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Program Ph.D. Program Online Degrees Honors Careers & InternshipsWonkEnvironmentWonkOpportunities Ph.D. Program You are hereHome » The Education »StratumPrograms » Ph.D. ProgramWell-nighFindSenseOur Research Career Placement How toWieldAbout At Penn State’sHigherof IST, you will receive multidisciplinary training to prepare you to write ramified issues related to technology and society. We welcome applicants from diverse wonk backgrounds including computer science, behavioral sciences, cognitive and smart-ass sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, information sciences, law, life sciences, health sciences, management, philosophy, physical sciences, policy, mathematics, statistics, social sciences (sociology, economics). In our Ph.D. program you will engage in cutting-edge research areas with our graduate faculty. To succeed in any of these areas, as a graduate student in IST, you will develop important skills in computer and information sciences as well as social and behavioral sciences. You will learn how to unriddle qualitative and quantitative effects in data and to understand, test and contribute to scientific theory. Ph.D.UndertowRequirements The Ph.D. in Informatics is a 32-credit stratum program, which takes virtually 5 years to well-constructed on a full-time basis. A well-constructed discussion of stratum requirements can be found in our IST GraduateStratumRoadmap. Core Courses As a Ph.D. IST student you are expected to develop a wholesale understanding of foundations, theories and methods across the disciplines that constitute the research landscape of the College. To succeed this unrestrictedness in knowledge, students take these courses during their first year: IST 501: Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Information Sciences and Technology (3 credits, fall)  IST 510: Foundations in Computational Informatics (3 credits, spring)  IST 520: Foundations in Human-Centered Design (3 credits, spring) IST 530: Foundations in Social Informatics (3 credits, fall) IST 590: Colloquium (1 credit Fall, 1 credit spring) Specialty Courses You will well-constructed a minimum of 12 credits of specialty coursework. These courses can be in IST or other units that provide in-depth concepts and skills related to support your dissertation project. Research Methodology You will well-constructed a minimum of 12 credits of research methodology coursework. These courses will guide you to reap and practice research methods relevant to your dissertation project. These courses can be in IST or other units that are linked to the information sciences. Course List Research Credits Under the direction of your adviser, you will well-constructed research credits relevant to your dissertation project. Program Milestones In wing to coursework, the Ph.D. program includes several milestones: The first is the qualifying exam, taken without the first year of study. In thisHigherexam, we assess your ability to understand and wield hair-trigger thinking wideness several variegated disciplinary perspectives, and to demonstrate proficiency in research writing and oral competency.Withoutsuccessful completion of the qualifying exam and surpassing the comprehensive exam, you will formally select your Ph.D. doctoral committee. The comprehensive exam is taken within 12-18 months of passing the qualifying exam. You will develop and defend a dissertation proposal to your doctoral committee.  The final defense occurs when you defend your dissertation project to your doctoral committee.  Funding Opportunities All Ph.D. students are funded their first and second semesters in the form of research assistantships, teaching assistantships or fellowships. Graduate assistantships include a stipend sufficient to imbricate living expenses in this region, full tuition coverage and health benefits. While we cannot guarantee funding vastitude this first year, historically we fund students through at least their fourth year in our program as long as they are making winning wonk progress. Additionally, theHigherof IST provides funding to support students for professional travel. These funds are intended to squire graduate student travel to present results from their research at professional meetings or to present their creative work in a professional venue.  For other financial aid, such as loans and grants, contact the Office of Student Aid's Loans. In addition, the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards has information on internal and external fellowships. Find FacultyOur students identify a member of the GraduateSensewho is willing to serve as their sense adviser. The tipster provides translating and mentoring to the student, helps identify potential research topics and provides feedback well-nigh research progress. We have 42 graduate sense engaged in a variety of research areas. Saeed Abdullah Jordan Beck Guoray Cai John M. Carroll Chao-Hsien Chu Fred Fonseca Peter Forster Nicklaus A. Giacobe C. Lee Giles Edward J. Glantz Benjamin Hanrahan Steven Haynes Vasant Honavar Sharon Huang Dongwon Lee Zhenhui (Jessie) Li Peng Liu Carleen Maitland Prasenjit Mitra Rosalie Ocker Sarah Rajtmajer David Reitter Frank Ritter Mary Beth Rosson Andrew Sears Don Shemanski Linhai Song Anna Squicciarini Daniel Susser Andrea Tapia James Z. Wang Shomir Wilson Dinghao Wu Xinyu Xing Aiping Xiong Amulya Yadav Lynette (Kvasny) Yarger John Yen Xiang Zhang Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang Zihan Zhou Sencun Zhu Our Research Our sense are engaged in cutting-edge research in areas such as strained intelligence and cognition, big data analytics, human-computer interaction, informatics and data sciences (including health informatics, bioinformatics, social informatics, security informatics), data privacy and security, and socio-technical systems. They interreact extensively with sense within and outside the higher on wearing whet interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research.   