PhD Qualifier Instructions for CS Department, Spring 2021

2021 Exam Coordinators

Dr. Kurt Luther and Dr. Aisling Kelliher

Policy. Every area sets their own policies with respect to registration and deadlines. If an area chair does not set their own policy, the following default policies will apply:

Default Schedule and Deadlines

Students have 3 weeks to study the readings, and two weeks to answer the questions provided. The committee has 2-3 weeks to grade the exam and/or conduct oral exams (if needed or required by the committee).

December 1, 2020 (Tuesday): Complete Reading List Available. Some reading lists are already available; check for your area.
December 7, 2020 (Monday): Students must commit to take exam. You have to register with the chair of the exam.
January, 2021: Written Examination Available.
2 weeks later: Written Examination Due. Different committees might have oral presentations required too.
February 15, 2021 (Monday): Exam Results due to GPC.

Please read the web page for your area carefully as it may contain information that supercedes the information posted on this page. Be careful to follow any guidelines about required registration, in particular. Your participation in the survey did not register you for any exam. You also have not committed to taking any exam yet.

Please contact the chair of the area you are interested in for any further questions.

Area	Chair(s)	Website	Registration Required?	Registration Binding?
Algorithms	Dr. Sharath Raghvendra	Link	Yes
Data and Information	Dr. CT Lu	Link	Yes
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics	Dr. TM Murali	Link	Yes
Computational Science	Dr. Adrian Sandu	Link
Human-Computer Interaction	Dr. Doug Bowman	Link	Yes	Yes
Software Engineering	Dr. Na Meng	Link	Yes	Yes
Systems, Networking, and Cybersecurity	Dr. Bimal Viswanath	Link	Yes	Yes