Stony Brook Computer Science Master’s Projects
Each MS student must complete a project or a thesis. A librarian must approve the format of each thesis. USB does not require a project writeup, but most faculty do to help improve student English skills. Of 1000 MS students, 999 elect a project.
Students doing an MS project sign up for cse523 (prereq: 230 Unix&C) and cse524 (prerequisite: 523) to get 6 of the 30 course credits required for an MS. Students who officially take cse524 in a spring semester have all summer to finish the inevitable grade of INComplete. Normally, cse523 is used to understand the project and cse524 is used to do the programming and writeup needed to complete it.
Details of a cse523/cse524 project are totally up to the student and faculty advisor. However, a one page project description signed by both advisor and student often is put in the dept’s student file to help resolve any later questions about workload. The task for a project is usually much better defined than that for a Ph.D. topic. A project gives the student a chance to hone skills in demand in industry and gives the faculty member help in developing tools needed for research projects or courses.
Although cse523 and 524 are intended to be taken in different semesters, recently some students have signed up for cse523 and cse524 at the same time as 12 credits of courses to minimize tuition charges (18 credits cost the same as 12). Of course, no work is done on the project in this semester. I strongly discourage joint taking of cse523/524 by first semester students. Invariably, the 524 work is not finished in the spring semester, requiring lots of INC extension paperwork. Too many students who chose a MS project in their first two weeks cannot finish the project and start with a new advisor for cse524. Some students do not finish their INC 524 work in one year and automatically have an indelible F on their USB transcript.
This fall, I require written advisor approval for simultaneous cse523/524.
Prof Leo Bachmair, CS 1422 Phone: 632-8452
No projects yet for F99
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~leoProf. Hussein Badr, CS 1430 Phone: 632-8460
See joint projects with Vassilios Tsaoussidi
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~badrProf. Michael Bender, CS 1412 Phone: 632-7835
No projects yet for F99
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~benderProf. Arthur Bernstein, CS 1427 Phone: 632-8457
All old projects taken, no new projects yet for F99
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~artProf. Tzi-cker Chiueh, CS 1418 Phone: 632-8449
ON SABBATICAL FALL 1999, but see older projects:
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~chiuehProf. Rance Cleaveland, CS 1432 Phone: 632-8448
See joint project with Scott Smolka
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~ranceProf. Peter B. Henderson, CS 1433 Phone: 632-8463
No projects yet for F99
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~pbhProf. Arie Kaufman, Dept. Chair, CS 2433 Phone: 632-8441
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~ariProf. Michael Kifer, CS 1429 Phone: 632-8459
See joint project with Scott Smolka
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~kiferProf. Ker-I Ko, CS 2424 Phone: 632-8460
No projects yet for F99
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~kerikoProf. Phil Lewis, CS 1417 Phone: 632-8426
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~pmlProf. Klaus Mueller, CS 2428 Phone: 632-1524
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~muellerProf. Theo Pavlidis, CS 2427 Phone: 632-8465
No projects for F99, retiring soon
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~theoProf. Hong Qin, CS 2426, Phone: 632-8450
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~qinProf. C.R. Ramakrishnan, CS 1420 Phone: 632-8218
No projects yet for F99
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~cramProf. I. V. Ramakrishnan, CS 1421 Phone: 632-8451
No new projects yet for F99, but see older project descriptions:
MS Projects on Databases and Web
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~ramProf. R.C. Sekar, CS 1424 Phone: 632-5758
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~sekarProf. Steven Skiena, CS 1411 Phone: 632-9026
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~skienaProf. David R. Smith, CS 1413 Phone: 632-8443
All hardware synthesis projects for Fall 99
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~drsProf. Scott Smolka, CS 1423 Phone: 632-8453
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~sasProf. Eugene Stark, CS 1414 Phone: 632-8444
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~starkProf. Vassilios Tsaoussidis, CS 1425 Phone: 632-9801
For more details see group webpage
Hussein Badr is co-directing these projects.
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~vassilisProf. Amitabh Varshney, CS 2425 Phone: 632-8446
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~varshneyProf. David Warren, CS 1431 Phone: 632-8454
ON SABBATICAL FALL 1999
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~warrenProf. Anita Wasilewska, CS 1428 Phone: 632-8458
No projects yet for F99
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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~anitaProf. Larry Wittie, CS 1426 Phone: 632-8456
Homepage: http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~lw