We solve society's most challenging problems Our students are solving society’s most challenging problems that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries from responding to natural disasters to improving human health and well-being, from protecting national security to making sense of big data, from exploring the connections between gender and technology to utilizing GIS for humanitarian efforts. Precise computational models are needed to learn from the vast data sets available. Scientific theory needs to describe the ramified relationships we encounter in the ecosystem we live in, networked with an increasing number of virtual friends, collaborators, and customers. Research Centers and Labs The College's research centers and labs include national and international scholars which imbricate a wholesale spectrum of research areas. In wing to our own facilities, we have an united research part-way and relationships with related centers and labs wideness the Penn State campus. Research AreasStrainedIntelligence: Knowledge Representation, Machine Learning, Data Mining, and Casual Discovery Big Data: Search, Retrieval, Analytics, Modeling and Informatics Health Informatics and Bioinformatics Cognitive Science Community and Social Informatics Enterprise Architecture Human-Centered Design (HCD) Information Economics and Policy Information Fusion and Visualization Network Science Security and Privacy Read more... Past Dissertations Elizabeth V. Eikey,  The Health Journey of Women with Eating Disorder Behaviors: A Qualitative Study on the Use and Unintended Consequences of Mobile Weight Loss Applications,  adviser Lynette (Kvasny) Yarger Neelam Dwivedi, Higher Education as a Cyber-Cultural Institution: An Investigation Into the Emerging Logic, adviser Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang Shuai Wang, Advanced Reverse Engineering Techniques for BinaryLawmakingSecurity Retrofitting and Analysis, adviser Dinghao Wu Prakhar Biyani, Analyzing Subjectivity and Sentiment of Online Forums, adviser Prasenjit Mitra  Kyungsik Han, Understanding theUsingof Mobile Technology to Local Communities, tipster John M. Carroll Jungyoon Kim, Real-Time Ventricular Fibrillation Detection for Pervasive Health Monitoring, adviser Chao-Hsien Chu Haibin Liu, Exploiting User-Generated Data for Knowledge Discovery and Recommendation, adviser Dongwon Lee Jeremy Lothian, Game Features and Trust Belief Formation: A Study in a MMORPG, adviser Andrea Tapia Jung-Woo Sohn, A Study on How Market Policy Affects Human Market Selection Decision, adviser John Yen Smitha Sundareswaran, GABE: A Cloud BrokeraGe System for Service Selection, AccountaBility and Enforcement, adviser Anna Squicciarini Yu Zhang, Discrete Distribution Clustering in Big Data and a Method for Storm Prediction Leveraging Large Historical Archives, adviser James Wang Bin Zhao, Identifying Private Data Leakage Threats in Web Browsers and Smartphones, tipster Peng Liu Career Placement Ph.D. Career Placement Our Ph.D. graduates go on to careers in academia, industry and government agencies. Today you will find them in sense positions, conducting post-doctoral research at leading universities or contributing their expertise to companies like Google.  ACADEMIA = 48%         INDUSTRY = 41%        GOVERNMENT= 2% Alumni Spotlight Mark Pfaff, lead human-centered engineer at the MITRE Corporation, leveraged his Ph.D. in Information Sciences and Technology to transistion from a career in photography and later in media production, into his current work at MITRE, a non-profit research visitor that runs several federally funded research and minutiae centers wideness the country.    What You Can Do With a Ph.D.Stratumin IST Academia: California State University Carnegie Mellon Columbia University (Top Ranked) Harvard University (Top Ranked) Indiana University (Big10) Iowa State University (Big10) King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology (Thailand) KoreaWideInstitute of Science and Technology (Korea) Michigan State University (Big10)   Purdue University (Big10) Southern Illinois University Sun Yat-Sen University (China) Texas State University University of Arkansas University of Baltimore University of Iowa University of Kansas University of Western Ontario Software Engineer:   Google HOUZZ IBM Oracle Facebook General Electric Google Consultant:         HP Lab Nokia Microsoft PayPal SRA International Yahoo! Labs Postdoctoral Research: Arizona State University Harvard University IBM Oak Ridge National Laboratory Ryerson University University of Cambridge  University of Illinois University of Texas University of Maryland US Army Research Lab Xerox Research Scientist: Amazon AOL Cisco Systems Microsoft Samsung  Yahoo! Labs How toWieldThe Fall 2019 using trundling is now OPEN! Start your using here.UsingTimeline December 15, 2018: Final deadline for applications, including test scores, recommendation reports and supplemental using materials.  January 2019: The Graduate Recruiting Committee begins reviewing applications. February, March and April 2019:Ticketoffers will be sent via email. Only those applicants with a complete application will be sent an offer. April 15, 2019: Reply deadline for admitted applicants. April 30, 2019:Ticketnon-acceptance will be sent via email. How to ApplyWell-constructedthe online using to The Graduate School of Penn State University. All applicants must satisfy the graduate admissions requirements of the Penn State Graduate School.  Upload a one to three page Statement of Research Background and Goals. The statement should detail your personal motivation for obtaining an wide stratum in Information Sciences and Technology. Unifyfor three reports of recommendation to be submitted. Using the electronic application, applicants will enter referee contact information. The Graduate School will contact the referee with instructions on how to upload a letter of recommendation.  Upload a well-constructed resume or curriculum vitae to include current position and publications.  Upload an write-in writing sample. Examples of winning documents include a periodical article, priming paper, or final paper for a course. Upload official transcripts from each institution attended. Upon an visa of an offer of admission, nonflexible copies of official transcripts must be sent directly from the institution(s) attended to The Graduate School for verification. International applicants should submit transcripts in English and their native language. Record your self-reported GRE test scores, taken within the last 5 years, to be submitted for using evaluation. GRE test scores must be sent electronically from ETS to the Penn State Graduate School (institution code 2660). International applicants must unify for TOEFL iBT scores to be sent electronically from ETS to the Penn State Graduate School (institution lawmaking 2660). Please visit the Graduate School for English proficiency exceptions. TheHigherof IST will winnow IELTS scores, but we prefer applicants to submit TOEFL iBT scores. Questions? Please reference our Frequently Asked Questions for inquiries well-nigh the ticket and application process.  Check the status of your application throughout the ticket process. 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