DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Ph.D. in Computer Science (English)

General Description

History

Computer Science Doctorate Program has started 100% English education in 2019-2020 academic year within the Institute of Science of the Dokuz Eylul University.The basis of the program consists of computer mathematics, large-scale data analysis and intelligent systems.

Qualification Awarded

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines. Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first or second cycle (with thesis) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. However, ALES requirement is waived for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs as well as for the admissions to the graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

4 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

The main aim of the program is to train qualified academicians and experts who are equipped to do scientific research and development under the titles of current computer science and can make theoretical contributions in different fields.Within the scope of the Ph.D. Program in Computer Science, the fields of Data Science and Mining, Soft Computing, Fuzzy Decision Making, Artificial and Computational Intelligence, Intelligent Decision Support Systems, Bioinformatics, Network Analysis, Machine Learning and Information Security are focused on.

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Possess the necessary knowledge for making analysis, synthesis, modeling, theoretical and practical work in computer science, and for choosing, improving and implementing the appropriate methods.
2   Reach information by conducting scientific research in Information Technology and use the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge obtained, properly.
3   Plan and conduct academic research and share the scientific work at national and international levels, both verbally and in writing.
4   Develop and apply innovative ideas, methods or approaches to solve computer science problems.
5   Become master in algorithmic solution methods and state-of-the-art programming languages.
6   Work individually, as a team member or leader in disciplinary or inter-disciplinary studies and take responsibilities.
7   Have awareness in progress related to the profession, follow new trends and develop ideas and opinions about them.
8   Use a foreign language to establish effective communication verbally and in writing for the profession.
9   Have the necessary awareness for the social and environmental dimensions of Information Technology applications at both global and communal levels.
10   Is aware of the social, legal, ethical and moral values and conduct research and applied studies within the framework of these values.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

It is aimed that the graduates of the program will be able to work successfully in the fields of information technologies, software development, research and development, engineering, systems and process analysis with the knowledge, skills and experience acquired during their education.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to post doctorate programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

In addition to the compulsory courses of the programme, students register to elective courses appropriate for their thesis topic, on the consent of their supervisor. If necessary, on the consent of their supervisor, they can also register to courses from other programmes (from DEU or other universities). It is obligatory to register MAT5101 Applied Mathematics (3 0 0) or MAT5102 Numerical and Approximate Methods (3 0 0) with approval of the supervisor. In the case of one of these courses taken during the M.Sc. education, these are not obligatory.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
ALL COURSES
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
Z 1 CSE 5083 ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 2 CSC 5052 COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND VULNERABILITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 3 CSE 6013 ADVANCED EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 4 CSC 5050 INFORMATION AGGREGATION METHODS WITH FUZZY APPROACHES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 5 CSC 5048 ADVANCED COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION : PROBLEMS AND METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 6 CSC 5046 INTELLIGENT SYSTEM APPLICATIONS USING FUZZY LOGIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 7 CSC 5044 EXTRAMAL PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL GRAPHS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 8 CSC 5033 INTRODUCTION TO INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 9 CSC 5031 GRAPH THEORY TECHNIQUES IN MATHEMATICAL MODELLING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 10 CSC 5027 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS AND INTELLIGENT TEXT PROCESSING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 11 CSC 5034 R PROGRAMMING FOR DATA SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 12 CSC 5024 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 13 CSC 5025 APPLIED MATRIX ALGORITHMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 14 CSC 5057 BASICS OF SYSTEM PROGRAMMING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 15 CSC 5042 THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF ALGORITHMS DESIGN AND ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 16 CSC 5055 APPLIED MODELING WITH FUZZY LOGIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 17 CSC 5040 PRACTICAL DATABASE PROGRAMMING WITH C# ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 18 CSC 5038 FUZZY CLUSTERING AND CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 19 CSC 5053 FUZZY DATA ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 20 CSE 5065 SECURITY AND PRIVACY ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 21 STA 5012 NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 22 MAT 5102 NUMERICAL AND APPROXIMATE METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
Z 23 STA 6015 DATA MINING TECHNIQUES IN STATISTIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 24 CSC 5020 DEEP LEARNING AND CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 25 CSC 5028 ALGEBRAIC GRAPH THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 26 CSC 5029 SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 27 CSC 5035 SMART CITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 28 STA 6016 SOFT COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 29 CSC 5051 CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 30 CSC 5030 COMPUTATIONAL NETWORK DESIGN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 31 CSC 5036 TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 32 MAT 5101 APPLIED MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
Z 33 EEE 5129 RANDOM VARIABLES AND STOCHASTIC PROCESSES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
Z 34 CSC 5018 ADVANCED SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS SECURITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 35 CSC 5016 INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 36 CSC 5021 ADVANCED INFORMATION SECURITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 37 CSC 5019 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 38 CSC 5017 SECURE SOFTWARE DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 39 CSC 5015 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN RISK MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 40 CSC 5014 ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 41 CSC 5010 FUZZY MULTICRITERIA DECISION TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 42 CSC 5004 INFORMATION AND ENTROPY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 43 CSC 5009 PRACTICAL PROGRAMMING WITH MATHEMATICAL MODELLING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 44 CSC 5005 MATLAB PROGRAMMING WITH APPLICATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 45 CSC 5003 SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
B 46 FBE 6668 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS REQUIRED 3 0 0 5
B 47 CSC 6099 PH.D.THESIS THESIS 0 0 0 150
B 48 CSC 6098 PH.D.RESEARCH EXPERTNESS 3 0 0 9
B 49 CSC 6094 PH.D. SEMINAR SEMINAR 0 3 0 5

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylul University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades. The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Third Cycle (Doctor of Philosophy) Programme is comprised of courses (at least 67 ECTS),Ph.D.Seminar (5 ECTS), Ph. D. Research (18 ECTS) / Ph. D. Thesis (150 ECTS) courses, thesis proposal, doctoral qualifying examination and thesis examination with a total credit of 240 ECTS. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Prof. Dr. Murat Erşen BERBERLER
Dokuz Eylül University
Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science
Phone: +90 (232) 301 9500
E-mail: murat.berberler@deu.edu.tr