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1 Dear%New%MS%Student,% Fall$2015$New$MS$Student$Information$ Department$of$Computer$Science$ Welcome%to%the%Department%of%Computer%Science%at%ODU!%%We%are%excited%to%have%you%join%our%MS% program.%%we%have%developed%this%packet%to%help%you%with%your%transition%into%the%program.%%in%addition% to%this%information%letter,%the%packet%includes%(1)%the%latest%graduate%program%brochure,%which%provides% an%overview%of%the%program%requirements,%general%course%offerings,%and%faculty%research%interests,%(2)%the% Fall%2015%Graduate%Course%Schedule,%and%(3)%an%advising%worksheet%to%help%you%keep%track%as%you% complete%program%requirements%(please%bring%this%whenever%you%come%for%advising).% MS$Program$Website:$Most%of%the%information%about%the%MS%program%can%be%found%through%our%program% website%( get%started%in%the%program:% Getting%Started%S% New%Student%Resources% % Program%Requirements% % Prerequisites%S% Advisor$Hold:$Before%you%can%register%for%classes,%you%need%to%have%your%Advisor%Hold%cleared.%%To%do% this,%complete%the%following%steps:% Review%the%materials%in%this%packet%and%on%the%MS%program%website.% Pick%the%courses%you%intend%to%take%in%Fall%2015.% o A%fullStime%load%is%9%credit%hours%(usually%3%courses),%but%new%international% students%may%submit%an%rcl%form%to%visa%to%be%allowed%to%take%only%6%credit%hours% (2%courses)%and%be%considered%as%fullStime.% o If%you%have%questions%about%any%course,%either%ask%the%instructor%of%the%course%or% meet%me%during%scheduled%office%hours.% Send%an% %to%me%with%your%UIN%and%Fall%2015%course%selections.% o If%you%have%been%admitted%provisionally%with%prerequisite%requirements,%you%must% also%include%your%plan%for%completing%those%prerequisites.% GPD$Office$Hours:$My%Fall%2015%office%hours%will%be%held%on%Tuesdays%and%Thursdays%10:30amS12pm% (starting%august%25).%%see%the%sign%outside%my%office%door%(or%my%webpage)%for%pressemester%office%hours.% You%are%welcome%to%stop%by%anytime%during%office%hours,%but%I%ask%that%you% %me%to%schedule%an% appointment%if%you%cannot%meet%during%office%hours.% Orientation:$We%will%have%an%orientation%session%on%Thursday,$August$27$at$12:30pm%in%the%E&CS%1 st % floor%auditorium.%%this%is%during%activity%hour,%so%it%will%not%conflict%with%any%classes.%%pizza%lunch%will%be% provided.%%during%this%time,%we%will%introduce%the%faculty,%talk%about%general%program%requirements,%and% remind%you%of%important%policies%and%procedures%to%help%you%successfully%navigate%the%ms%program.% Sincerely,% Dr.%Michele%C.%Weigle% Associate%Professor%/%Graduate%Program%Director%(GPD),%MS%Program% Department%of%Computer%Science% E&CS%3214%/%mweigle@cs.odu.edu%/%%

2 Overview of Graduate Programs Master s Program There are three options available, all of which include 1 credit hour of colloquium. Thesis - 30 credit hours + colloquium 24 credit hours coursework 6 credit hours thesis research Project - 33 credit hours + colloquium 30 credit hours coursework 3 credit hours project work Courses-only - 33 credit hours + colloquium 33 credit hours coursework PhD Program Main Requirements PhD qualifying process: breadth exam, research ability exam 24 credit hours post-master s coursework Candidacy exam (dissertation proposal) 24 credit hours dissertation work 1 credit hour colloquium Dissertation defense Graduate Certificate Programs Modeling & Simulation 12 credit hours coursework Intro to Modeling & Sim (required), at most 2 Foundation Electives, at least 1 Advanced Elective Cybersecurity (online) 12 credit hours coursework Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Cryptography for Cybersecurity, Networked Systems Security, Information Assurance August 2015 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTORS Master s Program Dr. Michele C. Weigle mweigle@cs.odu.edu (757) PhD Program Dr. Mohammad Zubair zubair@cs.odu.edu (757) INTERIM DEPARTMENT CHAIR Dr. Ravi Mukkamala mukka@cs.odu.edu (757) Department of Computer Science Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Graduate Programs College of Sciences

