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1. CSE Department
Department of Computer Science
and Engineering (CSE)

2. CSE Department
 Do you think working with robots would be
fun?
 Would you like to study the Internet and all
kinds of other networking activities?
 Would you like to learn how computer
systems can “see”?
 Want to see inside a virtual reality CAVE?

3. CSE Department
 Do you know what happens when you press
buttons on a microwave . . . or a Prius?
 Do you think it would be fun to be part of the
video game development revolution?
 Do you think you could be the next person to
develop the world’s fastest search algorithm?

4. CSE Department
 Computer Scientists study ways to make
computer systems and computing devices
better, faster, and more effective for
improving our society
 Computer Engineers work on the software
and the hardware related to anything that is
computer controlled (which is pretty much
everything these days)

5. CSE Job prospects
 Computer Scientists consistently ranks at the
top of highest starting salaries
 One of the fastest growing occupations
 Nearly 3 out of 4 new science or engineering
jobs in the U.S. are going to be in computing
 Unemployment rate overall 9%
 Unemployment rate CSE 4.5%

6. Department Programs
 Our programs include:
 B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering
 M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering
 Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering

7. Department Programs
 For the B.S. in CSE, you may pursue one of the
following Specialization options:
 Computer and Network Systems
 Games and Simulations
 Intelligent Systems
 Software Systems

8. CSE Research Areas
 Computer and Network Systems
 Computer Networks
 Embedded Systems
 Parallel Distributed Processing
 Intelligent Systems
 Artificial Intelligence
 Computer Vision
 Robotics
 Games and Simulations
 Digital Interactive Games
 Motion Planning
 Agent Modeling
 Software Systems
 Software Engineering
 Human-Computer Interaction
 Visualization and Virtual Reality

9. Research Labs
 Brain Computation Lab
 CCRC Agent Modeling Lab
(CAML)
 Computer Networking Lab
(CNL)
 Computer Vision Lab (CVL)
 Evolutionary Computing
Systems Lab (ECSL)
 High Performance
Computation and Visualization
Lab (HPC-VIS)
 Neuroevolution and Behavior
Lab (NEBL)
 Player Game Interaction Lab
(PGIL)
 Reconfigurable Network Lab
(RNL)
 Robotics Research Lab
 Software Engineering Lab
(SOELA)

10. Brain Computation Lab
Neuroscience
Modeling &
Neural Engineering
Robotic/Human Loops

11. Brain Computation Lab

12. High Performance Computation
and Visualization Lab (HPCVIS)
 Bioinformatics Research
 Scientific Visualization
 Cluster/GPU Computation
 Watermarking of 3D Models

13. Main CVL Research Areas
Biometrics Segmentation
Object detection/tracking
3D object recognition
3D reconstruction
Human action recognition

14. Human Activity Recognition

15. Human-Robot Collaboration

16. Physics-aware Research for Autonomous
Computational SYStems
Geometric paths Dynamic constraints

17. Physics-aware Research for Autonomous
Computational SYStems

18. Software Engineering Lab
(SOELA) Research
Nevada Climate Change Portal – creating an extensible, reusable infrastructure for
climate research in Nevada. Focus on portal architecture and supporting software.

19. Software Engineering Lab
(SOELA) Research
• Immersive virtual
reality simulations
(NASA-funded project).
New software solutions for
command and control
applications in CAVE
• Interaction design,
simulation environments,
educational games
(NSF/NSHE projects)

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Player Game Interaction lab

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accessible virtual world interface

22. 22
Accessible Guitar Hero

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Accessible Kinect

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Indoor Navigation system for users
who are blind

25. CSE Faculty
George Bebis
Professor
(computer vision, image processing,
pattern recognition, machine learning)
Sergiu Dascalu
Associate Professor
(software engineering, human-computer
interaction; real time systems;
formal notations.)
Bobby Bryant
Assistant Professor
(computer game engineering,
artificial intelligence, neuroevolution)
Eelke Folmer
Associate Professor
(software engineering, computer game
engineering, accessibility / usability of
virtual worlds and games)
Dwight Egbert
Professor
(hardware design, microprocessors,
computer game engineering,
image processing, neural networks)
Mehmet Gunes
Assistant Professor
(networks, communications,
internet measurements, network security,
biological networks)

26. CSE Faculty
Sushil Louis
Professor
(genetic algorithms, artificial
intelligence, computer game
engineering)
Fred Harris Jr
Professor
(parallel processing, computer graphics,
virtual reality)
Mircea Nicolescu
Associate Professor
(computer vision, image processing,
pattern recognition, machine learning)
Nancy LaTourrette
Lecturer
( programming and problem solving;
discrete mathematics; computer science
education; systems administration)
Michael Leverington
Instructor
(education (curriculum & course development;
teaching effectiveness) and problem solving)
Monica Nicolescu
Associate Professor
(robotics, human-robot interaction and
communication; imitation learning;
multirobot systems; behavior-based
control; social robotics)

27. CSE Faculty
Murat Yuksel
Associate Professor & Grad Director
(computer communication networks;
wireless routing; mobile ad-hoc networks/systems;
network economics; free-space-optical mobile ad-hoc
networks (FSO-MANETs); and performance analysis)
Yaakov Varol
Professor and Chair
(parallel computing; algorithm design and
analysis; data fusion; discrete simulation
and modeling; programming and problem
solving)
Chris Miles
Research Assistant Professor
Eric Fritzinger
Software Developer
Michael McMahon
Databases, Software Architecture

28. Department Programs
 Our programs include:
 B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering
 M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering
 Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering

29. Department Programs
 Accelerated Bachelor/Master Program (5 years)
Admission requirements for the 5 years BS/MS Program
 Must have completed 75 credits towards BS degree
 At least 3.2 GPA (UNR courses)
 Must have completed Basic Science courses and at least
30 credits of Engineering Science or Design courses.
 Student must select a faculty advisor

30. Major Requirements
 Undergraduate First Year:
 CS 105 or ENGR 100, CS 135, CS 202
 ENG 101, ENG 201
 MATH 181, MATH 182
 PHYS 180, PHYS 180L
 Core Curriculum/Humanities credits

31. Major Requirements
 Undergraduate Second Year:
 CS 282, CS 282L, CS 302
 CPE 201
 EE 220
 ECON 102
 MATH 283R
 PHYS 181, PHYS 181L
 Core Curriculum/Humanities credits

32. Major Requirements
 Undergraduate Third Year:
 CS 326R, CS 365, CS 446, CS 477R
 CPE 301, CPE 400
 ENGR 301
 MATH 330, MATH or STAT 352
 PHYS 181, PHYS 181L
 Specialization/Technical Elective Course(s)

33. Major Requirements
 Undergraduate Fourth Year:
 CS 425, CS 426, CS 456
 CPE 411R
 ENGR 490 (Fundamentals of Engineering exam)
 Specialization/Technical Elective Course(s)

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Department of Computer Science
and Engineering (CSE)