The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University offers Ph.D. degrees in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). The objective of these programs is to graduate doctoral students who are scholars in their field of research as evidenced by: Their ability to do independent research by synthesizing original ideas that are evaluated to be non-trivial contributions by other researchers The mastery of their discipline by being able to recall, comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate ideas with intellectual rigor using the major concepts and results of their discipline. Can communicate their ideas effectively as evidenced by their ability to write papers, dissertation, and proposals that are judged to be well written, well presented, and well argued Ability to give technical presentations which are judged to be clear, concise, and informative.

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