3 Graduate Faculty Research Interests Recent Course Offerings Dr. Hussein Abdel-Wahab: Computer Support for Group Collaboration, Computer Networks, Systems Programming, Operating Systems Dr. Andrey Chernikov: Image Analysis in Medical and Bio-Material Modeling and Simulation, Parallel Computational Geometry with a focus on quality mesh generation, and High-Performance Scientific Computing Dr. Nikos Chrisochoides: Medical Image Computing, Scientific Computing, and Parallel, Distributed and Cloud Computing Dr. Jing He: Computational Biology, Protein Bioinformatics, Image Pattern Recognition Dr. Irwin Levinstein: Database and Intelligent Tutoring Dr. Yaohang Li: Computational Biology/ Bioinformatics, Computational Science, Monte Carlo Methods, High Performance Computing, Big Data Analysis Dr. Kurt Maly: Digital Libraries, Social Networks, Computer Networks Dr. Ravi Mukkamala: Cybersecurity, Data mining, Privacy-Preserving Mining, Distributed Systems, Performance Analysis, Modeling & Sim Dr. Tamer Nadeem: Wireless Networks, Vehicular Networking, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Network Security and Privacy, Social Networks, Distributed and Embedded Systems, Mobile and Pervasive Computing Dr. Michael L. Nelson: Digital Libraries, Web Preservation, Information Retrieval, Web Science, Social Media Dr. Stephan Olariu: Mobile Computing, Wireless Networks, Parallel Algorithms and Architectures, Distributed Algorithms, Performance Evaluation Dr. Desh Ranjan: Algorithms, Bioinformatics, Parallel Computing, Computational Complexity Dr. Michele C. Weigle: Web Science, Digital Preservation, Information Visualization, Wireless Networks Dr. Steven Zeil: Software Testing, Software Development Environments Dr. Mohammad Zubair: High Performance Computing in the areas of Econometrics, Financial, Bioinformatics, and Scientific Computing Research Areas Bioinformatics: He, Li, Ranjan, Zubair Machine Intelligence and Data Analytics: Mukkamala, Zeil, Zubair Networks: Abdel-Wahab, Olariu, Maly, Nadeem, Weigle Parallel Algorithms and Computing: Chernikov, Chrisochoides, He, Li, Mukkamala, Ranjan, Zubair Scientific Computing: Chernikov, Chrisochoides, Li, Zubair Stochastic Modeling: Mukkamala, Olariu, Zubair Web Science/Digital Libraries: Maly, Nelson, Weigle, Zeil MS Courses Algorithms and Data Structures App Development for Smart Devices Computational Geometry, Methods, and Applications Computational Methods and Software Computer Architecture Cryptography for Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Fundamentals Database Concepts Information Assurance Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Introduction to Networks and Communication Introduction to Parallel Computing Networked Systems Security Systems Programming Web Programming Web Server Design MS/PhD Courses Architectural Support for Cloud Computing Applications of Graphs in Bioinformatics Data Mining and Security Design of Network Protocols Distributed Systems High-Performance Computing and Big Data Information Visualization Introduction to Bioinformatics Introduction to Digital Libraries Introduction to Information Retrieval Machine Learning Monte Carlo Simulation Network Security: Concepts, Protocols, and Programming Stochastic Modeling Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing

