Professional Master's Program

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• Professional Master's Program
• Orientation
• Spring 2009
• Academic and Administrative Information
• pmp.cs.washington.edu

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Welcome from PMP Staff
Dave Rispoli Advisor rispoli_at_ cs.washington.edu
Pedro Domingos Faculty Coordinator pedrod_at_cs.washi
ngton.edu
fred_at_cs.washington.edu
prieto_at_cs.washington.edu
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Tonights Orientation

• 1. Food/Ice Breaker
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Academic Info Admin Info
Welcome/ Dept./PMP Overview
CSE/UW Computing Facilities
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Departmental Excellence
US News Graduate Program Rankings Computer
Science (6) Computer Engineering (13) By Ranked
Computer Science Areas Systems (5) Theory
(7) AI (5) Latest Accomplishments http//www
.cs.washington.edu/news/ Research
Areas http//www.cs.washington.edu/research/
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CSE Students
Undergraduate programs 500 full-time students 160
degrees conferred per year
Fifth Year Master Program 15 full-time
students Started in 2008 for current CSE
undergrad students

• Full-Time Graduate Program - research focus
• 150 full-time students
• 25 Ph.D. graduates per year, plus a few terminal
  Masters degrees

• Professional Masters Program
• 140 part-time students
• 50 new students per year
• 45 graduates per year (458 to date)

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Mission

• Allow IT professionals access to CSE faculty
  curriculum
• Students exposed to latest research developments
• Promote regional IT recruiting and advancement
• Strengthen existing CSE/Industry partnerships
• Not Path to the Ph.D. program
• Not Advanced technical training program

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Degree Requirements

PMP leads to a MS Degree in Computer Science
Engineering Degree (non-thesis) consists of
approximately 40 credits Eight Professional
Masters Program courses (4 credits each) No
pre-requisites exist among courses Eight
additional credits Typically fulfilled by
enrolling in our colloquium series (1 credit
each) Time to complete the program 2 1/2
years - one course and one colloquium per
quarter, summers optional
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Academic Progress

• Academic Progress
• Students must complete degree in timely manner
  (15 credits/year recommended)
• 6 years (including ALL time spent on-leave) is
  the maximum time allotted by the UW for earning a
  Masters degree
• Continuous Enrollment
• Students enroll in at least 2 credits or be
  formally on-leave at all times during program
  (excluding Summer quarter)
• On-leave status must have Faculty Coordinator
  approval.

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Academic Progress (cont.)
Scholarship A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
required for masters degree A grade of 2.7 or
above required for a course to be counted toward
degree. (8 courses of 2.7 or above required for
degree.) Transfer of Credit You may petition
for transfer of up to 6 credits of graduate level
course work that has not counted towards any
other degree Contact advisor to expedite the
approval process Other Important Policies Listed
at http//www.washington.edu/students/ACADEMICS
It is students responsibility to be familiar
with UW policies
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Instruction
Graduate courses especially designed for working
professionals Class limit of 45 students
Moderate length assignments Manageable group
projects Final exams Accessible Some PMP
courses available on-line and at Microsoft
Instructors Regular faculty and other
highly qualified instructors Almost all
instructors have their own research
programs University resources World class
library Generous computing facilities
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Courses
Regular Courses Computer Operating
Sys. Distributed Systems Compiler
Construction Programming Languages Principles of
Software Eng. Network Systems Design/Implementatio
n of Digital Systems Computer Architecture Paralle
l Computation Applications of AI Data
Mining Applied Algorithms Computational Biology
Computer Vision Current Trends in Computer
Graphics Human Computer Interaction Transaction
Processing Database Management Systems Software
Entrepreneurship Some one-time courses Accessibil
ity Complexity Theory Alternative Computer
Paradigms Cryptography IT and Public
Policy Cybersecurity Homeland Security History
of Computing Data Compression Info. Comm. Tech.
Developing World
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Colloquia
Enables students to see state of art research
from the best in field. Note especially our
Distinguished Lecturer Series. Info
http//www.cs.washington.edu/news/colloq.info.html
Students can view talks live or on-line. (90
available on-line) Live Tues. Thurs. 330-430
room EE-105. On-line on demand link from URL
above. To earn 1 credit view any 8 colloquia
report on any 4. (From any day, week or
year!) Colloquia reporting system Search
http//norfolk.cs.washington.edu/htbin-post/unrest
ricted/colloq/search.cgi Reporting
http//norfolk.cs.washington.edu/htbin-php/colloq_
reporting/summary.php
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Planning your program
Regular courses are normally taught on a two-year
cycle. Students who are near graduation have
priority for enrollment in courses. Normal 8
courses 8 credits of colloquia
Exceptions Replace colloquia with regular PMP
courses Daytime graduate courses (with
permission) Research Credit (with
permission) Contact PMP Advisor for questions.
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Graduation

• Degree application process described at
  http//www.grad.washington.edu/stsv/mastapp.htm
• The two most important things to remember are
• PMP students must register for at least two
  credits in the quarter they wish to graduate
• PMP students must apply for their degrees in the
  first month of the quarter they plan to graduate.

