Graduate Studies in

COMPUTER SCIENCE
https://school.eecs.wsu.edu/academics/graduate-program/
Degree offered: Master of Science in Computer Science
Faculty working with graduate students: 55
Graduate students: 22
Graduate students receiving assistantships or scholarships: 27%
Program offered: Pullman, Tri-Cities
Tests Required: GRE (Combined), TOEFL Minimum score 93
Priority Deadline: Fall - January 10th; Spring - July 1st

Statement of Purpose & (3) Letters of

DEGREE DESCRIPTION Recommendation.
The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science offers an outstanding education, providing DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
first-rate preparation for careers in Electrical
Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer The program must consists of 33 or more hours of
Science. US News and World Report ranks WSU's credit including 24 or more hours of coursework for
Electrical Engineering graduate program 68th which a grade of A-F is given and 9 or more credits
among nearly 180 PhD granting EE programs in of thesis research (EE or Cpt S 700).
the U.S. (3) Letters of Recommendation; Statement of
Purpose and Transcripts
TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT
With 36 tenure-track faculty members, 8 full-time Sidra Gleason
instructors, and $2.6M (3-yr running average) in Academic Coordinator
annual research expenditures, the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Pullman, WA 99164-2752
(EECS) consistently ranks among the top 100 Telephone: 509-335-6636
electrical and computer engineering schools Fax: 509-335-3818
nationally by U.S. News and World Report. E-mail: sidra@eecs.wsu.edu

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATES

Research Positions in National Laboratories,
Positions in Leading Companies across the
country. Faculty positions at universities.

