The University of Rochester is a nation-leading and largest private research institution in Rochester, New York, and was established in 1850. The University of Rochester admits undergraduate and graduate degrees involving doctoral and professional degrees programs.
According to the National Science Foundation, the University of Rochester spent more than $397 million on research and development last year and ranked 66th among national-level universities. The University of Rochester facilitates exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary investigation under the research of financed science, engineering, computer science, medical, and other research
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• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
• Master of Science in Computer Science
• Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
• Master of Science in Cybersecurity
• Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity
• Master of Science in Data Science
• Graduate Certificate in Data Science
• Master of Science in Computational Linguistics
• Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction
• Graduate Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction
• Master of Science in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• Graduate Certificate in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
At the University of Rochester; computer science research work in many actively engaged research areas that are listed below;
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Graphics and Visualization
• Data science
• Distributed System
• System
• Theory
• Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial intelligence - Artificial Intelligence research at the University of Rochester investigates:
• Knowledge representation and reasoning
• Machine learning
• Dialog systems
• Statistical natural language processing
• Automated planning
• AI-based assistive technology
• Robotics and computer vision.
Computer Graphics and Visualization - This research area imparts the technical basics for studies in Computer Graphics, and its research interests include:
• Advanced Graphics Programming
• Image Synthesis
• Computer Animation
• Virtual Reality and Data Visualization.
Data science - Data science research work at the University of Rochester focuses on:
Data management in resource-constrained environments
• Enterprise and multimedia databases
• Active and secure databases
• Knowledge discovery algorithms.
Distributed system - Research studies at the University of Rochester in distributed systems concentrate on:
• Analyzing; designing; and implementing distributed systems
• Distributed middleware
• Computer networking protocols; including security.
Systems Research - Computer systems research at the University of Rochester covers an area of topics such as:
• Program analysis and compiler technology
• Parallel, distributed, and mobile computing
• Cluster-based server technology
• Low-power hardware and software
• Processor and memory architecture
• Concurrency and synchronization
• Programming environments and programming language design.
Theoretical Computer Science - Theoretical computer science research work at the University of Rochester concentrates on:
• Algorithms
• Computational complexity
• Randomness/pseudorandomness
• Its broad applicability includes combinatorics; computational social choice theory; cryptography; economics; Markov chains/counting; security and more.
Human-Computer Interaction - Research group under Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the University of Rochester is working on:
• Human nonverbal behavior analysis
• Social skills training
• Applied machine learning
• Educational technology
• Accessible computing
• Ubiquitous computing.
• Computer Vision Lab
• Networked Systems Lab
• Parallel and Distributed Computing Lab
• Algorithms and Complexity Lab
• Human-Computer Interaction Lab
• Artificial Intelligence Lab
• Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation
• Center for Data Science
• Center for Visual Science
• Digital Image Processing Laboratory
The University of Rochester offers several scholarship and fellowship programs to the PhD students to support their research effort. Some of the scholarship schemes are listed below;
• National Science Foundation
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)
• DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSFG)
• Department of Homeland Security Fellowship
• DOE High-Performance Computer Science Fellowship
• Hertz Foundation Fellowship
• nVidia Fellowship
• NASA Harriet G. Jenkins Fellowship
• Link Foundation Fellowship
• Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships For Minorities
• IBM PhD Fellowship
• Lucent Cooperative Research Fellowship Program (CRFP)
• National Physical Sciences Consortium
• GEM Fellowship
• The Google Anita Borg Scholarships
• Applicants must earn a U.S. bachelor-s degree or equivalent from an institution of sustainable standing.
• And then apply for PhD at Rochester university website by creating an online application account.
• Application Requirements that are needed for PhD degree program are
• Statement of Purpose
• Uploaded version of transcript(s) to the online application
• Three Letters of Recommendation
• Official GRE Scores reports
• Official English language test score for students whose native language is not English
• Curriculum virtue
• And the applicants must wait for the review of the application process.