The curriculum provides for graduate study in several areas of computer science including algorithms, computer architecture, artificial intelligence, theoretical computer science, software engineering, information retrieval, database management, operating systems, high-performance computing, robotics, scientific computation, and programming languages and compilers. The Ph.D. program requires a general examination, a minor field, graduate-level statistics, a seminar course, a dissertation, and a final examination on the dissertation. Letters, written by persons knowledge- able of the applicant's academic work, should be sent directly to the department. Applicants must follow established Graduate School dates for submitting materials. Minority students are encouraged to apply.
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Application deadline for fellowships is February 15. Duties include teaching, laboratory supervision, and grading. The deadline for priority consideration is February 1. The significance of the research conducted in this department is evident in the naming of faculty to editorial boards and grant review panels, in job offers given to graduate students, and in requests for consulting opportunities for faculty. The prominence of faculty members is evident by the fact that they have published more than 300 articles in refereed journals and refereed conference proceedings during the past five years.