POSITIONS HELD BY RECENT GRADUATES

Intel, PNNL, Microsoft, SEL, Hewlett Packard,
Amazon, Telecom, Expedia,

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Roger Alexander, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Software Engineering,
Computer Security
rtalexander@wsu.edu
Venera Arnaoudova, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Software Engineering
varnaoud@eecs.wsu.edu
venera.arnaoudova@wsu.edu
David Bakken, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Fault Tolerant
computing, Distributed Quality of Service,
Distributed Object Middleware, Distributed
Computing
bakken@wsu.edu
Benjamin Belzer, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Wireless
communication, Digital Communications,
Control, Communications, and Signal
Processing
belzer@wsu.edu
Anjan Bose, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Energy and Power
Systems
bose@wsu.edu
Shira Broschat, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Rough surface
scattering, Mathematical Modeling and
Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
shira@wsu.edu
Diane Cook, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Robotics, Pervasive
Computing, Parallel Algorithms and
Applications, Machine Learning, Data
Mining, Artificial Intelligence
djcook@wsu.edu
Aaron Crandall, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Smart Homes
acrandal@wsu.edu
Zhe Dang, Ph.D.
Teaching Interests: CPT S 516
Research Interests: Formal methods in
Software Engineering, Formal methods in
Security, Algorithms, Software Engineering
zdang@wsu.edu
Jose Delgado-Frias, Ph.D.
Research Interests: VLSI
Microarchitectures, Neural Network-Based
Computing, Computer Networking,
Computer Engineering
delgado-frias@wsu.edu
Janardhan Doppa, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Machine Learning
jana.doppa@wsu.edu
Anamika Dubey, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Developing methods
and analytics to facilitate an efficient,
secure, resilient, adaptable, and economic
power supply
anamika.dubey@wsu.edu
Thomas Fischer, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Source Coding and
Quantization, Digital Signal Processing,
Digital Communications, Control,
Communications, and Signal Processing,
Audio/Video Data Compression
thomas_fischer@wsu.edu
Assefaw Gebremedhin, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Algorithms, Data
Science, Machine Learning
assefaw.gebremedhin@wsu.edu
Hassan Ghasemzadeh, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Embedded System
Design
hassan.ghasemzadeh@wsu.edu
Kevin Glass, Ph.D.
Havard Grip, Ph.D.
haavard@wsu.edu
Subhanshu Gupta, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Broadband sampling
architectures
High-speed interconnects and sensor
interfaces
High-speed data converters
Biomedical imaging and signal processing
for circuit design
subhanshu.gupta@wsu.edu
Adam Hahn, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Security
a.hahn@wsu.edu
Carl Hauser, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Programming Language
Design and Implementation, Power Grid
Communication SystemsNetworking,
Distributed Computing, Concurrent
Programming
chauser@wsu.edu
Deuk Heo, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Wireless Sensor
Microsystems, Ultra Wide-Band
Communications, Opto ICs and Antenna,
Opto Device Modeling, Microelectronics
dheo@wsu.edu
Lawrence Holder, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Mathematical Modeling
and Bioinformatics, Machine Learning,
Graph Theory, Data Mining, Computer
Security, Artificial Intelligence
holder@wsu.edu
Scott Hudson, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Radar Imaging, Radar
Astronomy, Optical Signal Processing,
Electrophysics
scott_hudson@wsu.edu
Christopher Hundhausen, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Human-Computer
Interaction, Engineering Education, End-
User Programming, Empirical Studies of
Programmers, Computer-based
Visualization
hundhaus@wsu.edu
Sankar Jayaram, Ph.D.
Teaching Interests: Engineering design,
CAD, geometric modeling, manufacturing,
computer graphics and virtual reality.
Research Interests: Virtual assembly, virtual
manufacturing; CAD data translation;
collaborative design; standards for assembly
representation and for sustainable
manufacturing systems; computer graphics.
sjayaram@wsu.edu
Shuiwang Ji, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Machine learning, data
mining, computational biology, and
computational neuroscience
s.ji@wsu.edu
Anantharaman Kalyanaraman, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Parallel Algorithms and
Applications, Combinatorial Pattern
Matching and String Algorithms,
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
ananth@wsu.edu
Dae Kim, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Three-Dimensional
Integrated Circuits (3D ICs) and Systems
Low-Power and High-Performance
Computer Systems
Design Methodologies and Optimization
Algorithms for Emerging Technologies and
Systems
daehyun.kim@wsu.edu
Min Kim, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Distributed Computing,
Computer Networking
minskim@wsu.edu
George Larue, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Microelectronics, High-
Speed Interconnects and Switches,
Broadband Satellite Communications,
Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design
glarue@wsu.edu
Robert Lewis, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Wavelets, Scientific
Computation, Programming Environments,
Numerical Analysis, Computer Graphics,
Computational Geometry. Application
Languages
bobl@wsu.edu
Chen-Ching Liu, Ph.D.
liu@wsu.edu
Saeed Lotfifard, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Power Systems
s.lotfifard@wsu.edu
Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Integration of renewable
energy resources in the power system;
Power electronics interfaces for distributed
generation; Control and management of
microgrids and smart grid; Power system
applications of power electronics.
ali.mehrizisani@wsu.edu
John Miller, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Parallel systems,
Numerical Analysis, Computer Simulation of
Biological Systems, Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
jmiller16@wsu.edu
Andrew Ofallon, M.S.
Teaching Interests: Teaches CPT S 121,
122, EE 234 & 495
aofallon@wsu.edu
Robert Olsen, Ph.D.
Research Interests: High-Voltage
Engineering, Energy and Power Systems,
Electrophysics, Electromagnetic
Environment of Power Transmission Lines,
Antenna Theory, Power System
Electromagnetic Compatibility
bgolsen@wsu.edu
Mohamed Osman, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Transport Theory,
Semiconductor Devices, Quantum
Transport, Microelectronics, Electrophysics
osman@wsu.edu
Partha Pande, Ph.D.
Research Interests: System On Chip Design
and Test, Reliability in MP-SoC Platforms,
Network on Chip, Fault Tolerance,
Computer Engineering
partha_pande@wsu.edu
Patrick Pedrow, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Plasma Engineering,
High-Voltage Engineering, Electrophysics
pedrow@wsu.edu
John Ringo, Ph.D.
Teaching Interests: Semiconductor Device
Physics
Noise in Semiconductor Devices
Linear Circuit Design
Integrated Circuit Engineering
Research Interests: Microelectronics
Integrated Circuits
Electronics
Computer Simulation of Biological Systems
Bioinstrumentation
ringo@wsu.edu
Sandip Roy, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Uncertainty Evaluation,
Stochastic Network Modeling, Power
Systems Simulation, Decentralized Control
Theory, Control, Communications, and
Signal Processing
sandip@wsu.edu
Ali Saberi, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Optimal Control, Non
Linear Systems and Control, Linear
Systems and Control, Linear Robust
Control, Filtering and Inverse Filtering, Fault
Detection and Isolation, Dynamic and
Complex Networks, Control,
Communications, and Signal Processing,
Constrained Control Problems, Complex
Systems, Adaptive Control and Filtering
saberi@wsu.edu
John Schneider, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Wave Propagation and
Scattering, Remote Sensing, Optics,
Electrophysics, Electromagnetics,
Accoustics
john_schneider@wsu.edu
Behrooz Shirazi, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Software tools,
Scheduling and load balancing, Pervasive
Computing, Parallel systems, Distributed
real-time systems, Distributed Computing Kung-Chi Wang, Ph.D.
shirazi@wsu.edu Research Interests: Parallel systems,
Parallel Algorithms and Applications,
Krishnamoorthy Sivakumar, Ph.D. Networking, Network Operating Systems,
Research Interests: Statistical Modeling, Distributed Operating Systems, Distributed
Estimation, and Analysis, Signal detection Computing, Concurrent Programming,
Under 2D Intersymbol Interference, Computer Networking
Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing, kwang@wsu.edu
Multivariate Gene-Expression Relationships,
Knowledge Discovery in Databases, Data Yinghui Wu, Ph.D.
Mining, Control, Communications, and Research Interests: Big data, databases
Signal Processing systems and data management, with
siva@wsu.edu emphasis on graph database, graph query
models and languages, distributed and
Wenzhan Song, Ph.D. dynamic graphs.
Research Interests: Mobile Computing, yinghui.wu@wsu.edu
Distributed Computing, Computer
Networking
songwz@wsu.edu
Anurag Srivastava, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Stability, security and
vulnerability analysis Real time modeling
and simulation Testing and validation of
smart grid algorithms and devices Intelligent
control application Distributed generation
and micro-grid Decision support and
situational awareness using phasor data
Interoperability and data integration
anurag.k.srivastava@wsu.edu
Antonie Stoorvogel, Ph.D.
Li Tan, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Software Engineering
litan@wsu.edu
Matthew Taylor, Ph.D.
Research Interests: A.I., Roboitics
matthew.e.taylor@wsu.edu
Predrag Tosic, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Data science, machine
learning, intelligent agents, large-scale data
mining and AI, yber-physical systems,
distributed coordination and control, large-
scale complex networks, mathematical
models and algorithms for smart energy and
other grids
predrag.tosic@wsu.edu
Vaithianath Venkatasubramanian, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Voltage Stability
Analysis of the Large Power System, Power
System Dynamics, Stability and Control,
Non Linear Systems and Control, Energy
and Power Systems, Differential-Algebraic
Equations
mani@wsu.edu