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On standards or conventions specific to computer science as an academic discipline, and programs that lead to a degree in this field. For regular computer science questions, visit our sister site Computer Science Stack Exchange.

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Can I switch disciplines in PhD programs? [duplicate]

I am an undergraduate student, looking to apply to PhD programs in Computer Science next year. I am interested in quite a lot of things in CS, especially Theoretical Computer Science and Artificial In …
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Computer Science: Can I change research groups during PhD? [duplicate]

I am currently an undergrad looking to apply to PhD programs in CS this fall. I just had a quick question about switching research groups in PhD. So I will be applying to the Theory group at most scho …
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Computer Science PhD Application Process Confusion

I am looking for PhD programs in CS in the US. I am currently a junior at a liberal arts college in the US. I have started looking at programs that I am interested in by reading some of the research p …
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Is it going to hurt me that my undergraduate research was conducted in a group, but not one-...

I conducted summer research with my Computer Science(CS) professor last summer. However, we were a group of three students. The end result was three papers written and all three of them contain our na …
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Can independent study classes hurt/help grad school admissions?

My liberal arts college does not offer many courses that are considered required by many CS PhD programs. Our college offers an independent study option where I can propose the topic I want to study a …
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My undergraduate research is in a different area from what I want to study in graduate schoo...

I am looking for CS PhD programs in the US. I am currently an undergraduate and have conducted summer research in Theoretical Computer Science/Coding Theory. However, this is not something I wanna spe …
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My undergraduate research was published but I do not know what my authorship level is. How d...

I recently published my undergrad research in Information Theory at this conference called IEEE ISIT 2022. I looked up the published paper, and my name is at the first and then the other authors' name …
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Research experience not matching what I want to study in the future. Problem?

My research experiences have been in Information Theory and Computational Number Theory. However, in my PhD in Computer Science, I want to do research with professors working with computer algorithms, …
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Is it necessary to get a recommendation letter from every mentor I did research with?

I am a senior applying to CS PhD programs this fall. I have got two summer research experiences and my mentor from Summer 21 is writing one of my letters. In summer 22 also, I worked on a research tha …
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Will it hurt my chances if I state I want to study Theoretical Computer Science instead of s...

I will be applying to CS PhD programs coming fall. I have a BA in Mathematics right now. I am hearing that it is harder to get into a CS PhD program if I state I want to study Theoretical Computer Sci …
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Will it hurt to not get a letter of recommendation from REU advisor?

So I will be applying to graduate schools in Computer Science this fall. I am an undergrad senior currently. Last summer, I participated in an REU. I am wondering whether I should get my REU mentor's …
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