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Detailed Information

Programs of Study

Graduate study is oriented toward the Ph.D., with emphasis on applicable research and scholarship rather than on engineering practice. Research interests of the faculty are concentrated in communications, computer engineering, solid-state electronics, information processing, nonlinear and quantum optics and electronics, systems and control theory, and language and speech processing.

The program encourages students to become involved in research-oriented studies as early as possible. A Departmental examination must be passed before the beginning of the fourth semester of graduate study. A member of the faculty is then selected as the research sponsor, and the student and sponsor plan together the remainder of the graduate program. The program requirements include passing a Graduate Board oral examination given by a panel of 5 faculty members, preparing a brief research proposal, and presenting a Departmental seminar. Finally, there is a dissertation defense open to the public.

The Department also offers a full-time M.S.E. program. The program requires at least eight 1-semester courses at the graduate level plus satisfactory completion of either a master’s essay, a special project, or two additional one-semester courses.

Research Facilities

The Department occupies Barton Hall and portions of Clark Hall and the Computational Science and Engineering Building, all of which contain extensive laboratory and computing facilities. Major research laboratories include the Image Analysis and Communications, Parallel Processing, Solid State Electronics, Quantum Electronics, Optical Communications, Sensory Aids, and Nonlinear Optics Laboratories; the Center for Language and Speech Processing; and the Center for Imaging Science.

The Department operates numerous computer servers, workstations, and personal computers that run Windows XP and various versions of the UNIX operating systems, which are used for CAD software for VLSI and MEMS microsystems. The Center for Language and Speech Processing maintains a large, state-of-the-art computer system for speech and language processing experimentation. In addition, Homewood Information Technology Services provides state-of-the-art PC and UNIX terminals for graduate and undergraduate student use. More information is available online at http://webapps.jhu.edu/hitswebsite/.

Financial Aid

Financial assistance is available through tuition scholarships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships. The nominal assistantship salary in 2008–09 was $20,000. The Department accepts candidates with a bachelor’s degree directly into the Ph.D. programs and offers full financial aid support to outstanding applicants.

Cost of Study

Annual tuition for 2008–09 was $37,700.

Living and Housing Costs

Private off-campus housing in Baltimore is readily available in a wide range of prices.

Student Group

The Department has 147 graduate students, of whom 120 are working toward the Ph.D. degree, and 125 undergraduates. In Arts and Sciences and Engineering, there are 4,600 undergraduates, 1,625 full-time graduate students, and 1,328 full- and part-time faculty members.

Location

The University is located in Homewood, a residential area located only a short distance north of downtown Baltimore. The 140-acre campus is wooded and quiet, providing an appropriate atmosphere for study and research. The Johns Hopkins medical institutions are separately located in east Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is located 20 miles south of Baltimore.

The University

Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins was the first university to offer graduate education as it is known today in America. From the start, the University was dedicated to the idea of “creative scholarship.” Its faculty members were scholars as well as teachers. Students were to engage not merely in the absorption of knowledge dispensed by their elders but also in the creation of knowledge through their own research. Thus, although small in size, Johns Hopkins has had a profound influence on American higher education.

Applying

Qualified individuals are encouraged to visit the campus to discuss their plans for graduate study with the faculty. The deadline for applying for admission is January 17. Notification of awards is made by March 15. Submission of scores on the Graduate Record Examinations is required. Applications, forms, and instructions are available online to download, complete, and submit at http://www.ece.jhu.edu/Graduate/grad_admis.shtml.

