Florida State University Department of Computer Science

Florida State University Department of Computer Science Prospective Graduate Student Meeting

Sudhir Aggarwal Sudhir Aggarwal, Professor and Chair PhD, University of Michigan Computer networks, distributed systems, realtime systems Office: 259 Love Phone: 644-4029/0164 Email: [email protected]

Ted P. Baker Theodore P. Baker, Professor PhD 1974, Cornell University Real-Time Systems, Theory of Parsing, Translation, and Compiling, Ada Run Time Environments, Tools and High-Level Languages for Real-Time Software Interfaces. Office: 207A Love Phone: (850) 644-5452 Email: [email protected]

Kenneth J Baldauf Assistant In Computer Science MS 1997, Florida State University Computer Education, Multimedia, MIDI, Internet Office: 103 Milton Carothers Hall (MCH) Phone: (850) 644-5832 Email: [email protected]

David Banks Associate Professor PhD 1993, University of North Carolina 3D Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization Office: 488 Dirac Science Library Phone: (850) 644-6410 Email: [email protected]

Mike Burmester Professor Phd 1966, University of Rome, Italy Cryptography, Computer Security, Network Security, Discrete Mathematics. Office: 269 Love Phone: (850) 644-6410 Email: [email protected]

Daniel Chang M.S. Computer Science, University of Florida, 1996 J.D., University of Florida College of Law, 1997 Bioinformatics, networking, ethics, computers and law, security Room: 106 Milton Carothers Hall (MCH) Phone: (850) 645-1466 Email: [email protected]

Yvo Desmedt Professor PhD 1984, University of Louvain (Leuven), Belgium Computer Security, Cryptography, Fault-Tolerant Computation, Information Hiding, Network Security, Watermarking Office: 263 Love Building Phone: (850) 644-9298 Email: [email protected]

Ian Douglas Assistant Professor PhD 1996, Glasgow Caledonia University Human-Computer Interaction, Multimedia Computing, Computer-based Learning. Office: Suite 109, Morgan Building, Innovation Park Phone: (850) 644-0100 Email: [email protected]

Zenhai Duan Assistant Professor PhD 2003, Univ of Minnesota Computer Networks & Multimedia Communications Office: 165 Love Phone: TBD Email: [email protected]

Ann Ford Assistant in Computer Science, Instructor MS 1983, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor BA 1979, State University of New York Computer and Communications Office: 105 Milton Carothers Hall (MCH) Phone: (850) 644-0973 Email: [email protected]

David A. Gaitros Associate Chair, Graduate Coordinator, and Instructor MS 1985, Air Force Institute of Technology Software Engineering, Database Systems, compilers Office: 261 Love Phone: (850) 644-4055 Email: [email protected]

Kyle Gallivan Professor PhD 1983, Univ. of Illinois High Performance Computing, Numerical Algorithms, Architecture, and large scale simulations Office: 476 DSL Phone: (850) 645-0306 Email: [email protected]

Kartik Gopalan Assistant Professor Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2003 Performance Guarantees and Resource Virtualization in Networks and Operating Systems Room : 164 Love Phone : (850) 644-1685 Email: [email protected]

Lois Wright Hawkes Professor PhD 1977, University of London (U.K.) Fault Tolerance, Interconnection Networks, Collective Communications over ATM, FT in ATM, and ATM Networks Switching Fabrics, Coding Theory, Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Office: 163 Love Building Phone: (850) 644-3088 Email: [email protected]

Ladislav Kohout Professor PhD 1978, University of Essex (U.K.) Knowledge Engineering, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge-Based Systems, Fuzzy Relational Architectures, Medical Computing. Office: 105C Love Building Phone: (850) 644-2513 Email: [email protected]

Stephen P. Leach Assistant Scholar/Scientist PhD 1990, Florida State University Knowledge-Based Systems, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence. Office: 171 Love Building Phone: (850) 644-6212 Email: [email protected]