4 Fall 2015 Graduate Courses CS 517 Computational Methods and Software MW 4:20-5:35pm Chrisochoides FULL CS 541 App Development for Smart Devices M 7:10-9:50pm Nadeem FULL CS 550 Database Concepts TR 3-4:15pm Levinstein CS 555 Intro to Networks and Communications F 8-10:30am Mesalami CS 562 Cybersecurity Fundamentals ONLINE Weigle FULL CS 563 Cryptography for Cybersecurity ONLINE Cartledge FULL CS 576 Systems Programming T 7:10-9:50pm Wahab CS 580 Intro to Artificial Intelligence TR 11-12:15pm Li FULL CS 600 Algorithms and Data Structures MF 11:35am-12:50pm Ranjan FULL CS 665 Computer Architecture F 3-5:30pm Olariu CS 695 NoSQL Databases R 7:10-9:50pm Cartledge CS 723 Intro to Bioinformatics ONLINE He CS 724 High-Performance Computing and Big Data ONLINE Zubair CS 734 Intro to Information Retrieval R 4:20-7pm Nelson CS 772 Network Security Concepts/Protocols W 7:10-9:50pm Wahab FULL CS 776 Arch Support for Cloud Computing F 8-10:30am Olariu CS 791 Visualization Seminar W 9:30-11:55am Weigle CS 795 Adv. Systems Programming M 7:10-9:50pm Wahab CS 795 Adv. Computational Geometry TBA Chernikov CS 795 Protein Structure Modeling TBA Li Notes Required courses are listed in bold font. For Fall 2015 only, you may substitute CS 562 for CS 555. You may contact the instructor for a possible override into a FULL course, but this up to the discretion of the instructor. (FULL notation is as of August 10, 2015) For the entire course schedule, including classrooms, current enrollments, and undergraduate courses, see or, click on the Course Schedule link from the CS webpage (

5 Computer)Science)MS)Advising)Worksheet) (Full%requirements%at% Name:%%% % % % % % % %%%%UIN:%% %% %% %% %% %% %% %% % MS%Option% % % % % % % Certificates% % %%Courses@only%(11%courses%%@%33%cr.)% % % %%Modeling%&%Simulation% %12%cr.% % %%Project%(10%courses%@%30%cr.%+%3%cr.%CS%698)% % %%Cybersecurity*% %12%cr.% % %%Thesis%(8%courses%@%24%cr.%+%6%cr.%CS%699)% % % %%%% Concentration% CS%%% CIS% % circle%the%one%that%applies%(general%ms%is%'cs')% CS%Core%Courses% % % % % % Prerequisites% %if%applicable% CS%550% %Database%Concepts% % % % CS%150/250%(CS%333)%@%Programming% CS%555% %Intro%to%Networks%and%Communications%% CS%170/270%(CS%334)% %Comp.%Architec.% CS%600% %Algorithms%and%Data%Structures% % % CS%350% %Software%Eng.%(CIS%only)% CS%665% %Computer%Architecture% % % % CS%361% %Data%Structures% % % % % % % % % CS%381% %Discrete%Structures% CIS%Requirements%% %enter%course%numbers%below% % CS%471% %Operating%Systems%(CS%only)% 6%CS%courses:%%% % % % % % % %%% % % % % 5%IT%courses:%%% % % % % % % %%% % % % Electives%(7%for%CS%courses@only,%6%for%CS%project,%4%for%CS%thesis)% %enter%course%numbers%below% 500@level:%%% % % % % % % % % (at%most%4%500elevel%total)% 600@level:%%%% % % % % % % 700@level:%%%% % % % % % % % %%% % % % % No%more%than%3%seminar%or%independent%study%courses%(CS%697,%CS%791,%CS%796)%will%be%counted% towards%the%ms%course%requirements.%%for%cis%concentration,%at%least%6%of%the%cs%graduate%credits% must%be%taken%at%the%600elevel%or%700elevel%from%courses%other%than%cs%697,%cs%791,%and%cs%796.% *%Cybersecurity%certificate%E%may%count%5%500Elevel%courses%(cybersecurity%+%CS%550),%CS%562%will% count%as%satisfying%the%cs%555%core%requirement% Other%Requirements% CS%690% %Colloquium%(1%cr.)%+%10%colloquium%sheets% Oral%and%Written%Comprehensive%Exam%(exit%exam/project/thesis)% Responsible%Conduct%of%Research%Course%(for%Engineers)% Last%updated:%August%2015%