WELCOME School of EECS

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WELCOMESchool of EECS
University of Central FloridaCollege of
Engineering Computer Science

• Fall 2006

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EECS Faculty Leadership

• Director of the SEECS
• Issa Batarseh
• Associate Director of the SEECS
• Mark Heinrich
• Undergraduate Coordinators
• CS Ali Orooji
• EE/CpE Sam Richie
• IT Sheau Lang
• Graduate Coordinators
• CS Charles Hughes
• EE/CpE Michael Georgiopoulos

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Faculty/Staff Count
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Faculty Count by Rank
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AY 2004-2005 Enrollment
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EECS Research

• EECS reached 6.87 million in new funded research
  for FY 2005-2006
• Average of 127k/TT Faculty
• Total Expenditure 7.64M
• Average of 141k/TT Faculty

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EECS Graduate Programs

• CpE, CS, EE Programs

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Degrees Offered

• MS CpE
• Ph.D. CpE
• MS in CS
• Ph.D. in CS
• MS EE
• Ph.D EE
• Accelerated BS to MS

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Admission Requirements

• MS in CpE, CS or EE
• 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours of BS degree and
• 1000 GRE (Verbal and Quantitative only)
• Ph.D. in CpE, CS or EE
• 3.5 GPA in the Masters degree or
• 3.5 GPA in the last 60 hours of BS degree and
• 1100 GRE (Verbal and Quantitative only)

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MS Program Requirements (EE, CpE, CS)

• Thesis Option
• 30 credit hours
• 24 hours of coursework 6 hours of thesis
• 3-6 required courses, the rest elective courses
• Non-Thesis Option
• 36 credit hours of coursework
• 3-6 required courses, the rest elective courses
• Culminating Experience

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Ph.D. Program Requirements (CS, CpE, EE) 72 Hour
Degree

• 36 hours of coursework beyond BS degree
• Qualifying Exam
• 15 hours of dissertation work
• Candidacy Proposal and Defense (oral plus written
  portion)
• Dissertation Proposal and Defense (oral plus
  written portion)

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Path to Success -- MS (Non-Thesis)

• 36 Course Credit Hours for your MS Non-Thesis
• 9 Hours of Coursework in the Fall of 07
• 9 Hours of Coursework in the Spring of 08
• 6 Hours of Coursework in the Summer of 08
• 9 Hours of Coursework in the Fall of 08
• 3 Hours of Coursework in the Spring of 09
• MS Non-Thesis is Completed in 5 Semesters

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Path to Success -- MS (Thesis)

• 24 Course Credit Hours and 6 Thesis Hours for
  your MS Thesis
• 9 Hours of Coursework in the Fall of 07
• 9 Hours of Coursework in the Spring of 08
• 6 Hours of Coursework in the Summer of 08
• 6 Hours of Thesis in the Fall of 08
• 1 Hour of thesis in the Spring of 09
• MS Thesis is Completed in 5 Semesters

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Path to Success Accelerated MS (Thesis)

• Transfer 9 course credit hours from your
  Undergraduate Studies to Graduate Studies.
• 15 Course Credit Hours and 6 Thesis Hours Left
  for your MS Thesis
• 9 Hours of Coursework in the Fall of 07
• 6 Hours of Coursework, and 3 hours of thesis in
  the Spring of 08
• 3 Hours of Thesis in the Summer of 08
• Accelerated MS Thesis is Completed in 3 Semesters

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Path to Success -- Ph.D. (Dissertation)

• 36 Course Credit Hours, 15 Dissertation Hours,
  and 21 Other Hours (e.g., Doctoral Research,
  Course Work, etc.) for your Ph.D.
• 6 Hours of Coursework, and 3 Hours of Doctoral
  Research in the Fall of 07
• 6 Hours of Coursework, and 3 Hours of Doctoral
  Research in the Spring of 08
• 6 Hours of Coursework in the Summer of 08
• 9 Hours of Coursework in the Fall of 08 Qual
  Exam
• 9 Hours of Coursework, in the Spring of 09
• 6 Hours of Doctoral Research in the Summer of
  08 Candidacy Exam

