About the Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science offers programs
leading to the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. The
Ph.D. program, which first admitted students in 2001, has produced 35
graduates so far and has a current enrollment of about 70.
Active research areas in the department include
bioinformatics, graphics and visualization, networks and distributed
systems, and algorithms. The department emphasizes interdisciplinary
research. Current projects involve collaborations with the Departments of
Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Mathematics and Statistics,
among others. In addition to running its own bioinformatics program, the
Department of Computer Science participates in Georgia State’s Molecular
Basis of Disease and Brains and Behavior programs.
Many department faculty are leading experts in their
fields; they serve on panels and study sections at agencies such as NIH
and NSF, on journal editorial boards, and as officers in
professional societies. The department is also home to the editorial
offices of four book series and two journals. Faculty members are
supported by many grants from NSF, NIH, and other agencies. The
department’s annual research budget exceeds one million dollars.
Ph.D. Program
Hu Joins Editorial Board of
Simulation
Dr. Xiaolin Hu has been
appointed an associate editor of
Simulation:
Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International.
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Pan Receives NSF Grant
Dr. Yi Pan received a
$160,000 grant from the
National Science Foundation for research on reliability modeling for
large-scale networks. More
Spring 2008 Newsletter Now Available
The Spring 2008 edition of the department newsletter has been published. A
PDF version is available for
download.
Department Gains Space in One Park Tower
The Department of Computer Science recently
acquired seven rooms on the 21st floor of the One Park Tower building.
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Weeks Visits Côte d'Ivoire
In January, Dr. Michael Weeks was one of
five GSU representatives to visit the International University of
Grand-Bassam in the West African nation of Côte d'Ivoire
(Ivory Coast). More
Pan Named to Editorial Board of IEEE/ACM TCBB
Dr. Yi Pan was recently
chosen to serve as an associate editor of
IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, one of the top journals in the field of bioinformatics.
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Ph.D. Student Receives Travel
Grant
Ph.D. student Zejin (Jason) Ding has been awarded
a $400 travel grant from the 2008
IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology (CIBCB 2008). More
Department Hosts
International Bioinformatics Symposium
In May, the Department of Computer Science hosted the Fourth International Symposium on
Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA 2008).
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Ph.D. Student Wins Awards
Ph.D. student Navin Viswanath recently won awards from two
conferences. More
Department Awards Two Ph.D.
Degrees in May
The Department of Computer Science awarded Ph.D. degrees to Gulsah Altun
and Eunjung Cho in May. More
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