The Computer Science Ph.D. Written General Examination will be given this spring starting March 14, 2005. A "Ph.D. Written General Examination Application Form" must be completed and filed with the Computer Science Department by March 4, 2005 for each student taking this examination. Forms can be downloaded by clicking on the link http://csc.lsu.edu/exam/general/application.pdf from Computer Science Department Website.

Completed forms should be returned to Mrs. Vera Watkins in the Computer Science Departmental Office.

The schedule for the general exam will be:

Area 1: Operating Systems and Computer Architectures, Monday March 14, 2005.

Area 2: Algorithms, Data Structures, and Theory of Computation, Wednesday March 16, 2005.

Area 3: Programming Languages and Compiler Design, Friday March 18, 2005.

Area 4: High Performance Computing, Monday March 28, 2005.

Area 5-10: All Remaining Areas, Wednesday March 30,2005.

John M. Tyler
General Examination Coordinator