Hello, WORLD
Going to graduate school is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. You should make it carefully.
We want you to come to Texas A&M for graduate study in computer science.
Read on and see why.
It's a new WORLD
You’re glad you have your bachelor’s degree. So why go to graduate school? Because graduate school in computer science allows you to specialize. It’s the place to explore all the questions you never had time to research before you got your bachelor’s degree. You will do experiments and explore concepts you never considered before. Fascinating research at Texas A&M.
Invent your own WORLD
One direction you could choose is graduate school. It’s an adventure. Explore computer science concepts beyond known boundaries. One big advantage of graduate school is that you can tailor your degree to match your interests. At Texas A&M, you’ll work with top researchers in everything from bioinformatics and computational science to robotics and software design.
It's the real WORLD
Here’s another reason to go to graduate school — a real-life, practical one. Money. Years of experience show that bachelor’s degree graduates who continue their education with master’s or Ph.D. degrees in computer science make more money and go farther in their careers.
WORLD-class degree
Our faculty is among the best there is. They’ll prepare you for careers in computer science that demand more than the basic bachelor’s degree. And our industry connections are top-notch. But don’t take our word for it. Hear it from the folks who’ve done it. Right here at Texas A&M.
Make a WORLD of difference
Here’s the difference between the computer science you did before and what you can do at Texas A&M. Explore questions about computer science concepts you’ve always wanted to answer but never had the time. Maybe even get to make a real difference in people’s lives. Graduate school in computer science at Texas A&M is the place to make it happen.
Satisfying our curiosity about the possibilities and fundamental limitations of computers and computing is hard, but it’s what we try to do. What problems can computers ultimately solve? Can we afford it? Such questions underlie all of computer science. Current application areas are universal, in fields as varied as Web crawling, cryptography and biology.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/foundations
Unless you are a good programmer, you never notice good programming. Everything we do is aimed at finding ways to do software better. Your efforts will expand the capabilities of distributed and parallel programming. Techniques and facilities for the next generation of C++ are being developed here.
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http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/software
Good software doesn’t just happen. Software engineering, from design to installation and maintenance, makes software development more efficient.
Your research will help improve requirements engineering, software design processes, knowledge-based and automated software engineering, and collaborative software engineering environments.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/software
We’re in an age of information overload. We need all the help we can get to make sense of it. Once we have it, how can we use it most effectively? That’s where you come in. Your research will focus on creating evolving information collections, from large digital libraries to personal sets of data designed for individual projects.
For More Information:http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/information
Computers are best when we understand them easily, and they understand us.
You’ll deal with issues that arise when technology intersects with human values, aesthetics and practices. Your research will integrate design and engineering with the creative and scientific.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/humancentered
Science fiction teems with sophisticated robots and artificial intelligence. We’re working hard to make them real.
Your research could range from explorations of machine learning to distributed multi-agent systems, neural networks and visual perception; from data-mining for complex biological problems to training flight controllers and astronauts for the space shuttle and International Space Station.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/robotics
The effective design, integration and efficient use of hardware and software systems is what we do.
You’ll work with tiny chips, handheld devices and networks to build systems and develop techniques for testing and measuring them. You’ll also develop methods for efficient use of parallel and distributed systems.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/systems
Some of the biggest problems around these days can be found in biology. How do living things work? Some problems are so big only the power of computing can solve them.
Solving the structure of complex proteins, understanding the systems that regulate gene function, designing vaccines. Our faculty researchers are already hard at work. Join them in our bioinformatics research program.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/#Bioinformatics
The human brain is still the most powerful computer we know.
It represents complex natural environments, adapts to different environments, and re-models its own functions during development.
Yet we understand very little about the anatomy and physiology that makes this possible. Our brain networks research applies foundations of computing and systems to begin to understand the architecture that makes this possible.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/#Brain_Networks
Computational science makes sense of computationally intensive large-scale simulations. Cosmology, fluid flow, protein folding — researchers can deal with these complex problems because computational science gives them the tools.
In computational science, you'll get the chance to work on real problems with researchers in the hottest areas of science and engineering.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/#Computational_Science
Computers in an art museum? Of course. You'll work to bring about exchanges between information and human-centered systems and literature, art and culture.
Our collaborations with libraries and other repositories lead to new forms like interactive storytelling engines, hypermedia narratives and digital archival collections of Cervantes, Picasso and West African drumming and dancing. Who knows where your work might lead?
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/#Humanities_Informatics
Just because hackers are a cliché doesn't mean they don't exist. They do, and some of them mean to do us harm.
Our security research brings together knowledge and techniques from systems, information, human-centered systems, intelligent systems and foundations of computing to develop effective ways to apply computing to problems of information security, homeland security and transportation.
For More Information:
http://grad.cs.tamu.edu/#Security
We'll prepare you for careers in computer science that demand more than the basic bachelor’s degree. But don’t take our word for it. Hear it from the folks who’ve done it. Right here at Texas A&M.
M.S. 2003 / B.S. 2001
Software Engineer, IBM
“The computer science graduate program at Texas A&M gave me the opportunity to experience real research and work on a research team. I also had the opportunity to attend conferences, present my research and network with other researchers."
Ph.D. 2000 / M.S. 1996 / B.S. 1986
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of the South
“I value the experience, instruction, and research opportunity I was given in Texas A&M’s computer science program. Having an advanced degree was essential to a position in academia. I literally wouldn’t be ‘Professor Dale’ without the degree I earned at Texas A&M.”
Ph.D. 1994 / M.S. 1991
Director, Trauma Information Systems Development, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
Brooke Army Medical Center
“I decided to attend graduate school in computer science at Texas A&M because I was impressed with the growth potential and research areas that the department offered. If your career plan includes any type of research, having an advanced degree is indispensable.”
Ph.D. 2000 / M.S. 1997
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Vassar College
“Graduate school enabled me to find out that I enjoy research tremendously. Texas A&M has a strong graduate program in computer science and good mentors. I couldn’t have gotten a job as an assistant professor without a Ph.D.”
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