Master of Science in Computer Science
- Fall January 10th
- Spring July 1st
- Pullman: Yes
- Tri-Cities: Yes
- 93 TOEFL Minimum score
Degree Description:
The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers an outstanding education, providing first-rate preparation for careers in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science. US News and World Report ranks WSU’s Electrical Engineering graduate program 68th among nearly 180 PhD granting EE programs in the U.S.
Admission Requirements:
Statement of Purpose & (3) Letters of Recommendation.
Student Learning Outcome:
All graduates will be able to:
- Students have general mastery of their field of study in Computer Science.
- Students have mastery of knowledge in a specialized area.
- Students are able to conduct state-of-the-art research in a specialize area that makes a contribution to the knowledge base.
- Students can effectively communicate their research in oral and written form.
- Students are able to disseminate research results in archival literature.
Student Opportunities:
With 36 tenure-track faculty members, 8 full-time instructors, and $2.6M (3-yr running average) in annual research expenditures, the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) consistently ranks among the top 100 electrical and computer engineering schools nationally by U.S. News and World Report.
Career Opportunities:
Research Positions in National Laboratories, Positions in Leading Companies across the country. Faculty positions at universities.
Career Placements:
Intel, PNNL, Microsoft, SEL, Hewlett Packard, Amazon, Telecom, Expedia,
Faculty Members:
Arnaoudova, Venera, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Software engineering, particularly, software evolution, analysis of source code lexicon and documentation, empirical software engineering, refactoring, patterns, and anti-patterns
Bakken, David Edward, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Infrastructure software, middleware.
GridStat: next-generation wide-area mission critical data delivery for the power grid
Belzer, Benjamin Joseph, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair or member on graduate committee
Bose, Anjan, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Broschat, Shira Lynn, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Cook, Diane Joyce, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, robotics, smart environments, and parallel algorithms for artificial intelligence.
Dang, Zhe, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Model-checking and testing for infinite-state and/or real-time systems
Automata theory and Membrane computing systems (P systems)
Delgado-Frias, Jose G, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Doppa, Janardhan Rao, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Machine Learning
Dubey, Anamika, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Developing methods and analytics to facilitate an efficient, secure, resilient, adaptable, and economic power supply
Fischer, Thomas Robert, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Gebremedhin, Assefaw, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Algorithms, Data Science, Machine Learning
Ghasemzadeh, Hassan, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Embedded System Design
Gupta, Subhanshu, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Broadband sampling architectures
High-speed interconnects and sensor interfaces
High-speed data converters
Biomedical imaging and signal processing for circuit design
Hahn, Adam, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Security
Haipeng, Cai, PhD
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Software Engineering, Program Analysis, Software Evolution, Software Reliability, Security and Privacy
Hauser, Carl H, Ph.D.
Serves as: co-chair or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Distributed Systems, Networking, Concurrent Programming Models and Mechanisms, Programming Language Implementations.
Heo, Deuk Hyoun, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Hudson, Scott, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Hundhausen, Christopher, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Human-centered Environments for Learning and Programming Lab: Design and empirical evaluation of computer technologies and pedagogical approaches that help undergraduate students learn within the domains of engineering and computer science.
Ji, Shuiwang, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Machine learning, data mining, computational biology, and computational neuroscience
Kalyanaraman, Anantharaman, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Computational biology and bioinformatics; high-performance computing; combinatorial pattern matching.
Kim, Dae Hyun, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits (3D ICs) and Systems
Low-Power and High-Performance Computer Systems
Design Methodologies and Optimization Algorithms for Emerging Technologies and Systems
Liu, Chen-Ching, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Lotfifard, Saeed, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Power Systems
Mehrizi-Sani, Ali, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Integration of renewable energy resources in the power system, Power electronics interfaces for distributed generation, Control and management of microgrids and smart grid, Power system applications of power electronics.
Miller, John H, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Olsen, Robert G, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Osman, Mohamed A, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Pande, Partha Pratim, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Saberi, Ali, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Optimal Control, Non Linear Systems and Control, Linear Systems and Control, Linear Robust Control, Filtering and Inverse Filtering, Fault Detection and Isolation, Dynamic and Complex Networks, Control, Communications, and Signal Processing, Constrained Control Problems, Complex Systems, Adaptive Control and Filtering
Schneider, John Brand, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Schulz, Noel
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Shirazi, Behrooz, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair or co-chair on graduate committee
Sivakumar, Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Srivastava, Anurag K, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Stability, security and vulnerability analysis Real time modeling and simulation Testing and validation of smart grid algorithms and devices Intelligent control application Distributed generation and micro-grid Decision support and situational awareness using phasor data Interoperability and data integration
Stoorvogel, Anton, Ph.D.
Serves as: co-chair or member on graduate committee
Taylor, Matthew E.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Tosic, Predrag, Ph.D.
Serves as: co-chair or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Data science, machine learning, intelligent agents, large-scale data mining and AI, yber-physical systems, distributed coordination and control, large-scale complex networks, mathematical models and algorithms for smart energy and other grids
Venkatasubramanian, Vaithianath, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Wu, Yinghui, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Big data, databases systems and data management, with emphasis on graph database, graph query models and languages, distributed and dynamic graphs.