计算机科学领域的硕士学位是面向研究的学位课程，面向的是在计算机科学方面具有本科教育的学生。它提供高级课程的指导，并强调学生的研究。学生可以在广泛的研究领域中进行前沿研究，包括：人工智能，生物信息学，云计算和分布式计算，计算机辅助几何设计，计算机设计和架构，计算机图形学，计算机网络，网络物理和嵌入式系统，数据库管理和信息检索，数据库系统，数据挖掘和机器学习，分布式计算和操作系统，嵌入式系统，健康操作和信息学，成像，图形和可视化，信息保证，信息保证和安全性，智能信息集成，多媒体，网络算法，个性化学习和教育游戏
The MS program in computer science prepares students to undertake fundamental and applied research in computing.<br><br>The program welcomes motivated and dedicated students to work with world-class faculty on projects across the filed of computing and augmented intelligence. Students may opt for a thesis or nonthesis option as their culminating event. Students can study topics such as:<br><br> artificial intelligence, machine learning and statistical modeling<br> big data and data mining<br> computational biology<br> computer design and architecture, including non-volatile memory computing<br> computer system security, cybersecurity and cryptography<br> cyber-physical systems, IoT and robotics<br> distributed computing and consensus protocols<br> networking and computer systems<br> novel computing paradigms (e.g., biocomputing, quantum computation)<br> social computing<br> theory, algorithms and optimization<br> visualization and graphics