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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.

Concentrations in Electrical Engineering

  • High Speed Communications and Networking

    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 Courses by Topic

Graduate students in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science can choose advanced courses in a variety of topic areas.

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