Orientation for New Graduate Students in Computer Science and Computer Engineering

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Orientation for New Graduate Students in Computer
Scienceand Computer Engineering

• Stephen Grodzinsky
• Professor and Chairman

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Welcome to UB
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Curriculum

• MS program requires 33 credits (11 courses)
• Each program has a core required of all
• Students
• Remainder of program is elective
• Undergraduate prerequisites may be required if UG
  degree is not in CS or CpE (note GPA Requirement!)

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Facilities

• Unix workstation labs featuring Ultra Sparcs
• Several PC labs running Windows
• Robotics lab
• Logic Synthesis lab with boards from Altera
• and Xilinx
• Microprocessor/digital/embedded
• System lab

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Academic Regulations

• See Key to UB Student Handbook
• But my seniors told me does not work
• Forms for everything (registration, schedule
• change, underloads, graduation, )
• Cheating and plagiarism do not do either
• Registration occurs in semester prior to next
• semester (November for spring semester
• April for fall semester)

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Life During or After UB

• Yes, it does exist
• Co-operative education (internship)
• eligible after two semesters at UB
• On-campus work eligible immediately
• OPT for internationals
• Job opportunities almost limitless

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Study hard and make themost of this opportunity
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Guidance and Help at UB

• Academic advisor each student is assigned
• to one see this person to register, receive
• information about your academic progress,
• other stuff (check office hours, send email
• dont just show up)
• GAs for certain courses, other work
• Project advisor
• Department chair
• Counseling Center very important