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The Department
Computer science has risen to the forefront of global
technology advancement. At Texas Tech, students are educated
to be the engineers, scientists, and leaders of the future. Going
Research
beyond a traditional curriculum to explore practical applications,
Led by faculty members who are leaders in their
students experience cutting-edge research and learn how
computer science is an source of innovation in other disciplines. fields of study, graduate and undergraduate
students are exposed to the latest advances and
perform research in the following areas:
Research in the department addresses important local,
national, and worldwide problems that impact
the capability and advancement of computing:
making our infrastructure and software safer,
smarter, and more secure; enabling valuable
analyses of sensor and social networks; protecting
visually impaired Internet users from cyber attacks;
and exploiting Big Data for uses such as predicting Texas
groundwater drought and enhanced oil recovery.
Continuing to excel in research on artificial intelligence theories
and languages deployed in space technology, the department
is building on this expertise to become a home to researchers
with exceptional strengths in experimental systems and applied
research to blaze new trails in software engineering, networks
of Internet devices, and health informatics. The department
is also tackling privacy issues in healthcare management,
and conserving energy in computing and communication.
By the Numbers
Enrollments (Fall 2014):
Undergraduate
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Master’s
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Doctoral
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2015 U.S. News and World Report Ranking
Best Online Graduate Programs (M.S.S.E.)
Best Online Graduate Computer Information
Technology Programs
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„ Artificial Intelligence
„ Data-intensive and Cloud Computing
„ Parallel and distributed computing
„ Reliability and Performance Modeling
„ Wireless and Computer Networks
„ Embedded and Mobile systems
„ Data Science and Analytics
„ Cyber Security and Cyber-physical Systems
„ Software Engineering
„ Software Security and Quality Assurance
„ Declarative and Constraint Programming
„ Knowledge Representation and Retrieval
„ Logical Inference and Machine Learning
Areas of Study
„ Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
„ Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering
„ Master of Science in Computer Science
„ Master of Science in Software Engineering (Available Online)
„ Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
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Contacts
Dr. Rattikorn Hewett
Department Chair
rattikorn.hewett@ttu.edu
www.cs.ttu.edu
Susan E. Smith
Senior Director, Development and External Relations
susan.e.smith@ttu.edu
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Faculty Research Specializations
Dr. Yong Chen
Assistant Professor
Data-intensive computing, parallel and distributed
computing, high-performance computing, cloud
computing, computer architectures, systems software.
Dr. Michael Gelfond
Professor
Artificial intelligence, knowledge representation,
declarative programming.
Dr. Rattikorn Hewett
Professor and Department Chair
Intelligent data understanding, network research
and security, software quality assurance.
Dr. Sunho Lim
Assistant Professor
Green networking, mobile software, mobile data
management, embedded networked systems.
Dr. Noé López-Benitez
Associate Professor
Distributed and parallel computing systems,
fault-tolerant computing systems, reliability/
availability/performance modeling.
Dr. Susan A. Mengel
Associate Professor
Information retrieval, security, and assurance;
computer science education.
Dr. J. Nelson Rushton
Associate Professor
Programming languages, software
engineering, computing education.
Dr. Michael (Eonsuk) Shin
Associate Professor
Software engineering, self-managed software systems,
secure software engineering, software product lines.
Dr. Akbar Siami-Namin
Assistant Professor
Software engineering, testing, and program analysis;
cyber security and secure programming; energyaware software engineering; empirical software
engineering; and statistical data analysis.
Dr. Richard Watson
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Artificial intelligence, knowledge representation,
declarative programming, intelligent agents,
common-sense reasoning, multi-agent systems.
Dr. Yuanlin Zhang
Associate Professor
Artificial intelligence, knowledge
representation and reasoning.
Dr. Yu Zhuang
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Parallel computing, high performance memory system,
large scale computing, data intensive computing.
Dr. Mahshid Rahnamay-Naeini
Assistant Professor
Computer Networks, Wireless and Sensor Networks,
Distributed Computing Systems, Cyber Security, CyberPhysical Systems, Reliability/Performance Modeling,
Applied Probability Theory and Game Theory
Open Faculty Positions
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