The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of M.S. in Computer Science, Ph.D. in Computer Science, M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.
Broadband networks: Asynchronous Transfer Mode based networks; Optical Transport Networks: Architectures, protocol layers, protection and restoration; Wireless networks: Iterative (turbo) processing techniques; Network Security: Multimedia authentication; Applications: Multimedia over IP, multi-protocol over optical transport networks, optical internet;
Signal and Image Processing
Application of detection and estimation theory to broad areas of signal/image processing, radar tracking, chemical agent detection and classification, image sequence restoration, image motion detection and estimation.
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Enhance automation in motion planning and provide assistance in human-machine cooperative tasks in complex domains such as robotic-assisted surgery, robot manipulation, mobile robotics, and air-traffic control.
Information security
Apply such tools as cryptography and statistics to solve security and privacy issues in wireless networks, and also to enhance network security, system and web security, networking and network management.
Concentrations in Computer Science
Pattern Recognition, Database Systems, and Software Development
Statistical and visual data analysis; Bayesian decision theory; density estimation; classifiers; dimensionality reduction; feature extraction; feature selection; clustering; and database design. Applications include quantitative image analysis, dynamic computing environments, quality assurance in software, and bioinformatics.
Medical Informatics and Instrumentation
patterns recognition, data mining, bioinformatics, medical imaging and image processing, biomedical instrumentation
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Enhance automation in motion planning and provide assistance in human-machine cooperative tasks in complex domains such as robotic-assisted surgery, robot manipulation, mobile robotics, and air-traffic control.
Information Security
Apply such tools as cryptography and statistics to solve security and privacy issues in wireless networks, and also to enhance network security, system and web security, networking and network management.
Molecular Computing and DNA Nanotechnology
Develop innovative molecular computing architectures using DNA nanotechnology and expand the potential uses of self-assembly, programmability, and molecular recognition in addressing engineering, health, and energy applications.
Graduate Courses by Topic
Graduate students in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science can choose advanced courses in a variety of topic areas.
