This page will contain the latest information about Ph.D. qualifying examinations in the Department of Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology. The Ph.D. quals are normally held shortly before the end of the fall and spring terms.

The next Ph.D. quals will be Thursday April 24 and Friday April 25, 2008.

The deadline for registering is Thursday, April 17.

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Announcement of April examination.
 

Letter to candidates.

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Reading lists

Algorithms

1. Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, and Stein: Introduction to Algorithms. Chapters 1-13, 15, and 22-26.
2. Garey and Johnson: Computers and Intractibility. Chapters 1-3.

Programming Languages

1. Essentials of Programming Languages by Friedman, Haynes and Wand.  Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.1-5.3, 6.1-6.2.
2. Note: Elements of ML Programming by Jeffrey Ullman is not required this semester.
3. Examination papers for CS496: midterm, final.

Operating Systems

1. Modern Operating Systems, 2nd edition, Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Prentice Hall 2001. Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 12.

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Past examination papers

1. Algorithms: Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006. Fall 2007.
2. Programming Languages: Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007.
3. Operating systems: Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, .

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Exam schedule:

1. April 24 10:00-11:30am: Algorithms (closed book)
2. April 24 11:40-1:00pm: Programming Languages (open book)
3. April 25 10:00-11:30am: Operating Systems (closed book)

List of examiners:

1. Algorithms (Nicolosi)
2. Programming Languages (Naumann)
3. Operating systems (Wang)