Xiuwen Liu Assistant Professor PhD 1999, Ohio State University Computer Vision and Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence Office: 166 Love Building Phone: (850) 644-0050 Email: [email protected]

Michael Mascagni Professor PhD 1987, Courant Institute, New York University Mathematical software, random number generation, Monte Carlo methods, computational biology Office: 172 Love , 430 DSL Phone: (850) 644-3290 Email: [email protected]

Robert Myers Assistant in CS (Instructor) MS 1994 (Math), Florida State University MS 2000 (CS), Florida State University Office: 105D Love Phone: (850) 644-0972 Email: [email protected]

Gregory Riccardi Professor PhD 1980, State University of New York Supercomputer Applications, Parallel Processing, Software Engineering, Data Grids Office: 266 Love Building Phone: (850) 644-2869 Email: [email protected] Office: 497 Dirac Science Library Phone: (850) 644-7059

Daniel Schwartz Associate Professor PhD 1981, Portland State University Models of Human Reasoning, Logic Programming, Expert Systems, Programming Languages. Office: 266 Love Phone: (850) 644-5875 Email: [email protected]

Wayne E. Sprague Instructor and Chief Computer Operations Juris Doctorate, 1981 University of Florida Master of Science, Computer Science Florida State University,1999 Privacy and Freedom of Expression on the Net. Security and Encryption Office: 120 Milton Carothers Hall (MCH) Phone: (850) 644-4290 Email: [email protected]

Ashok Srinivasan Assistant Professor PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Aug 96 Scientific Computing, Applications, Parallel Algorithms, High Performance Computing, Mathematical Software Office: 169 Love Phone: (850) 644-0559 Email: [email protected]

Sara Stoecklin Assistant in Computer Science PhD 1991, Florida State University Software Engineering, patters, formal specifications for Real-Time systems Office: 4 Faculty Complex, Panama City Campus Phone: (850) 872-4750 ext 275 Email: [email protected]

Gary Tyson Associate Professor Ph.D. 1997, Univ. of California – Davis Computer Architecture Office: 161 Love Phone: TBD Email: [email protected]

Robert A. van Engelen Assistant Professor PhD 1998, Leiden University, The Netherlands Problem-Solving Environments, High Performance Computing, Probabilistic and Causal Networks, Knowledge-Based Systems, Logic Programming Office: 162 Love Phone: (850) 644-9661 Email: [email protected]

An-I (Andy) Wang Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2003, University of California, Los Angeles File Systems, Optimistic Replication, Performance Evaluation, Ad Hoc Network Routing, Operating Systems, and Distributed Systems Room: 264 Love Phone: TBD Email: [email protected]

David Whalley Professor PhD 1990, University of Virginia Computer Architecture, Compiler Theory, Performance Evaluation, Execution Timing Analysis. Office: 160 Love Building Phone: (850) 644-3506 Email: [email protected]

Alec Yasinsac Assistant Professor PhD 1996, University of Virginia Network Security, Security Protocols, Computer Forensics, Formal Methods, Software Engineering Office: 262 Love Building Phone: (850) 644-6407 Email: [email protected]

Xin Yuan Associate Professor PhD 1998, University of Pittsburgh Computer Networks, Parallel Processing, Compiler, Data Flow Analysis, Compilation Techniques for Distributed Memory Machines, Optical Interconnection Networks, ATM, WDM/TDM communications. Office: 168 Love Building Phone: (850) 644-9133 Email: [email protected]

Degree Programs and Academics All of the Following Information can be found on Department and University Web Pages.