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Current Courses
Autumn 2009 http//pmp.cs.washington.edu/curcour
ses.html CSE P 501 Compiler Construction Hal
Perkins - Instructor (Distance) Day/Time Tuesday
630-920 pm Place UW Paul Allen Center for
CSE, room 305 MS Building 99, Rm
1915 Principles and practice of building
efficient implementations of modern programming
languages. Lexical, syntactic, and semantic
analysis of program. Intermediate program
representations. Intra- and interprocedural
analysis and optimization. Run-time system
techniques. Related programming environment
facilities such as source-level debuggers and
profilers. CSE P 521 Applied Algorithms Richard
Ladner - Instructor Day/Time Monday 630-920
pm Place TBD Principles of design of efficient
algorithms with emphasis on algorithms with real
world applications. Examples drawn from
computational geometry, biology, scientific
computation, image processing, combinatorial
optimization, cryptography and operations
research. CSE P 551 Computer Operating Systems
Steven Gribble - Instructor Day/Time Thursday
630-920 pm Place TBD Study of developments
in operating systems from the 1960's to the
present. Topics include operating system
structure, protection, virtual memory,
communication mechanisms, concurrency,
lightweight threads, object-oriented systems,
distributed systems, and transaction support in
operating systems. CSE P 590 Information and
Communication Technology in the Developing World
Joyojeet Pal - Instructor Day/Time Thursday
630-920 pm Place TBD Study of recent issues
of technology and development within engineering,
business and the social sciences. Topics include
prominent past and future technological
directions, a general introduction to subject
theory and history, and engineering efforts and
technology adoption experiences in the areas of
healthcare, education, governance and
infrastructure. For general interest students as
well as professionals working with technology
adoption or business interests in emerging
markets.
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2009-2010 Courses

• Autumn 2009
• CSEP 501 Compiler Construction Hal Perkins
  (Distance)
• CSEP 521 Applied AlgorithmsRichard Ladner
• CSEP 551 Computer Operating SystemsSteve Gribble
• CSEP 590 Information Communication Tech. in the
  Developing WorldJoyojeet Pal
• Winter 2010
• CSEP 503 Software EngineeringDavid Notkin
  (Distance)
• CSEP 510 Human Computer InteractionJames Fogarty
• CSEP 567 Design Implementation of Digital
  SystemsCarl Ebeling
• CSEP 573 Applications of Artificial
  IntelligenceRaj Rao
• Spring 2010
• CSEP 524 Parallel ComputationLawrence Snyder
  (Distance)
• CSEP 576 Computer VisionSteven Seitz
• CSEP 590 Computer SecurityTadayoshi Kohno
• CSEP 5xx TBA

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Registration

• PMP students register by phone [phone],
  fax, or mail using registration form Advisor
  sends quarterly to students' cs e-mail address.
• Registration and payment must be received no
  later than close of business Friday before
  quarter start.
• PMP students should be familiar with
  add/drop/withdraw policies at www.washington.edu/s
  tudents/ACADEMICS

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myUW
PMP students Cant use myUW to register for PMP
courses Can use myUW http//www.myuw.washington.
edu/ for Billing Information Change of
Address Schedule Information
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Student ID Cards

• For detailed information see UW Student ID Center
  Web site at www.washington.edu/students/reg/id.htm
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• Student ID Center, ground floor of Odegaard
  Library next to the By George Cafe, weekdays 8 to
  5.
• Student ID Cards are also used for lab access. On
  first use be prepared to wait a few minutes for
  activation.
• UPASS information is available from links at
  Student ID Card Web Page referenced above. Note
  When you return UPASS no credit or debit will
  appear on your statement.

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International Students
International Services Office http//depts.washin
gton.edu/uwiso/
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Tuition
Quarterly cost 2,920 (584 per credit) One
price for all! 150 quarterly fees
textbooks http//www.outreach.washington.edu/eved
eg/graduate/mcse_tuition.asp
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Parking

• 2 per night campus parking permit available from
  UW Parking Services (otherwise 6 at gatehouse)
  http//www.washington.edu/commuterservices/parking
  /fees_descriptions/night.php
• Permit can be used once or twice per week on
  campus after 400 pm .
• Students must purchase special permit in person
  at the start of the quarter for the entire
  quarter--just specify the days needed (i.e. every
  Tuesday).
• The Parking Services Office at 3901 University
  Way NE is open M-F 730 to 500 and until 600 pm
  Mon-Thur. for the first week of classes. There
  are long lines during the first week of classes.
• A spouse or friend can purchase the permit for a
  student. Student number, make of car, car license
  plate number, and payment is needed.

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Getting the Word Out

• PMP students and graduates are the best way we
  have to spread the word on the Professional
  Master's Program.
• Please make sure talk to your friends and
  co-workers about your courses and the program. We
  would love to have more students just like you.