The department offers both Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy graduate degrees in computer science, along with a Master of Science in Bioinformatics. We also encourage students in other disciplines to do a graduate minor in computer science. Graduate students typically work closely with a faculty member in a specific area of research. The department offers expertise in several research areas, such as: artificial intelligence and knowledge representation, computer and wireless networks, data mining and machine learning, game design and human-computer interaction, bioinformatics, high performance computing, software engineering and programming languages, theory of computing, and assistive technologies.