Computer Science (CMSC)
Graduate Degree Program
College: Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Abstract
The Computer Science Department’s graduate program is ranked among the top in the nation and in the top ten among public universities. The department offers both M.S. and Ph.D degrees. Nearly all full-time PhD students receive financial support in the form of assistantships, fellowships, and grants, whereas M.S. students typically fund their studies themselves, receive financial support through their employers, or secure research assistantships. The Department boasts robust research programs in all areas of computer science, including artificial intelligence, computer systems and networking, database systems, programming languages, software engineering, scientific computing, algorithms and computation theory, computer vision, computer audition, geometric computing, graphics, human-computer interaction, and bioinformatics.
Financial Assistance
Financial aid for PhD applicants is provided in the form of teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and fellowships, with almost all full-time students receiving some type of financial support. M.S. program applicants are eligible to apply for external fellowships and assistantships, but their offer of admission does not guarantee financial support.
Contact
Graduate Office
Department of Computer Science
2162 & 2164 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering
8125 Paint Branch Drive
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Telephone: 301.405.6731
Email: Contact CMSC Dept.
Website: http://www.cs.umd.edu/grad/catalog
Courses: CMSC
General Requirements
- Statement of Purpose
- Transcript(s)
- TOEFL/IELTS/PTE (international graduate students)
Program-Specific Requirements
- Letters of Recommendation (3)
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (optional)
- GRE Subject (optional)
- CV/Resume
- Writing Sample (optional)
- Maryland Max Planck Ph.D. Program: Students interested in applying to the Maryland Max Planck Ph.D. Program in Computer Science should follow the admissions instructions for the program.
A strong background in mathematics and theoretical computer science is necessary.
Application Deadlines
| Type of Applicant | Fall Deadline | Spring Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic Applicants | ||
| US Citizens and Permanent Residents | December 20, 2024 | September 27, 2024 (PhD only) |
| Spring Admission is only considered for current internal UMD applicants. All external applicants must apply for fall admission. | ||
| International Applicants | ||
| F (student) or J (exchange visitor) visas; A, E, G, H, I and L visas and immigrants | December 20, 2024 | September 27, 2024 (PhD only) |
| Spring Admission is only considered for current internal UMD applicants. All external applicants must apply for fall admission. |
RESOURCES AND LINKS:
Program Website: http://www.cs.umd.edu
Application Process: gradschool.umd.edu/admissions
The computer science department, located in the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, provides general purpose computing support to advance the academic and research mission of the department.
The department operates a data center in the AV Williams building with multiple 10 Gbps connections to the campus and national research networks. In addition to the primary data center, the department oversees a co-location facility for research groups wanting hands-on management of their own specialized equipment.
General purpose computing is provided via a RedHat Enterprise Virtualization environment. The system provides four compute nodes, each with at least 16 cores and 128GB of RAM. The cluster has 14 TB of shared disk. Nodes are connected to each other and the file system by multiple 10 Gbps Ethernet links.
| Last Name | First/Middle Name | Graduate Faculty Status | Academic Credentials | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abadi | Daniel J. | Full Member | B.S., Brandeis University, 2002; M.Ph., University of Cambridge, 2003; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008 | Professor, Computer Science |
| Agrawala | Ashok K. | Full Member | B.S., Agra University, 1960; B.E., Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, 1963; M.Eng., 1965; Ph.D.,Harvard University, 1970. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science |
| Aloimonos | John | Full Member | B.S., University of Athens-Greece,1981; M.S., University of Rochester, 1984; Ph.D., 1987. | Professor, Neurosciences and Cognitive Science Professor, Computer Science |
| Asgari | Bahar | Full Member | Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Barg | Alexander | Full Member | Ph.D.,Moscow Russia,1983-1987;M.Sc, Moscow Russia,1976-1981 | Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Systems Engineering Affiliate Professor, Computer Science |
| Battle | Leilani | Full Member | B.S., University of Washington, 2011; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Bederson | Benjamin B. | Full Member | B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1986; M.S., New York University, 1989; Ph.D., 1992. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Bhatele | Abhinav | Full Member | Ph. D., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Aug 2010;; M. S., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dec 2007 ; B. Tech., Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, May 2005 | Associate Professor, Computer Science Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation |
| Bhattacharjee | Samrat | Full Member | B.S., Georgia College, 1994; Ph.D.,Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Boyd-Graber Ying | Jordan Lee | Full Member | B.S., California Institute of Technology, 2004; M.A., Princeton University, 2006; Ph.D., Princeton University, 2010 | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Carpuat | Marine | Full Member | Associate Professor, Computer Science | |
| Chen | Yizheng | Full Member | Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 2016 | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Childs | Andrew | Full Member | B.S., California Institute of Technology, 2000; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004 | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Professor, Physics |
| Cleaveland | Walter Rance | Full Member | B.S., Duke University, 1982; M.S., Cornell University, 1985; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1987. | Professor, Systems Engineering Professor, Computer Science |
