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Detailed Information

Programs of Study

The Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) offers programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The M.S. program, which is normally completed in four semesters of full-time study, prepares students for doctoral studies or for professional employment. The doctoral program consists of additional course work and supervised research leading to a dissertation. There is no foreign language requirement.

Departmental research areas include artificial intelligence (machine learning, multiagent systems, planning and problem solving), bioinformatics, compiler optimization and compilation for parallel machines, computational theory (computational learning theory, design and analysis of algorithms, computability theory), graphics and computer vision, natural-language processing (discourse and dialogue, generation, information extraction, summarization), networks (transport layer protocols, mobile and wireless networks, network management, security, performance modeling, simulation), rehabilitation engineering (augmentative communication, speech recognition and enhancement), robotics, software engineering (program analysis and testing), symbolic mathematical computation (algebraic algorithms, parallelization), and systems (parallel and distributed computing, grid and volunteer computing, algorithm and architecture design for massive parallelism).

The Department’s faculty members are recognized internationally for their research expertise. Their research is supported by numerous research grants from NSF, NIH, ARL, DOE, DARPA, and other federal agencies and private corporations. They are editors or associate editors of scientific journals, serve as program committee chairs and members of the program committees for major conferences, and are officers in international professional organizations. Despite their extensive research and professional commitments, Departmental faculty members pride themselves on close, personal interaction with students in both their research groups and the courses they teach. Seven CIS faculty members have won the University of Delaware Excellence-in-Teaching Award (an award given annually to only 4 out of 1,200 faculty members University-wide) and 1 has received the University’s Excellence-in-Advising Award.

Research Facilities

The Department operates a joint research lab with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering that connects an extensive network of approximately 300 PC/UNIX-based workstations distributed among several general graduate student labs and several specialized research labs, such as Global Computing, Distributed and Metasystems, Verified Software, Computer Graphics, Dynamic Vision, Vims Vision, Software Analysis and Compilation, Degas Networking, Network Management and Optimization, Linbox, Bioinformatics, Computational Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Natural Language Processing, and Protocol Engineering.

All machines are connected via fast Ethernet, several wireless networks, and a Gigabit Ethernet switch that provides high performance, security, and monitoring. The Department makes substantial use of University-wide facilities in its research and instructional programs. Almost all undergraduate instructional computing is done on University-wide facilities, though the Department also maintains a separate network of Sun systems for specialized instruction. The University of Delaware has two major connections to the Internet: an OC-3 (155 Mb/s) as a member of the nationwide network research Abilene (Internet2) project and a 1Gb/s fiber link to a local ISP.

The recently expanded University library system contains more than 2.5 million bound volumes and is a government depository library, housing more than 400,000 government publications, including U.S. patents. The library subscribes to more than 20,000 periodicals, including a wide variety of computer science publications. The library also has electronic subscriptions to more than 32,000 journals. Full access to all IEEE journals and conference proceedings is available through the IEEE Xplore digital library.

Financial Aid

Fellowships and teaching research assistantships are available. For 2008–09, fellowship stipends ranged from $14,600 upward, and assistantships ranged from $14,600 to $25,000; all included waiver of tuition. More than 50 percent of the full-time computer and information sciences graduate students receive fellowships or assistantships. Fellowships and traineeships are also available under a number of federal programs. Some summer stipends are available.

Cost of Study

For 2008–09, course fees for full-time students were $7340 per academic year for residents of Delaware and $18,590 per academic year for nonresidents. Tuition is waived for funded students.

Living and Housing Costs

The University has a limited number of one- and two-bedroom apartments for single and married graduate students who are enrolled in a full-time program of study. Campus housing prices range from $505 for an efficiency, $820 for one bedroom, and $955 for two bedrooms. The Campus Housing Office maintains a listing of available off-campus accommodations near the University.

Student Group

There are currently 110 graduate students in the Department. Approximately 95 percent are full-time students, and three fourth of these are supported by assistantships, fellowships, or external business organizations. The total campus enrollment is approximately 21,000, including 3,400 graduate students. The University of Delaware operates on a two-semester system, with additional summer sessions and a one-month winter session. Few graduate courses are offered during the summer and winter sessions; graduate students have opportunities to teach and do research during these sessions.