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Path to Success -- Ph.D. (Dissertation)

• Of the 24 remaining credit hours 15 credit hours
  of dissertation work, plus 9 additional hours
• Time for completion beyond the first two years
  depends on how quickly one can finish the
  dissertation work
• Ph.D. is Completed in 3 to 4 Years

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CpE, CS, EE MS Program BSMS TAships

• CpE, CS, and EE Programs (UCF students only)
• A number of BSMS TAships per year for incoming
  BSMS students
• 17k of Stipend per student, per year (half TA
  and half RA)
• Part of the Tuition and Fees will be paid by the
  student
• The student will do some TA work

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CpE, CS, EE Ph.D. Program 1st Year TAships

• CpE, CS and EE Programs
• A number of 1st year TAships are available for
  incoming Ph.D. Students
• 17k of Stipend per student per year (it could be
  half TA and RA, or full TA work)
• All tuition is covered
• The fees will be paid by the student
• The student will do some TA work

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CpE, CS, EE Ph.D. Program Presidential
Fellowships

• University Fellowships
• 20 Fellowships per year for incoming Ph.D.
  students
• 17k of Stipend per student per year for years 1
  and 3 of the Ph.D. studies
• All tuition is covered
• The fees will be paid by the student

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CpE, CS, EE Ph.D. Program Trustee Fellowships

• University Fellowships
• 20 Fellowships per year for incoming Ph.D.
  students
• 18k of Stipend per student per year for years 1
  and 2 of the Ph.D. studies
• All tuition is covered
• The fees will be paid by the student

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CpE, CS, EE, MS or Ph.D. Program Other
University Fellowships

• Provost (10k per Year 10 per year)
• 30 Provost a year are distributed between the 3
  Departments, and the EECS School in the CECS all
  Provost fellowships are supplemented by 7k of TA
  or RA support from EECS
• Kersten (CECS) 6k per year for 2 years 2
  Kersten fellowships available every year
• Others (see www.graduate.ucf.edu or www.
  engr.ucf.edu/students/index.htm)

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Other Federal Opportunities

• NSF GRFP
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id62
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• DOE High Performance Computer Science Fellowship
• http//krellinst.org/DOE_HPCS/index.shtml
• Link Foundation Fellowship
• http//www.ist.ucf.edu/link_foundation.htm
• FSGC Fellowship
• http//fsgc.engr.ucf.edu/programs/fellowships.html
  

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Other Federal Opportunities

• National Defense Science and Engineering
  Fellowship
• http//www.asee.org/ndseg
• NASA Harriet G. Jenkins Fellowship
• http//216.15.33.202/jenkins/about/?pagemain
• GK12 Fellowship
• http//gogk12.optics.ucf.edu
• IGERT Fellowship
• http//igert.ucf.edu
• Many Others

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Total Pool of Incoming EECS Graduate Students

• Every year, a number of students are recruited
  for the EECS 1st year TAships (this number varies
  from year to year but it is typically between 15
  and 30)
• Every year, 10-12 students are recruited with
  support from the Trustee and Presidential
  Fellowships
• Every year 10-15 students are recruited with
  support from the Provost fellowships
• Every year 5-10 students are recruited with
  support from the BS to MS TAships

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Application Deadline

• January 15, 07
• in order to be considered
• for
• fellowships
• For Fall 2007

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Application Deadline (for BS to MS or BS to Ph.D.
Spring 2007 applicants)

• November 15, 06
• in order to be considered
• for
• fellowships
• For Spring 2007

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What Do we NEED from Prospective Applicants ?

• Visit our web-site at www.graduate.cecs.ucf.edu
  and pre-apply
• You will be notified in approximately two weeks
  of whether you are invited to submit an on-line
  application
• If you have any questions, about the EE or CpE
  program, send an e-mail to Professor Michael
  Georgiopoulos
• at michaelg_at_mail.ucf.edu
• If you have any questions, about the CS program,
  please send an e-mail to Professor Charley Hughes
  at
• ceh_at_cs.ucf.edu
• Visit our web-site www.eecs.ucf.edu to find out
  more about our graduate programs and faculty
  research interests

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Thank You