| Cukier | Michel | Full Member | Ph.D., National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France, 1996 | Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor, Reliability Engineering Associate Professor, Systems Engineering Affiliate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Cummings | Michael P. | Full Member | Ph.D., Harvard, 1992. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Biological Sciences Professor, Computer Science |
| Daume | Hal | Full Member | B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 2001; M.S., University of Southern California, 2003; PhD, University of Southern California, 2006. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Davis | Larry S. | Full Member | B.A., Colgate University, 1970; M.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1972; Ph.D., 1976. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science |
| De Floriani | Leila | Full Member | Ph.D., Universita Delgi Studie de Peruguia, 1977 | Professor, Geographical Sciences Adjunct Professor, Computer Science |
| Deshpande | Amol | Full Member | Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2004 | Professor, Computer Science |
| Dhulipala | Laxman | Full Member | Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2020 | Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Systems Engineering Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Dorr | Bonnie J. | Full Member | B.A., Boston University, 1984; M.S.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Ph.D., 1990. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor Emerita, Computer Science |
| Duraiswami | Ramani | Full Member | B.S., Indian Institute of Technology-Mumbai, 1985; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1991 | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Elman | Howard C. | Full Member | B.A., Columbia University, 1975;M.A., 1977; M.S., Yale University, 1979; Ph.D., 1982. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Professor, Mathematics |
| Feizi | Soheil | Full Member | Ph.D., MIT, 2016; M.Sc., MIT, 2010; B.Sc. Sharif University of Technology, 2008 | Associate Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Feldman | Naomi | Full Member | B.A., University of Chicago, 2003; Ph.D., Brown University, 2011 | Associate Professor, Linguistics Associate Professor, Neurosciences and Cognitive Science Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Foster | Jeffrey S. | Full Member | Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2002 | Professor, Computer Science |
| Gasarch | William | Full Member | B.S., State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1980; M.S., Harvard University, 1982 Ph.D., 1985. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Professor, Mathematics |
| Getoor | Lise | Full Member | Ph.D., Stanford, 2001 | Adjunct Professor, Computer Science |
| Goldstein | Thomas | Full Member | B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 2006; M.S., University of California-Los Angeles, 2007; Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 2010 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Hajiaghayi | Mohammad | Full Member | Professor, Computer Science | |
| Hicks | Michael | Full Member | Ph.D. University of Pennyslvania, 2001 | Professor Emeritus, Computer Science |
| Hollingsworth | Jeffrey K. | Full Member | B.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1988; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990; Ph.D., 1994. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Huang | Jia-Bin | Full Member | Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 2016 | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| JaJa | Joseph F. | Full Member | B.S., American University-Beirut, 1974; M.S., Harvard University, 1976; Ph.D., 1977. | Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Affiliate Professor, Computer Science |
| Jacobs | David | Full Member | B.A., Yale University, 1982; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992 | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science Associate Professor, Neurosciences and Cognitive Science Affiliate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Kanal | Laveen N. | Full Member | B.S., University of Washington, 1951;M.S., 1953; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1960. | Professor Emeritus, Computer Science |
| Kaptchuk | Gabriel | Full Member | PhD, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2020 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Katz | Jonathan | Full Member | B.S. Chemistry, MIT, 1996; B.S. Mathematics, MIT, 1996; M.A., Columbia University, 1998; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2002. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Keleher | Peter J. | Full Member | B.S., Rice University, 1986; M.S.,1992; Ph.D., 1994. | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Khuller | Samir | Full Member | B.Tech.,Indian Institute of Technology, 1986; M.S., Cornell University, 1989; Ph.D., 1990. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Kruskal | Clyde P. | Full Member | B.A., Brandeis University, 1976; M.S.,Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences-NYU, 1978; Ph.D., 1981. | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Lampropoulos | Leonidas K | Full Member | B.A., University of Chicago, 2011; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Levin | David Michael | Full Member | B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 2002; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 2010 | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Lin | Ming C | Full Member | B.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1988; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1991; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1993 | Professor, Computer Science |
| Liu | Zaoxing | Full Member | Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2018 | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Manocha | Dinesh | Full Member | B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, 1987; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1990; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1992 | Distinguished University Professor, Computer Science Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Mazurek | Michelle | Full Member | Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014 | Associate Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Memon | Atif M. | Full Member | Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2001 | Professor, Computer Science |
| Metzler | Christopher | Full Member | B.S., Rice University, 2013; M.S., Rice University, 2014; Ph.D., Rice University, 2019 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Miers | Ian | Full Member | Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 2016 | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Molloy | Erin | Full Member | B.A., University of Chicago, 2011; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Mount | David M. | Full Member | B.S., Purdue University, 1977; Ph.D., 1983. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science |
