Liang)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: statistics depts' email address
Keywords: help
Date: 21 Aug 92 05:10:11 GMT

Hello:

   Does anyone know where I can get a statistics depts' email address
list?  A friend of mine wants to apply for graduate admission.  
Thanks in advance.


Song
From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Re: What is minimum grade point average needed
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:21:50 GMT
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
Distribution: usa
Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park

In article <1992Aug18.150713.20476@uwm.edu>, diop@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony Shawn Johnson) writes:
> I would like to know what is the minimum acceptable grade point average
> necessary for grade school in general.  Thanks for your help.

   Most grad schools that bother to set a minimum usually set it to
3.0 on a 4.0 scale.   Some schools have no minimum at all.  You
should check the school you plan to apply to for further details.

   Despite this rather typical cutoff, the "top ten" schools
tend to cut off at a much higher level.  Not, officially, though.
Usually, most people start taking a look when you have a 3.5 
average.  It's hard, after all, to say that a 3.0 student
was admitted when a 4.0 was not.

   The schools that aren't in the top ten may not be quite
as demanding.  Some may say that if you went to a very good school
and just got above 3.0, then that is just as good as getting a 3.5 
in an average school.  

   Of course, if you have some other experience (maybe lots
of programming or research in an area that is of interest
to some professor in a department) that can also help a
low GPA.  Having a high GRE won't hurt though I wonder 
how much it helps, and very good recommendations from 
professors with solid repuations can also make
the difference.

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu
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From: dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett)
Subject: Re: GRE & GPA, which is more important?
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 18:26:39 GMT

In article <77750@ut-emx.uucp> chitwong@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (wong chit) writes:
>Hi, for those who have experiences in applying graduate school, do you think
>that GRE & GPA are more crucial to your acceptance by the University. 

First of all, some departments don't use GRE scores.  The CS department
at MIT is one that doesn't ask for them.  My feeling is that at most of
the top schools where both criteria are used, both are basically "OK or
not" -- there's a minimum "reasonable" score and GPA you need to have,
and beyond that they're uniteresting statistics.  The most quoted
values I've heard are "700+ in all sections of the GRE general" and
"3.5+ GPA in major, perhaps a little lower overall."  If you really
want to know specifics, call your favorite school(s) and ask, or send
email to the graduate admisions contact person.

I got the impression that the breadth and depth of classwork, letters
of recommendation, and statements of purpose were much more important.
The *main* thing graduate admissions people are looking for is your
likelihood of success doing "real" research.  Clearly grades (and to a
lesser extent, in my opinion, GRE scores) give some indication of
whether or not you can handle difficult material at all.  But only
research done as an undergraduate (either in an academic or industry
setting) really demonstrates that you can take on a reasonable project
and see it to completion.  Obviously the best way you can convince
someone that you'll be able to do something well is to do it well!

Dave Baggett
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