Admission Documents Application and Fee sent to the University Department Application sent to the Department Official transcripts from all schools attended except FSU, copies are sent to the department Official GRE scores sent from the testing center to FSU Three letters of Recommendation sent to the Department, no particular format TOEFL if you are not a native English speaker and you do not have at least one year of college at a US university

Admission Deadlines Term US Student Foreign Student July 1st March 1st TA/RA Applicant March 1st Spring November 1st August 1st August 1st Summer March 1st Jan 1st N/A Fall

Minimum Admission Criteria Bachelors degree in computer science or closely related field from an accredited four year institution 3.0 GPA in total accumulated work GRE score of 1100 (Quantitative Verbal) with at least a 650 on the Quantitative TOEFL of at least 550 (213 computer based)

Undergraduate Course Requirements COP 3502 COP 3330 COP 3331 COP 4530 COP 4610 CDA 3101 COP 4020 COP 4710 COT 4420 Calculus I and II MAD 2104 and 3105 One additional math course above Calculus I or Discrete STA 4441

Graduate Assistantships/Fellowships Teaching Assistantship – Higher then minimum entrance requirements – Excellent communication and technical skills – Good work ethic Research Assistantship – – – – Much Higher then minimum entrance requirements Usually PhD students Excellent written communication skills Good work ethic

Fellowships Much much higher then minimum entrance requirements Must meet requirements of the fellowship Very high GPA and GRE scores Very competitive

Degree Programs PhD Degree requirements MS in Computer Science MS in Network and System Admin* MS in Software Engineering* MS in Information Security * - Must have the permission of the respective committee to enter these programs.

PhD Degree Requirements Finish Required Graduate Course work – CIS 5935 (2) in the first Fall term of enrollment – With Masters ( At least 4 additional Courses) – Without Masters ( At Least 6 additional Courses) – Courses required by PhD Committee Pass Oral Examination of Area/Survey Paper Pass Preliminary Examination/Portfolio Defend a Prospectus 24 hours of Dissertation 24 hours of Residency Write a Dissertation Defend Dissertation

Basic Degree Requirements 32 Hours of Graduate Course work – DIS, Supervised Teaching, Supervised Research, and courses that start with CGS may not be counted as part of the 32 hours. ( Except CGS 5893 and CGS 5891) – At least a 3.0 GPA ( Not 2.9999999999) – All courses passed with at least a B– Written and defended a Thesis/Project for those tracks Register for Thesis Defense or Comprehensive Exam – Applied for Graduation There is a seven year time limit from the time you start the degree program until completion.

Basic Degree Requirements CIS 5935 Intro to Research ( 2 Hours) Software (Select one) – CEN 5035 S.E. – COP 5570 Advanced Unix Programming – COP 5621 Compiler Construction Systems (Select one) – CDA 5155 Computer Architecture – CEN 5515 Data and Computer Communications – COP 5611 Operating Systems Theory (Select one) – COT 5310 Theory of Automata – COT 5410 Complexity of Algorithms – COT 5540 Logic for CS

Masters of Science Thesis Option – 15 Additional hours of Graduate Electives – CIS 5970r Thesis 6 Hours – CIS 8976 Thesis Defense 0 Hours Project Option – 18 Additional Hours of Graduate Electives – CIS 5915r Project 3 Hours – CIS 8966 Comp. Exam 0 Hours Course Only Option – 21 Additional Hours of Graduate electives NOTE: This is the basic program for the 116610 major but each degree program must also satisfy these requirements and has the Course, Project, and Thesis as an option.

Masters of Science (SE 116630) SE Students are required to take the following courses which (*) satisfy the general course requirements: – CEN 5035 Software Engineering * – Courses Developed as a plan of study from the following list: CEN 5000 Knowledge Management and Data Engineering (3) CEN 5020 Applicative Foundations of Software Engineering (3) CEN 5066 Software Engineering with Graphics (3) CEN 5515 Data and Computer Communications* (3) CEN 5720 Computer-Human Interactions (3) COP 5570 Advanced Unix Programming* (3) COP 5725 Database Systems (3) COP 5621 Compiler Construction* (3) CIS 5930 Software Project Management (3) CIS 5930 Software Design (3) CIS 5930 Formal Methods in Software Engineering (3) CIS 5930 Verification and Validation (3) CIS 5930 Project Development (3) Requires work/experience on large software project

