Graduate Assistantships

Want to live in Boston?

Interested in Graduate School in the U.S.?

Consider applying to the Ph.D. program in Computer Science at Tufts University, located only three miles and three subway stops from Cambridge, MA, home to Harvard and MIT, and six subway stops to beautiful Boston.

We have several open research positions for the fall of 2010 in the following areas: VLSI/CAD, graphics, computer security, and computational biology. Other openings may also become available in AI/Machine Learning, Theory of Computation, HCI, Network Administration, Computational Geometry, Parallel Computing, and Software Engineering. In addition, a number of graduate assistantships (either teaching assistantships or systems assistantships) will be available for qualified candidates. The department also offers a few fellowships.

The candidate should be among the top 15% within his or her graduating class. GRE scores at or above the following are strongly recommended: VERB: 600, QUANT: 760, Writing: 4.5. Applicants with a master's degree and/or industrial experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

Tufts University is among the smallest universities to have been nationally ranked as a "Research Class 1" University; it seeks to combine the best features of university research excellence with the feel of a small New England College. The campus is beautiful. The Tufts CS department offers the BA, BS, masters and PhD degrees. The The Tufts Engineering school has recently entered an exciting growth phase that is expected to last for the next few years. Several new faculty have been hired within the CS departments. The department has world-class expertise in several key areas including Computational Biology, Computational Geometry, Graphics, Security, HCI, AI/Machine Learning, Network Administration, and VLSI/CAD.

For inquiries, please contact Prof. Souvaine at , with subject heading: "Fall 10: Potential Graduate Student: your name". Make sure your email includes text with the following information: Your GRE scores, and your TOEFL, if applicable, your ranking within your department, programming skills, and your research interests. You can also contact any of the other professors listed on the dept web page: http://www.cs.tufts.edu/

Women and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.