Fall$2015$New$MS$Student$Information$

Department$of$Computer$Science$
Dear%New%MS%Student,%
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%(https://graduate.cs.odu.edu/ms).%%In%particular,%the%following%webpages%may%be%useful%as%you%
get%started%in%the%program:%

Getting%Started%S%https://graduate.cs.odu.edu/ms/Getting_Started%
New%Student%Resources%%https://graduate.cs.odu.edu/ms/New_Student_Resources%
Program%Requirements%%https://graduate.cs.odu.edu/ms/Requirements%
Prerequisites%S%https://graduate.cs.odu.edu/ms/Prerequisites%

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%email%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:$My%Fall%2015%office%hours%will%be%held%on%Tuesdays%and%Thursdays%10:30amS12pm%
(starting%August%25).%%See%the%sign%outside%my%office%door%(or%my%webpage)%for%preSsemester%office%hours.%
You%are%welcome%to%stop%by%anytime%during%office%hours,%but%I%ask%that%you%email%me%to%schedule%an%
appointment%if%you%cannot%meet%during%office%hours.%
Orientation:$We%will%have%an%orientation%session%on%Thursday,$August$27$at$12:30pm%in%the%E&CS%1st%
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%/%%http://www.cs.odu.edu/~mweigle/%

Overview of Graduate
Programs
Masters 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

D EPARTMENT OF
C OMPUTER S CIENCE

D EPARTMENT OF
C OMPUTER S CIENCE

3 credit hours project work

Courses-only - 33 credit hours + colloquium

33 credit hours coursework
For more information, see
https://graduate.cs.odu.edu/ms/

G RADUATE P ROGRAM D IRECTORS

Masters Program
Dr. Michele C. Weigle
mweigle@cs.odu.edu
www.cs.odu.edu/~mweigle
(757)683-7729

PhD Program
Main Requirements
PhD qualifying process: breadth exam, research
ability exam

PhD Program
Dr. Mohammad Zubair
zubair@cs.odu.edu
www.cs.odu.edu/~zubair
(757)683-3917

24 credit hours post-masters coursework

Candidacy exam (dissertation proposal)
24 credit hours dissertation work
1 credit hour colloquium
Dissertation defense

For more information, see

https://graduate.cs.odu.edu/phd/

I NTERIM D EPARTMENT C HAIR

Graduate Certificate Programs

Dr. Ravi Mukkamala

mukka@cs.odu.edu
www.cs.odu.edu/~mukka
(757) 683-6001

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

Graduate Programs

Department of Computer Science

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529-0162

Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Cryptography for

Cybersecurity, Networked Systems Security, Information Assurance

757-683-6001
www.cs.odu.edu

For more information, see

www.cs.odu.edu/graduate_certificates.shtml
August 2015

College of Sciences

Graduate Faculty

Research Interests
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

Recent Course Offerings

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

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

Bioinformatics: He, Li, Ranjan, Zubair

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Irwin Levinstein: Database and Intelligent

Tutoring

Machine Intelligence and Data Analytics: Mukkamala, Zeil, Zubair

Introduction to Networks and Communication

Dr. Yaohang Li: Computational Biology/

Bioinformatics, Computational Science, Monte
Carlo Methods, High Performance Computing,
Big Data Analysis

Networks: Abdel-Wahab, Olariu, Maly, Nadeem,

Weigle

Dr. Kurt Maly: Digital Libraries, Social Networks,

Computer Networks

Scientific Computing: Chernikov, Chrisochoides, Li,

Zubair

Dr. Ravi Mukkamala: Cybersecurity, Data mining, Privacy-Preserving Mining, Distributed Systems, Performance Analysis, Modeling & Sim

Stochastic Modeling: Mukkamala, Olariu, Zubair

Applications of Graphs in Bioinformatics

Web Science/Digital Libraries: Maly, Nelson, Weigle,

Zeil

Design of Network Protocols

Dr. Tamer Nadeem: Wireless Networks, Vehicular

Networking, Intelligent Transportation Systems,
Network Security and Privacy, Social Networks,
Distributed and Embedded Systems, Mobile and
Pervasive Computing

Parallel Algorithms and Computing: Chernikov,

Chrisochoides, He, Li, Mukkamala, Ranjan, Zubair

Introduction to Parallel Computing

Networked Systems Security
Systems Programming

Web Programming
Web Server Design

MS/PhD Courses
Architectural Support for Cloud Computing
Data Mining and Security
Distributed Systems
High-Performance Computing and Big Data

Information Visualization
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Introduction to Digital Libraries

Dr. Michael L. Nelson: Digital Libraries, Web

Preservation, Information Retrieval, Web Science, Social Media

Introduction to Information Retrieval

Dr. Stephan Olariu: Mobile Computing, Wireless

Networks, Parallel Algorithms and Architectures,
Distributed Algorithms, Performance Evaluation

Network Security: Concepts, Protocols, and Programming

Machine Learning
Monte Carlo Simulation

Stochastic Modeling
Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing

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

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

CS 600 Algorithms and Data Structures

MF 11:35am-12:50pm Ranjan

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

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

FULL

FULL
FULL

FULL

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 http://webspace.cs.odu.edu/~ibl/csschedule.php?semester=fall15 or, click on the Course
Schedule link from the CS webpage (http://www.cs.odu.edu)

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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)%

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