PhD Computer Science

Road Map

Semester 1

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ESC 801 Research Methods in
PhD Studies

3

CORE
Elective-I

3

CORE
Elective-II

3

 Elective

Semester 2

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EEN-801 Elective-III

3

CORE
Elective-IV

3

CORE
Elective-V

3

 Elective

Semester 3

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Comprehensive Exam

0

 Elective
THS-900 PhD Thesis

9

 Elective

Semester 4

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THS-900 PhD Thesis

9

 Elective

Semester 5

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THS-900 PhD Thesis

9

 Elective

Semester 6

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THS-900 PhD Thesis

9

 Elective

Electives

 

Electives

PhD

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CORE/ELECTIVE

Course Code

Course Title

CEN 807 Advance distributed
systems

3

 Elective
SEN 819 Advance Neural
Networks & Fuzzy Logic

3

 Elective
SEN 811 Data Ware housing and
Mining

3

 Elective
DSC 807 Advanced Deep
Learning

3

 Elective
EET 851 Mobile and ad-hoc
Networks

3

 Elective
CSC 819 Research Trends in
Machine Learning

3

 Elective
CSC 851 Advanced Pattern
Recognition

3

 Elective
SEN 862 Emerging Trends in Big
Data Analytics

3

 Elective
CSC 881 Advanced Cloud
Computing

3

 Elective
CSC 820 Advance Topics in
Operating Systems

3

 Elective
EET 835 Advance Topics in 5G
and Beyond
Communications

3

 Elective
EET 850 Wireless Sensor
Networks

3

 Elective
SEN 802 Special Topics in
Software Engineering

3

 Elective
SEN 818 Secure Software
Systems

3

 Elective
EET 832 Advance topics in
Network Security

3

 Elective
CEN 820 High Performance
Computer Architecture

3

 Elective
DSC 800 Advanced Data
Analytics

3

 Elective
CSC 841 Advanced
Computational
Linguistics

3

 Elective
DSC 802 Advanced Data
Visualization

3

 Elective
CSC 860 Advanced Complexity
Theory and Algorithms

3

 Elective
CEN 808 Advanced Techniques
in System Modeling
and Simulation

3

 Elective
SEN 816 Middleware For
Networked and
Distributed Systems

3

 Elective
CSC 800 Advanced AI
Networking

3

 Elective
CSC 882 Advanced Wireless
Communications

3

 Elective
SEN 861 Semantic Web
Modeling and
Applications

3

 Elective
SEN 864 Knowledge
Representation and
Reasoning

3

 Elective
ISC 821 Advance Topics in
Cryptography

3

 Elective
SEN 808 Computer and
Cybersecurity

3

 Elective
SEN 809 Internet of Things:
Design and
Applications

3

 Elective
EET 837 Advanced Data
Communication
Systems

3

 Elective
SEN 853 Advanced Power
Aware Computing

3

 Elective
ISC 843 Advanced Penetration
Testing & Vulnerability
Analysis

3

 Elective

 

Research Themes of Computer Science

 

Computing and information technology are the fastest growing occupations in the world. The programs of Computer Science provide a unique opportunity to develop leading-edge in-depth knowledge of specific computer science disciplines and prepares scholars in the concepts and techniques related to the design, programming and application of computing systems.

The potential research themes / areas are as follows:

  • Artificial Intelligence and robotics
  • Computer Architecture & Engineering
  • Biosystems & Computational Biology
  • Cyber-Physical Systems and Design Automation
  • Database Management Systems
  • Graphics
  • Operating Systems & Networking
  • Programming Systems
  • Scientific Computing
  • Security
  • Abundant-data applications, algorithms, and architectures
  • Computer-assisted education,
  • Data Mining
  • Emerging technologies for computing hardware, communication, and sensing
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Large-scale networking
  • Computation and communication
  • Programming languages and environments
  • Verification, proofs, and automated debugging