About the Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science offers programs
leading to the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. The
Ph.D. program, which first admitted students in 2001, has produced 35
graduates so far and has a current enrollment of about 70.
Active research areas in the department include
bioinformatics, graphics and visualization, networks and distributed
systems, and algorithms. The department emphasizes interdisciplinary
research. Current projects involve collaborations with the Departments of
Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Mathematics and Statistics,
among others. In addition to running its own bioinformatics program, the
Department of Computer Science participates in Georgia State’s Molecular
Basis of Disease and Brains and Behavior programs.
Many department faculty are leading experts in their
fields; they serve on panels and study sections at agencies such as NIH
and NSF, on journal editorial boards, and as officers in
professional societies. The department is also home to the editorial
offices of four book series and two journals. Faculty members are
supported by many grants from NSF, NIH, and other agencies. The
department’s annual research budget exceeds one million dollars.
Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Student Receives Travel
Grant
Ph.D. student Zejin (Jason) Ding has been awarded
a $400 travel grant from the 2008
IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology (CIBCB 2008). More
Department Hosts
International Bioinformatics Symposium
In May, the Department of Computer Science hosted the Fourth International Symposium on
Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA 2008).
More
Ph.D. Student Wins Awards
Ph.D. student Navin Viswanath recently won awards from two
conferences. More
Department Awards Two Ph.D.
Degrees in May
The Department of Computer Science awarded Ph.D. degrees to Gulsah Altun
and Eunjung Cho in May. More
Owen Reelected SIGGRAPH President
Dr. Scott
Owen was recently reelected to a second three-year term as president of ACM SIGGRAPH.
More
Belkasim
Awarded RPG Grant
Dr. Saeid
Belkasim has been awarded an internal grant for $25,000 from Georgia
State's Retention,
Progression, and Graduation (RPG) program.
More
Pan Book Is Best-Seller
A book co-authored by Dr. Yi Pan was on the March Bestsellers list at the World Scientific Publishing
Company web site. More
King Updates C
Programming Book
The second edition of
C Programming: A Modern
Approach, written by Dr. K. N. King, was published
in April. More
Fall 2007 Newsletter Now Available
The Fall 2007 edition of the department newsletter has been published. A
PDF version is available for
download.
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