Masters of Science(InfoSec – 116640) CNSA Students are required to take the following courses which (*) satisfy the general course requirements: – CIS 5357 Network Security – CEN 5515 Data and Computer Comm. * – CIS 5370 Computer Security – CIS 5406 Computer and Network Admin – Plus one of the following: CDA 5140 Fault Tolerance COP 5570 Advanced Unix Programming* COP 5611 Operating Systems * COP 5310 Theory of Automata* COT 5410 Complexity of Algorithms*

Academic Regulations All of the following information can be found on Department and University Web Pages

Grading System and Practices Graded on a 4.0 un-weighted scale. B- is the lowest passing grade even for CGS course. Graduate students must maintain a 3.0 Overall GPA Classes where you earned below a B- cannot be counted towards a degree. Students who fall below a 3.0 overall GPA will be placed on academic probation for one term and dismissed if grades are not raised by the next term of enrollment. Not all courses can be counted in the GPA.

Suspension, Dismissal, and Reinstatement A graduate student may repeat one course for which they received a grade of C or lower and have that grade forgiven. Students who have missed more then two consecutive terms must apply for readmission. Students who fall below a 3.0 for two consecutive terms will be automatically dismissed. You are not held financially responsible for classes cancelled in the first 5 days of class. After 5 days but before 4 weeks – 25% refund After 4 weeks you are fully liable for fees.

Withdrawal from University Dropping all classes does not constitute withdrawal from the University Withdrawals are initiated in the Withdrawal section of the Registrar’s office. Students must be passing the course at the time of withdrawal to receive a “W” otherwise an “F” is given as a grade. Students may not be automatically dropped from classes they do not attend after the first day. Medical Withdraws cannot be applied to selective classes. They must be applied to all classes for that term.

Grade Descriptions P S U I IE NG GE W WD Passing Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Incomplete Incomplete Expired No Grade No Grade Expired Withdraw Passing Withdraw Dean’s Perm NGP NGP NGP NGP 0.00 NGP 0.00 NGP 0.00

Full Time Student Requirement Normal Full-Time Load – 9 hours Teaching and Research Assts. - 9 hours Maximum Load – 15 hours. Maximum Waiver – 12 hours Average Load – 10-11 hours All CS students are required to take at least 9 hours unless given permission by the Department to be a part time student. All Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, and those on Fellowship must be full time students.

Common Mistakes Skipping more than one term before defending a project or thesis – Must reapply for admission Not completing all prerequisites Not completing all core courses – Taking more electives Not applying for graduation before the deadline Not registering for thesis defense, dissertation defense, or comprehensive exam Not paying university fees or fines

Teaching/Research Assistants

Eligibility Full time Student and admitted to the department Good Academic Standing (3.0 GPA) at all times. Continue to make progress towards a degree in the Computer Science Department Perform duties to the satisfaction of the Department and/or your assigned supervisor. Funding is available

What We Look for In TAs Excellent English and communication skills Higher then average academic performance – Average GPA is 3.5 Strong computer science background Specific technical or academic background Strong work ethic Punctuality Honesty and integrity

TA Duties and Responsibilities Regular meetings with assigned faculty Design course Compile syllabus Hold Office Hours Grade exams/papers/projects Duplicate materials Present new material Keep class records Proctor exams Assign course grades Other duties as assigned by faculty

What We Look for In RAs Excellent English written communication skills Much Higher then average academic performance Usually PhD Students Specific interest in a particular research area Commitment to conducting quality research Strong independent work ethic

RA Duties and Responsibilities Regular meetings with assigned faculty Conduct research in accordance with direction from assigned faculty member Hold regular office hours Maintain proficiency in assigned technical area. Make progress on assigned research area. Other duties as assigned by faculty

TA/RA Financial Aid TAs and RAs receive at least nine months of financial Aid – 92% Tuition Waiver – Approximately 13.75 an hour for a 20 hour work week (Salary/Stipend) – Stipend can increase depending upon level of responsibility, experience, or difficulty in job Summer financial aid available for a limited number of students.

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