| Nau | Dana S. | Full Member | B.S., University of Missouri-Rolla, 1974; A.M., Duke University, 1976; Ph.D., 1979. | Professor, Systems Engineering Professor, Computer Science |
| Nishida | Jun | Full Member | Ph.D., Human Informatics, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2019 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| O'Leary | Dianne P. | Full Member | B.S., Purdue University, 1972; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1976. | Professor Emerita, Computer Science |
| Oard | Douglas William | Full Member | M.Elect.E., Rice University, 1979;B.A., 1979; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1996. | Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Professor, Information Management Professor, Information Studies Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Library and Information Science Affiliate Professor, Computer Science |
| Patro | Rob | Full Member | B.S., University of Maryland, 2006; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2012. | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Peng | Huaishu | Full Member | B.S., Yale University, 2013; M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University, 2016; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2019. | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Perlis | Donald R. | Full Member | B.S., Purdue University, 1966; Ph.D., New York University, 1972; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1981. | Professor, Neurosciences and Cognitive Science Professor, Computer Science |
| Pop | Mihai | Full Member | B.S., Politehnica University Bucharest, 1994; M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University, 1998; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2000 | Professor, Computer Science Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Affiliate Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Porter | Adam A. | Full Member | B.A., California State University-Dominguez Hills, 1986; M.S., University of California-Irvine, 1988; Ph.D., 1991. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Purtilo | James M. | Full Member | B.A., Hiram College, 1978; M.A.,Kent State University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1986. | Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Raschid | Louiqa | Full Member | B.T., Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, 1980; M.Eng., Univerisity of Florida, 1982; Ph.D., University of Florida, 1987. | Affiliate Professor, Computer Science |
| Reggia | James A. | Full Member | B.S.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1971; M.D., University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1975; Ph.D.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1981. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Neurosciences and Cognitive Science Professor, Computer Science |
| Resnik | Philip S. | Full Member | A.B., Harvard University, 1987; M.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, 1990; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1993 | Professor, Linguistics Professor, Neurosciences and Cognitive Science Affiliate Professor, Computer Science |
| Roussopoulos | Nicholas | Full Member | B.A., University of Athens-Greece,1969; M.S., University of Toronto, 1973; Ph.D., 1977. | Professor Emeritus, Computer Science |
| Rudinger | Rachel | Full Member | B.S., Yale University, 2013; M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University, 2016; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2019. | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Ruppin | Eytan | Full Member | Professor, Computer Science | |
| Samet | Hanan | Full Member | B.S., University of California-Los Angeles, 1970; M.S., Stanford University, 1975; Ph.D., 1975. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Shankar | A.Udaya | Full Member | B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, 1976; M.S., Syracuse University, 1978;Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1982. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Shneiderman | Ben A. | Full Member | B.S.,City University of New York-City College, 1968; M.S.,State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1972; Ph.D., 1973; S.C.D., University of Guelph-Ontario, 1995. | Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Professor, American Studies |
| Shrivastava | Abhinav | Full Member | Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2017 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Srinivasan | Aravind | Full Member | Ph.D, Cornell University, 1993 | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science |
| Stewart | Gilbert W. | Full Member | A.B., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1962; Ph.D., 1968. | Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Computer Science |
| Subrahmanian | Venkatramana | Full Member | M.Sc.,Birla Institute of Technology & Science, 1985; M.S., Syracuse University, 1987 Ph.D., 1989. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Surbatovich | Milijana | Full Member | PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2023; B.S., Computer Science, University of Rochester, 2017 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Sussman | Alan | Full Member | Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1991 | Professor, Computer Science |
| Van Horn | David | Full Member | Assistant Professor, Computer Science | |
| Varshney | Amitabh | Full Member | B.S., Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, 1989; M.S.,University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1991; Ph.D., 1994. | Professor, Computer Science |
| Vishkin | Uzi | Full Member | B.S., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1974; M.S., 1975; D.Sc.,Technion University-Israel, 1981. | Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Affiliate Professor, Computer Science |
| Yeung | Donald | Full Member | B.S., Stanford University, 1990; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993; Ph.D., 1997. | Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science |
| Zelkowitz | Marvin V. | Full Member | B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967; M.S., Cornell University, 1969; Ph.D., 1971. | Professor Emerita, Computer Science |
| Zhou | Tianyi | Full Member | Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle | Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
| Zwicker | Matthias | Full Member | M.S., Switzerland, 1998; Ph.D., Switzerland, 2003 | Chair, Computer Science Professor, Computer Science |