PhD Computer Science

PhD in Computer Science program, students will be prepared to make original and innovative contributions to a field of study through research efforts. Through class work and mentoring relationships with faculty, students obtain state-of-the-art theoretical and methodological foundations to design and conduct research independently on cutting-edge topics including telehealth and biometrics, web computing and information assurance, artificial intelligence and robotics, and software engineering and formal methods. Students may also be eligible to receive financial support so they can focus on full-time research, and a required teaching component prepares students to become effective professors and join the university faculty.