The Faculty and Their Research

• Andreas G. Andreou, Professor; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Microsystems and nanosystems technologies, sensory information processing, neural computation.
• Frederic M. Davidson, Professor; Ph.D., Rochester. Quantum optics, optical coherence, optical communications.
• Mounya Elhilali, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Maryland. Speech and audio applications, computational neuroscience and biological modeling.
• Ralph R. Etienne-Cummings, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania. Mixed-signal VLSI, computational sensors, robotics, neuromorphic engineering.
• John I. Goutsias, Professor; Ph.D., USC. Signal and image processing, modeling and computational analysis of cellular processes, bioinformatics.
• Pablo A. Iglesias, Professor; Ph.D., Cambridge. Robust control, systems biology, mathematical modeling of biological systems.
• Frederick Jelinek, Julian Sinclair Smith Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Speech recognition, statistical methods, information theory.
• Jin U. Kang, Professor and Chair; Ph.D., Central Florida. Optoelectronics, nonlinear optics, fiber optics and lasers.
• Alexander E. Kaplan, Professor; Ph.D., USSR Academy of Sciences. “Extreme” nonlinear optics: super-powerful laser interactions with matter.
• Sanjeev P. Khudanpur, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Maryland. Information theory, statistical language modeling.
• Jacob B. Khurgin, Professor; Ph.D., Polytechnic. Quantum electronics, nonlinear optics.
• Gerard G. L. Meyer, Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley. Parallel computing, computational methods, fault-tolerant computing.
• Jerry L. Prince, William B. Kouwenhoven Professor and Associate Director for Research, CISST/ERC; Ph.D., MIT. Image processing and computer vision with application to medical imaging.
• Trac D. Tran, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Wisconsin–Madison. Filter banks, wavelets, multirate systems and applications.
• Howard L. Weinert, Professor; Ph.D., Stanford. Statistical signal and image processing.
• Associated Faculty: Joint Appointments, Secondary Appointments, and Part-Time Members
• James K. Baker, Research Professor and Director of Research, COE in Human Language Technology; Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon. Speech recognition, speech analysis.
• Paul A. Bottomley, Russell H. Morgan Professor; Ph.D., Nottingham (England). Magnetic resonance imaging, metabolic MRI.
• Gregory Chirikjian, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Caltech. Robotics, computational biology, statistics of biological macromolecules.
• A. Brinton Cooper III, Associate Research Professor; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Error control coding, coded wireless and optical communication.
• Christopher Diehl, Assistant Research Professor and Senior Professional Staff, APL; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon. Machine learning, computer vision, sensor networks.
• Yamac Dikmelik, Assistant Research Scientist; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Photonics, nonlinear optics, terahertz spectroscopy.
• Donald Geman, Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics; Ph.D., Northwestern. Computer vision, computational biology, statistical learning.
• Robert E. Glaser, Lecturer (part-time); Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Advanced digital logic systems.
• Robert E. Jenkins, Senior Lecturer; M.S., Maryland. Digital systems, spacecraft systems and space technology.
• Damianos Karakos, Assistant Research Professor; Ph.D., Maryland. Statistical methods in language and speech, information theory.
• Mark N. Martin, Assistant Research Professor and Senior Professional Staff, APL; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Low-power VLSI, CMOS device physics, radiation effects.
• Elliott McVeigh, Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D., Toronto. Cardiac MRI imaging techniques.
• Michael I. Miller, Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Image understanding and computer vision, medical imaging and computational anatomy.
• Paul Morton, Adjunct Associate Research Scientist; Ph.D., University of Bath (England). Nanophotonic devices, photonic integration.
• Nael F. Osman, Assistant Professor, Radiology; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Image and multidimensional signal processing, medical imaging.
• Louis J. Podrazik, Lecturer (part-time); Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Parallel computer architectures and algorithms, fault-tolerant design.
• Theodore O. Poehler, Research Professor; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Quantum electronics, solid-state physics.
• Philippe O. Pouliquen, Lecturer (part-time); Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Optoelectronic, mixed signal, low-power VLSI, CAD tools for VLSI.
• Raymond Sova, Assistant Research Professor and Principal Professional Staff, APL; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Laser communications, RF photonics.
• Kim Strohbehn, Assistant Research Professor and Principal Professional Staff, APL; Ph.D., Iowa State. Radiation-hardened electronics.
• Matthias Stuber, Associate Professor, Radiology; Ph.D., ETH Zurich. High-resolution coronary MRI, MR myocardial tagging, high-field MRI.
• Nitish Thakor, Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D., Wisconsin–Madison. Biomedical instrumentation, sensors and VLSI systems, neuroengineering.
• Michael E. Thomas, Research Professor and Principal Professional Staff, APL; Ph.D., Ohio State. Propagation of light, applied spectroscopy and lasers.
• Benjamin Tsui, Professor, Radiology; Ph.D., Chicago. Image reconstruction, quantitative SPECT and PET imaging, structural X-ray analysis.
• Rene Vidal, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D., Berkeley. Image analysis and computer vision, identification and control of hybrid systems.
• R. Jacob Vogelstein, Assistant Research Professor and Principal Professional Staff, APL, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Neuroprosthetics, brain-machine interfaces, applied neuroscience.
• James E. West, Research Professor. Electroacoustics, physical acoustics, architectural acoustics.
• Raimond Winslow, Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Systems biology and bioinformatics.
• LABORATORIES AND CENTERS IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
• Cellular Signaling Control Lab: (http://www.ece.jhu.edu~pi.csdl/) Professor Iglesias.
• Center for Imaging Science: (http://www.cis.jhu.edu) Professor Miller.
• Center for Language and Speech Processing: (http://www.clsp.jhu.edu) Professor Jelinek.
• Computational Sensory-Motor Microsystems Lab: (http://bach.ece.jhu.edu/~etienne/labweb/) Professor Etienne-Cummings.
• Image Analysis and Communications Lab: (http://iacl.ece.jhu.edu/) Professor Prince.
• Parallel Computing and Imaging Lab: (http://www.ece.jhu.edu/pcil) Professor Meyer.
• Photonics and Optoelectronics Lab: (http://www.ece.jhu.edu/photonics/) Professor Kang.
• Semiconductor Microstructures Lab: (http://www.ece.jhu.edu/sml) Professor Khurgin.
• Sensory Communication and Microsystems Lab: (http://olympus.ece.jhu.edu) Professor Andreou.

Correspondence and Information

The Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Admissions Committee
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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