Bahria University

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PhD Computer Science

Research Themes of Computer Science

Computing and information technology are the fastest growing occupations in the world. The programs of Computer Science provide a unique opportunity to develop leading-edge in-depth knowledge of specific computer science disciplines and prepares scholars in the concepts and techniques related to the design, programming and application of computing systems.

The potential research themes / areas are as follows:

  • Artificial Intelligence and robotics
  • Computer Architecture & Engineering
  • Biosystems & Computational Biology
  • Cyber-Physical Systems and Design Automation
  • Database Management Systems
  • Graphics
  • Operating Systems & Networking
  • Programming Systems
  • Scientific Computing
  • Security
  • Abundant-data applications, algorithms, and architectures
  • Computer-assisted education,
  • Data Mining
  • Emerging technologies for computing hardware, communication, and sensing
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Large-scale networking
  • Computation and communication
  • Programming languages and environments
  • Verification, proofs, and automated debugging

 

Road Map

Semester 1

COURSE CODE TITLE CREDIT HRS CORE/ELECTIVE
ESC 801 Research Methods in PhD Studies   CORE
  Elective-I 3 CORE
  Elective-II 3  Elective

 

Semester 2

COURSE CODE TITLE CREDIT HRS CORE/ELECTIVE
EEN-801 Elective-III 3 CORE
  Elective-IV 3 CORE
  Elective-V 3 Elective

Semester 3

COURSE CODE TITLE CREDIT HRS CORE/ELECTIVE
  Comprehensive Exam 0 Elective
THS-900 PhD Thesis 9 Elective

Semester 4

COURSE CODE TITLE CREDIT HRS CORE/ELECTIVE
THS-900 PhD Thesis 9 Elective

Semester 5

COURSE CODE TITLE CREDIT HRS CORE/ELECTIVE
THS-900 PhD Thesis 9  Elective

Semester 6

COURSE CODE TITLE CREDIT HRS CORE/ELECTIVE
THS-900 PhD Thesis 9  Elective

Electives

Electives PhD CREDIT HRS CORE/ELECTIVE
Course Code Course Title
CEN 807 Advance distributed systems 3 Elective
SEN 819 Advance Neural Networks & Fuzzy Logic 3 Elective
SEN 811 Data Ware housing and Mining 3 Elective
DSC 807 Advanced Deep Learning 3 Elective
EET 851 Mobile and ad-hoc Networks 3 Elective
CSC 819 Research Trends in Machine Learning 3 Elective
CSC 851 Advanced Pattern Recognition 3 Elective
SEN 862 Emerging Trends in Big Data Analytics 3 Elective
CSC 881 Advanced Cloud Computing 3 Elective
CSC 820 Advance Topics in Operating Systems 3 Elective
EET 835 Advance Topics in 5G and Beyond Communications 3 Elective
EET 850 Wireless Sensor Networks 3 Elective
SEN 802 Special Topics in Software Engineering 3 Elective
SEN 818 Secure Software Systems 3 Elective
EET 832 Advance topics in Network Security 3 Elective
CEN 820 High Performance Computer Architecture 3 Elective
DSC 800 Advanced Data Analytics 3 Elective
CSC 841 Advanced Computational Linguistics 3 Elective
DSC 802 Advanced Data Visualization 3 Elective
CSC 860 Advanced Complexity Theory and Algorithms 3 Elective
CEN 808 Advanced Techniques in System Modeling and Simulation 3 Elective
SEN 816 Middleware For Networked and Distributed Systems 3 Elective
CSC 800 Advanced AI Networking 3 Elective
CSC 882 Advanced Wireless Communications 3 Elective
SEN 861 Semantic Web Modeling and Applications 3 Elective
SEN 864 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning 3 Elective
ISC 821 Advance Topics in Cryptography 3 Elective
SEN 808 Computer and Cybersecurity 3 Elective
SEN 809 Internet of Things: Design and Applications 3 Elective
EET 837 Advanced Data Communication Systems 3 Elective
SEN 853 Advanced Power Aware Computing 3 Elective
ISC 843 Advanced Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Analysis 3 Elective