¸£Àû±ÆÕ¾

¸£Àû±ÆÕ¾ Catalog 2026-2027

Computer Science (PhD)

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD)

Core Courses12
Select four courses - two from each category - within "Core Courses" listed below
Required Courses13
Computer Science Graduate Orientation
Doctoral Preliminary Exam
CSC 700-level Courses (two or more)
Elective / Research Courses47
"Elective / Research Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours72

Core Courses 

Select four courses with two from each category12
Theory Category
°ä³§°äÌý503Computational Applied Logic3
°ä³§°äÌý505Design and Analysis Of Algorithms3
°ä³§°äÌý512Compiler Construction3
°ä³§°äÌý514Foundations of Cryptography3
°ä³§°äÌý565Graph Theory3
°ä³§°äÌý579Introduction to Computer Performance Modeling3
°ä³§°äÌý580Numerical Analysis I3
°ä³§°äÌý707Automata, Languages and Computability Theory3
Systems Category
°ä³§°äÌý501Operating Systems Principles3
°ä³§°äÌý506Architecture Of Parallel Computers3
°ä³§°äÌý510Software Engineering3
°ä³§°äÌý520Artificial Intelligence I3
´Ç°ùÌý°ä³§°äÌý720 Artificial Intelligence II
°ä³§°äÌý540Database Management Concepts and Systems3
°ä³§°äÌý561Principles of Computer Graphics3
°ä³§°äÌý570Computer Networks3
´Ç°ùÌý°ä³§°äÌý573 Internet Protocols
°ä³§°äÌý574Computer and Network Security3

Faculty

Department Head

  • Georgios N. Rouskas, Interim Department Head and Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor

Distinguished Professors

  • Tiffany M. Barnes
  • Laurie A. Williams, Goodnight Distinguished ¸£Àû±ÆÕ¾ Professor in Security Sciences and Co-Director - NCSU Science of Security Lablet

Distinguished ¸£Àû±ÆÕ¾ Professor

  • James C. Lester II, Goodnight Distinguished ¸£Àû±ÆÕ¾ Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Director of the Center for Educational Informatics

Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor

  • Georgios N. Rouskas, Interim Department Head
  • Munindar P. Singh, SAS Institute Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Co- Director - NCSU Science of Security Lablet

Full Professor

  • Min Chi
  • Rada Y. Chirkova
  • Rudra Dutta, Associate Department Head
  • William H. Enck, Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Security Sciences and Director of Wolfpack Security & Privacy Research (WSPR) Laboratory
  • Edward F. Gehringer
  • Xiaohui (Helen) Gu
  • Christopher G. Healey, Goodnight Distinguished Professor Analytics, Institute for Advanced Analytics
  • Steffen Heber, Director of Graduate Programs
  • Noboru Matsuda
  • Timothy J. Menzies
  • R. Frank Mueller
  • David L. Roberts, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs
  • Matthias F. M. Stallmann
  • R. Raju Vatsavai

Associate Professors

  • Wesley K. G. Assunção
  • Justin Bradley
  • Marcelo d'Amorim
  • Anupam Das
  • Zhishan Guo
  • Khaled Harfoush
  • Arnav H. Jhala
  • Alexandros Kapravelos
  • Sandeep K. Kuttal
  • Jianqing Liu
  • Collin F. Lynch
  • Kemafor Anyanwu Ogan
  • Thomason W. Price
  • Sharath Kumar Raghvendra
  • Bradley G. Reaves
  • Muhammad Shahzad
  • Donald R. Sheehy
  • Kathryn T. Stolee
  • Sharma Vallin Thankachan
  • Benjamin A. Watson
  • Wujie Wen
  • Ruozhou Yu

Assistant Professors

  • Bita Akram
  • Veronica M. Cateté
  • Peng Gao
  • Qiao (Georgie) Jin
  • Jung -Eun Kim
  • Chin Ho Lee
  • Huining Li
  • Jiajia Li
  • Xiaorui Liu
  • Yuchen Liu
  • Aditi Mallavarapu
  • John-Paul Ore
  • Dominik Wermke
  • Bowen Xu
  • Chenhan Xu
  • Dongkuan (DK) Xu
  • Man Ki Yoon

Teaching Professors

  • Tzvetlina (Lina) Battestilli
  • Sarah S. Heckman, Director of Undergraduate Programs
  • Jessica Y. Schmidt

Teaching Associate Professors

  • Ignacio X. Dominguez
  • Jamie A Jennings
  • Shuyin Jiao
  • Jason T. King
  • Chandrika Satyavolu
  • David B. Sturgill
  • Kimberly J. Titus

Teaching Assistant Professors

  • Abida Haque
  • Alexander Card
  • Adam Gaweda
  • Sterling M. McLeod

Lecturers

  • Aimee Allard
  • Margaret Heil, Director of Senior Design Center
  • ToniAnn Marini, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Advising

Director

  • Leslie Rand-Pickett, Interim Director of External & Corporate Relations

Emeritus Faculty

  • Dennis R. Bahler
  • Wu-show Chou
  • Edward W. Davis, Jr.
  • Jon Doyle
  • Robert J. Fornaro
  • Thomas L. Honeycutt
  • David F. McAllister
  • Harry Perros
  • Douglas S. Reeves
  • Woodrow Robbins
  • Gregory E. Rothermel
  • Carla D. Savage
  • William J. Stewart
  • Alan L. Tharp
  • David J. Thuente
  • Mladen A. Vouk

Adjunct Faculty

  • Aldo Dagnino
  • Christopher Parnin
  • Injong Rhee
  • Xipeng Shen