Location

Newark (pronounced New Ark), Delaware, is a pleasant university community of 28,500 people. Located midway between and 1 hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, Newark offers the advantages of a small community but is still within easy traveling distance of New York and Washington, D.C. Newark is also close to the recreational areas along the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean.

The University

The University of Delaware developed from a small private academy founded in 1743 and is today a state-assisted, privately controlled, coeducational land-grant and sea-grant university. The beautifully landscaped Newark campus consists of 2,041 acres, with 446 buildings in a predominately Georgian architectural style.

Applying

The general application deadlines are July 1 and December 1 for the fall and spring semesters, respectively. Deadlines for applications to be considered for financial aid (fellowships, assistantships, and tuition scholarships) are February 1 and October 1 for the fall and spring semesters, respectively; late applications are considered if positions exist. Notification of the admissions decision is provided promptly upon receipt of credentials. In addition to the completed application form and the application fee of $60, applicants must forward official transcripts of their previous academic records, including at least three letters of recommendation (preferably from past professors), a statement of rank in class, GRE General Test scores, and a TOEFL score if English is not their first language and they have not received a degree from a U.S. institution. Students normally enter with undergraduate preparation in computer science and mathematics. However, well-qualified students with varied backgrounds are encouraged to apply; minor deficiencies can be made up after matriculation.

