Ph. D. (Doctor of Phylosophy)
The department has a doctoral programme with an annual intake of 5-10 students per year. Admission to the doctoral programme is through a rigorous process of test and interview conducted by the department. The department now accomodated 54 research scholars working on diverse areas in computer science.
Detailed Information and Rules/Regulations about Ph.D. Programme
The active areas of research in the department are:
- Algorithms
 - Computer Architecture
 - Computer Networks
 - Data Informatics and Analytics
 - Distributed and Cloud Computing
 - Information Security
 - Speech and Image Processing
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Software Engineering
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Data Mining
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High Performance Computing
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Computer Vision
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Mobile computing
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Cloud system
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Internet of Things (IoT)
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Blockchain Applications
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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
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Networks-on-Chip
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Formal Verification
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CyberPhysical Systems
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Data Science
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Precision agriculture and farming
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Social Computing
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Graph Theory
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Big Data analytics
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Network Function Virtualization
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Information Centric Networking
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5G Core
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Underwater Communication
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Cryptography