Department of Computer Science
Comal Building Room 211
PH: 512.245.3409 FAX: 512.245.8750
www.cs.txst.edu
The Department of Computer Science at Texas State is the hub of computing related education and research activities on the campus.
The department is on a mission to advance the knowledge of computer science and technology through education, research, and service for the betterment of society.
The department is a doctoral-granting department, and the faculty are actively pursuing research in artificial intelligence, computer communication and networking, computer vision, cyber security and trustworthy computing, database and information systems, data science, distributed and parallel computing, high performance computing, human computer interaction, machine learning, data mining, multimedia computing, real time systems, sensor networks, smart health, software engineering, and sustainable computing. The faculty's research has been supported by federal and state agencies and industry such as NSF, NIST, DoD, DoE, LLNL, TxDOT, Semiconductor Research Consortium, IBM, Intel, NVidia, Google, Meta, Cisco, AMD, and Emerson. Our faculty members have obtained prestigious awards such as the PECASE Award, NSF CAREER Awards, DoE Early Career award, IBM Faculty Fellowship, Mata Faculty Research Award, and Google Faculty Research Awards.
Computer science students take courses in a well-designed curriculum taught by the department's faculty members who are accessible, nurturing, and eager to engage students in learning and research. Students have access to an array of hardware, system software, and applications in our first-class computing laboratories.
Individuals with limited computer science background may apply for “non-degree seeking student” admission through The Graduate College to prepare for graduate study in computer science. Please refer to the “Non-Degree-Seeking Applicants” section of this catalog.
Please note: International students must meet specific admission requirements, including acceptable TOEFL or IELTS scores.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Major in Computer Science (Information Management Concentration Entering with Master's Degree)
- Major in Computer Science (Information Management Concentration Entering with Bachelor's Degree)
- Major in Computer Science (Software Systems Concentration Entering with Master's Degree)
- Major in Computer Science (Software Systems Concentration Entering with Bachelor's Degree)
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Master of Science (M.S.)
- Major in Computer Science (Data Science Concentration Non-thesis Option)
- Major in Computer Science (Data Science Concentration Thesis Option)
- Major in Computer Science (Non-thesis Option)
- Major in Computer Science (Non-thesis Science Minor Option)
- Major in Computer Science (Software Engineering Concentration Thesis Option)
- Major in Computer Science (Software Engineering Concentration Non-thesis Option)
- Major in Computer Science (Thesis Option)
- Major in Computer Science (Thesis Science Minor Option)
Minors
Doctoral Faculty
Burtscher, Martin, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
Chen, Xiao, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
Gao, Ju, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Simon Fraser University
Guirguis, Mina S, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Boston University
Islam, Tanzima Z, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Purdue University Main Campus
Komogortsev, Oleg, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Kent State University
Lee, Chul Ho, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Metsis, Vangelis, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington
Ngu, Hee Hiong, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Western Australia
Peng, Wuxu, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Penn State University Park
Podorozhny, Rodion, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Qasem, Apan Muhammad, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Rice University
Ramkumar, Vasant Chandkumar, Lecturer, Computer Science, Ph.D., City University of New York
Rathore, Heena, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology
Shi, Hongchi, Chair - Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Florida
Tamir, Dan, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Florida State University
Tesic, Jelena, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Univ of California, Santa Barbara
Wang, Lu, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Yang, Kecheng, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Zong, Ziliang, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Auburn University
Graduate Faculty
Ali, Moonis, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Aligarh Muslim University
Burtscher, Martin, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
Chen, Xiao, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
Gao, Ju, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Simon Fraser University
Guirguis, Mina S, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Boston University
Hwang, Caneo Jinshong, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ A&M College
Islam, Tanzima Z, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Purdue University Main Campus
Koh, Lee-Song, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, Ph.D., Univ of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Komogortsev, Oleg, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Kent State University
Lee, Chul Ho, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Lehr, Theodore Franklin, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Metsis, Vangelis, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington
Ngu, Hee Hiong, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Western Australia
Peng, Wuxu, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Penn State University Park
Podorozhny, Rodion, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Qasem, Apan Muhammad, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Rice University
Ramkumar, Vasant Chandkumar, Lecturer, Computer Science, Ph.D., City University of New York
Rathore, Heena, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology
Roychowdhury, Shounak, Lecturer, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Seaman, Jill M, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, Ph.D., Penn State University Park
Shi, Hongchi, Chair - Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., University of Florida
Tamir, Dan, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Florida State University
Tesic, Jelena, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Univ of California, Santa Barbara
Wang, Lu, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Yang, Kecheng, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Zong, Ziliang, Professor, Computer Science, Ph.D., Auburn University