The Faculty and Their Research

• Paul D. Amer, Alumni Distinguished Professor; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1979. Computer networks, transport layer services and protocols, data compression in multimedia.
• James S. Atlas, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Delaware, 2009. Constraint optimization, multi-agent systems, artificial intelligence, grid and parallel computing.
• M. Sandra Carberry, Professor; Ph.D., Delaware, 1985. Natural language processing, user modeling, artificial intelligence.
• Benjamin A. Carterette, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts, 2008. Information retrieval and organization, retrieval performance evaluation, search and full-text indexing, empirical methods, statistical methods.
• John Case, Professor; Ph.D., Illinois, 1969. Computational learning theory, bioinformatics.
• John Cavazos, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts, 2004. Compilers, programming languages, run-time systems, virtual machines, computer architecture, machine learning, statistical methods.
• Daniel L. Chester, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley, 1973. Artificial intelligence, natural language processing, theorem proving, knowledge representation, computer vision.
• Keith S. Decker, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1995. Distributed problem solving, multiagent systems, real-time problem solving, computational organization design, parallel and distributed planning and scheduling, distributed information gathering, bioinformatics.
• Terry Harvey, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Delaware, 2006. Natural language generation, multi-agent systems, artificial intelligence.
• Chandra Kambhamettu, Associate Professor; Ph.D., South Florida, 1994. Computer vision, computer graphics, image processing, bioinformatics and multimedia.
• Li Liao, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Peking (China), 1992. Bioinformatics, statistical inference, machine learning, artificial intelligence.
• Errol L. Lloyd, Professor; Ph.D., MIT, 1980. Design and analysis of algorithms.
• Kathleen F. McCoy, Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1985. Artificial intelligence, natural language generation and understanding, discourse phenomena, rehabilitation engineering, augmentative communication, assistive technology.
• Lori L. Pollock, Professor; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1986. Organizing compilers, software testing, program analysis for software tools, mobile code security, parallel and distributive systems.
• Christopher E. Rasmussen, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Yale, 2000. Computer vision, mobile robotics, artificial intelligence.
• B. David Saunders, Professor and Department Chair; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1975. Computer algebra, exact linear algebra, parallel computation.
• Adarshpal S. Sethi, Professor; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), 1978. Computer networks, network management, fault management, quality-of-service and resource management, management of wireless networks.
• Vijay K. Shanker, Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1987. Artificial intelligence, natural language processing, unification-based grammatical systems, knowledge-representation languages.
• Chien-Chung Shen, Associate Professor; Ph.D., UCLA, 1992. Ad hoc, sensor, and satellite networks; network and service management; distributed object and peer-to-peer computing; simulation.
• Stephen F. Siegel, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Chicago, 1993. Concurrent and distributed software systems, linear programming and group theory, parallel computation.
• D. Martin Swany, Associate Professor; Ph.D., California, Santa Barbara, 2003. Grid computing, clustering, performance modeling.
• M. Taufer, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2002. Distributed and parallel systems, adaptive and distributed scientific applications, grid and volunteer computing, distributed databases, workload characterizations and performance prediction in HPC systems and applications.
• Cathy H. Wu, Edward G. Jefferson Professor; Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; and Director, Protein Information Resource; Ph.D., Purdue, 1984. Biological text mining, biological ontology, computational systems biology, protein structure-function-network analysis, bioinformatics cyberinfrastructure.
• Jungyi Yu, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., MIT, 2005. Computer graphics, computer vision, medical imaging, optics and camera design, multimedia.
• Joint, Adjunct, and Research Faculty
• Cecelia Arighi, Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Buenos Aires, 2001. Protein-centric database curation, biological text mining, biological ontology.
• Stephan Bohacek, Assistant Professor (joint with Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ph.D., USC, 1999. Congestion control, routing, Internet security and pricing, ad hoc networks, control theory, biomedical modeling.
• Charles G. Boncelet, Professor (joint with Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ph.D., Princeton, 1984. Signal processing, algorithms, networking.
• H. Timothy Bunnell, Research Associate Professor (A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children); Ph.D., Penn State, 1983. Speech perception, speech synthesis and speech recognition, speech aids for people with disabilities.
• Chuming Chen, Research Assistant Professor; Ph. D., South Carolina, 2008. Bioinformatics, data integration, proteomics informatics, Semantic Web, description logics, ontology engineering, high-performance computing, network security.
• Hui Fang, Assistant Professor (joint with Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. Information retrieval, bioinformatics, data mining, databases.
• Guang Gao, Professor (joint with Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ph.D., MIT, 1996. Computer architecture and systems, parallel and distributed systems.
• Jeffrey Heinz, Assistant Professor (joint with Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences); Ph.D., UCLA, 2007. Phonology, learning theory, computational linguistics, Austronesian languages.
• Hongzhan Huang, Research Associate Professor; Ph.D., California, Davis, 1993. Bioinformatics, protein-centric database, computational system biology.
• Mihailo Kaplarevic, Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Delaware, 2007. Application of high-performance computing in computational biology and bioinformatics, distributed informational system design, optimization of bioinformatics applications for cluster computing.
• Xiaoming Li, Assistant Professor (joint with Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. Code generation and optimization, compilers, and interaction between hardware and software.
• Lisa Marvel, Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Delaware, 1999. United States Army Research Lab, steganography and mobile code security.
• Blake Meyers, Assistant Professor (joint with Plant and Soil Sciences); Ph.D., California, Davis, 1998. Transcriptional analysis in Arabidopsis.
• David Mills, Professor (joint with Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ph.D., Michigan, 1971. Computer networks and security.
• Beth Mineo, Associate Professor (Director, joint with Center for Disabilities Studies); Ph.D. Assistive technology, speech and language therapy, early childhood education.
• Natalia Petrova, Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Georgetown, 2008. Bioinformatics, machine learning, protein function prediction.
• David Wood, Research Professor; Ph.D., Rhode Island, 1972. DNA computing, analysis of algorithms, computer algebra, linear algebra.
• Professional Staff
• Yongxing Chen, Computer Information Technology Associate IV, Computer and Information Sciences.
• Michael Davis, Director, EE/CIS Research Laboratory.
• Linda Magner, Assistant to the Chair.
• Ben Miller, Assistant Director, EE/CIS Research Laboratory.
• Andrew Roosen, Computer Information Technology Associate III, EE/CIS Research Laboratory.

Correspondence and Information

University of Delaware
Professor Adarshpal Sethi
Chair, Graduate Recruiting and Admissions Committee
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Newark, Delaware 19716-2586
Telephone: 302-831-2713
Fax: 302-831-8458
Email: gradprgm@cis.udel.edu
World Wide Web: http://www.cis.udel.edu (CIS home page index)