Dec 05, 2025  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Computer Science


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Chair: Nicholas T. Karonis

Graduate Faculty

Hamed Alhoori, assistant professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Pratool Bharti, Ph.D., University of South Florida, assistant professor
Kirk Duffin, associate professor, Ph.D., Brigham Young University 
Raimund K. Ege, associate professor, Ph.D., Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
Reva Freedman, associate professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Minmei Hou, associate professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Nicholas T. Karonis, professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University
David Koop, Ph.D., University of Utah, assistant professor
Michael E. Papka, professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Mona Rahimi, PhD., University of Notre Dame, assistant professor
Maoyuan Sun, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, assistant professor
Jie Zhou, professor, Ph.D., Concordia University

For admission to the graduate program in computer science, students must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a closely related field. Students without such a background may also be admitted, but may be required to take from one to four deficiency courses and earn a grade of B or higher in each.

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