ph.d cs department 2015-2016

Department of Computer ScienceSchool of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)2015-2016

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Department of Computer Science (CS)

• 20 full-time faculty• 30 part-time faculty• 120 undergraduate students• 480 MS students• 80 doctoral students• Research expenditure: $2+ million per year

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Department of Computer ScienceWhere to Find Us

800 22nd Street, N.W., Suite 4000

George Washington University

Washington, DC 20052

Tel: 202-994-7181

When We’re There

Fall and Spring Semester Office Hours

9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Professor Roger Lang

Interim Chairman



Science and Engineering Hall

800 22nd St NW

Suite 2888

Washington, DC 20052

(202) 994-1802

Email: [email protected]

Graduate Student Services Office

Who Should I Contact About…?

Your Academic Advisor:• All academic advising• Research interests• Selection of courses• Signature for paper registrations and ISO forms• Transfer credits • OPT and CPT letters

2nd Floor Graduate Student Services

• Paperwork (process Transfer of Credits)•Graduation Clearance•Directing to correct office for questions about Registration and RTF Forms• Any enrollment issue


Field of Study: Computer Science

Areas of Focus:•Cybersecurity•AI, Machine Learning, NLP, Data Mining, Big Data•Robotics•Systems, Cloud Computing, Software•Communications, Networks, Mobile Computing •Biomedical Engineering/Computing•Algorithms and Theory•Image Processing and Applications•Search and retrieval, databases

Fields of Study & Areas of Focus



You must be registered for each semester (fall and spring) until the semester you graduate.

See the Registrar’s website for policies on registration each semester.

For Research Courses

You must complete•A Registration Transaction Form (RTF, not the EZ) and •A Research Course Request Form

These need to be signed by your advisor and the department chairman.

Registration for Classes

http://registrar.gwu.edu/registration


For Direct Ph.D. Degree students: 54 credit hours minimum of 18 credit hours of course work available for graduate credit and minimum of 12 credit hours of dissertation research credits.

For post-Master’s Ph.D. students: 18 credit hours of course work available for graduate credit and 12 credit hours of dissertation research credits.

For Ph.D. Students: CS Specific Information

Course requirements: At least one course from each of the following three areas: (1) Theory, (2) Systems, (3) Applications.

• Theory: CSci 4314, 6212, 6213, 6311, 6312, 6331, 6341, 6362 • Systems: CSci 6431, 6441, 6461, 6541• Applications: CSci 6351, 6364, 6365, 6443, 6448, 6511, 6521, 6525,

6527, 6554



Course requirements:

At least one advanced topics course. CSci courses at the 8000 level with “Advanced” in the title satisfy this requirement. With approval of the student’s advisor, a CSci 6907 course may also satisfy this requirement.

A maximum of 15 credits outside of the department for Direct Ph.D. students; a maximum of 9 credits outside of the department for post-Master’s Ph.D. students..



Preliminary ExaminationStudents may demonstrate competency in a course in one of two ways:

Take the course, earning a grade of A- or better. By university regulations, courses in which a student receives a grade of C- or better may not be repeated for credit. So students usually may attempt a course at most once.

Take only the written, in-class exams in the course. Students must pass all the course’s exams during a semester, earning a grade of A- or better. Students may typically attempt this approach twice (per course).




For Ph.D. Students: CS Specific InformationColloquium RequirementsAll students must take the 0-credit Colloquium Csci 6900 course every semester they are in residence. As part of the course, students must attend at least two talks (colloquia, seminars, or Ph.D. student proposals or defenses) each semester. The talks have to be in computer science or in other fields that have a significant computational component.

Each student is required to fill out and submit the Colloquium Attendance Form to the CS Department main office at the end of every semester.

Moreover, all PhD students are expected to attend the department colloquium series regularly, as well as seminars in their research area and student proposals and defenses in their group and area.. Students are to satisfy the requirements for this course by attending five BME Department sponsored seminars, workshops or symposia. The colloquium course



The CS Department requires Ph.D. students must have at least one peer-reviewed conference or journal paper accepted for publication at the time of the dissertation defense. As a guideline, students are expected to have at least two or three conference or journal papers accepted for publication by the time of their dissertation defense, and the material from those papers should be the core of the dissertation.


The I may remain on the record for a maximum of one year, but the instructor should set a shorter period when the uncompleted work must be made up.

An incomplete that is not removed within one calendar year or at the time of graduation of the student (whichever occurs first) is automatically changed to an IF.

The I cannot be removed by the student’s reregistering for the course here or taking its equivalent elsewhere.

When the I is changed to a letter grade, the I followed by the letter grade (e.g., IB) will appear on the student’s record.

Academic Policies: Incompletes


The notation of I (Incomplete) may be recorded if a student, for reasons beyond his or her control, is unable to complete the work of the course AND if the instructor approves the reason before grades must be reported.

The I may be used only if the student's prior performance and class attendance in the course have been satisfactory.

Failure to complete the work of a course that is not satisfactorily explained to the instructor before the date when grades must be turned in will be graded F.

To Request an Incomplete, You Must

1. Complete a Request for Incomplete Grade form

2. Obtain the instructor’s approval

3. Return the form to 2nd Floor Graduate Student Services

Academic Policies: Incompletes


Please visit SEAS Graduate Admissions & Student Services Office, Suite 2885. You may also call (202) 994-1802 or e-mail at [email protected]

• CEE Graduate Program Committee - Recommendation for Admissions of Graduate Students

• Change Advisor• Continuous Enrollment/Leave of Absence Form• Doctoral Final Examination Committee Approval Form• Dissertation/Thesis/Project Completion Certificate• Dissertation Journal Publication Certification• Doctoral Qualifying Examination Application• Doctoral Dissertation Research Advisor Selection Form

Forms:

mailto:[email protected]



Please visit SEAS Graduate Admissions & Student Services Office, Suite 2885.You may also call (202) 994-1802 or e-mail at [email protected]

• ECE 390 Colloquium Attendance Form• Electronic Theses/Dissertation (ETD) Access/Approval Form• Form 4 - Notification for Qualifying Examination• Form 5 – Ph.D. Dissertation Form• Late Withdrawal Form• Master's Thesis/Professional Project Form• Major/Advisor/Curriculum Year Update• Ph.D. Final Examination Committee Approval Form • Ph.D. Conversion Form • Prior Permission for SEAS Student to Register Courses Outside of GW, Consortium

Universities• Proposal Defense Report• Petition for Exception to Stated Academic Policies• Request for an Incomplete Grade• Research Course Request Form• Transfer Credit Form

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