Lehigh's graduate programs in computer science provide a balance between formal classroom instruction and research and are tailored to the individual student's professional goals. The programs appeal to individuals with backgrounds in electrical or computer engineering, computer or information science, mathematics, or the physical sciences. The department offers MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science. For information on graduate degrees in Computer Science contact Dr. Hector Munoz-Avila. For information on graduate degrees in Computer Engineering contact Dr. Mooi Choo Chuah or Dr. Meghanad Wagh.

Research is an essential part of the graduate program, especially a doctoral program. Our current research is best seen by looking at our Research pages. As we grow the major focus areas of the department will include:

Computer Engineering

Computer architecture, Computer Arithmetics, real-time processing; pipelining and scheduling, signal processing algorithms, VLSI architectures, embedded systems design, hardware/software redundancy, wireless systems, and routing/switching for networks.

Software Systems Engineering

Software Architecture; software engineering; data models and object-oriented systems; Language design; Compilers; parallel and distributed computing; Network software, security and protection; and web-based systems.

Intelligent Information Systems Engineering

Data Mining; Expert systems; knowledge-based systems in e-commerce, electronics packaging, manufacturing, and construction; natural language processing; learning systems and mechanisms; decision-support systems; database interfaces; semantic web; intelligent agents; document analysis; digital libraries; bioinformatics; computer vision, including real-time and robotic vision; multimedia systems; graphical user interface; human computer interaction; and virtual reality.