PHD Program - Electrical and Computer Engineering at CIS

Summary of Requirements:

  1. Satisfy the University Ph.D. residency requirement and the Departmental course load requirements.
    1. Residency: The University requires at least two (2) consecutive semesters as a full-time resident graduate student.
    2. Coursework: All full-time students must take at least three (3) graduate courses per semester until they have a Research Sponsor. Until the Departmental Examination is passed, no more than one (1) independent study course per faculty member can be counted toward these three courses.
  2. Pass the Departmental Qualifying Examination before the beginning of the fifth semester of graduate study, and then select a Research Sponsor within six months.
  3. Take the Graduate Board Oral Examination within one year of passing the Departmental Qualifying Examination.
  4. Submit a Preliminary Research Proposal by the end of the seventh semester of graduate study.
  5. Present a Departmental Seminar by the end of the seventh semester of graduate study.
  6. Submit a Dissertation and successfully complete a Public Dissertation Defense.

Sample Program:

    Year 1 Fall

  • 110.405 Analysis I
  • 520.414 Image Processing and Analysis I
  • 520.435 Digital Signal Processing
  • 520.651 Random Signal Analysis

    • Year 1 Spring

  • 520.415 Image Processing and Analysis II
  • 520.432 Medical Imaging Systems
  • 520.652 Filtering and Smoothing
  • 550.430 Introduction to Statistics

    Year 2 Fall

  • 520.643 Digital Multimedia Coding and Processing
  • 550.437 Statistics, Information and Vision
  • 550.630 Statistical Theory
  • 580.473 Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

    • ECE Qualification Exam

    Year 2 Spring

  • Analysis 2 Math 110.406
  • 520.608 Image Reconstruction and Restoration
  • 520.646 Wavelets and Filter Banks
  • 520.644 Pattern Theory
  • 550.631 Statistical Inference

    • Graduate Board
    Oral Exam

    Year 3 Fall

  • Dissertation Research 520.801

    • Year 3 Spring

  • Dissertation Research 520.802

    • Submit Preliminary
    Research Proposal

    Present ECE
    Departmental Seminar

    Year 4 Fall

  • Dissertation Research 520.801

    • Year 4 Spring

  • Dissertation Research 520.802

    • Submit Dissertation

    Dissertation Defense

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