Graduate Programs Area Advisors
The Area Advisors represent groups of faculty members in an academic area of endeavor. The Area Advisors have several responsibilities relating to their area, including:
- Advising graduate students about studies in their area
- Determining which courses may satisfy the requirements for specialization
- Determining which courses may satisfy a PhD breadth component requirememt
- Developing the reading list and PhD Qualifier Exam
- Representing their area on the graduate admissions committees
- Representing their area in the PhD and MS review process
- Reviewing and determining the appropriateness of graduate transfer credit or advanced standing for courses in their area.
Area Advisor List
- Computer Architecture - Milos Prvulovic
- Database Systems - Ling Liu
- Graphics & Visualization - Andrzej Szymczak
- Human-Computer Interaction - Gregory Abowd
- Information Security - Sasha Boldyreva
- Intelligent Systems - Charles Isbell
- Learning Sciences & Technology - Mark Guzdial
- Networking & Communications - Jim Xu
- Programming Languages & Compilers - Olin Shivers
- Software Methodology & Engineering -
Alex Orso
- Systems - Santosh Pande
- Theory - Eric Vigoda