Graduate Catalog 2011-2013 - SUNY Institute of Technology

Master of Science in Telecommunications
Program Requirements
The M.S. in Telecommunications consists of 33 credit hours
distributed as follows:
Research Core Courses...........................................6 credit hours
Technical Core Courses........................................15 credit hours
Elective Courses...................................................6-9 credit hours
Culminating Requirement Option..................... 3-6 credit hours
Total: 33 credit hours
Research Core Courses (6 credit hours)
CSC 507 Data Analysis OR MGS 511 Management Science
TEL 598 Telecom Research Methods
Technical Core Courses (15 credit hours)
TEL 500 Voice Communications
TEL 502 Data Communications
TEL 550 Advanced Network Standards and Protocols
TEL 560 Advanced Wireless Communications
TEL 581 Survey of Information Assurance
Elective Courses (6-9 credit hours)
Complete 2-3 courses from the following:
TEL 501 International Telecommunications
Policy & Trade
TEL 505 Network Design and Simulation
TEL 520 Telecommunications Systems
Analysis & Project Management
TEL 527 Telecommunication Optical Networks
TEL 530 International Law and Policy
TEL 540 Integration of Telecom & Computer Systems
TEL 585 Telecommunications Electronic Commerce
TEL 590 Selected Topics in Advanced
Telecommunications*
TEL 594 Graduate Internship
* Students may take additional sections of TEL 590, as long as the
topics covered are not the same.
Culminating Requirement Option (3-6 credit hours)
TEL 597 Research Project (3 credits)
OR
TEL 599 Thesis Research (6 credits)
Students may choose either the project or thesis option for the culminating
requirement. The project option is for students who want to
complete a practical programming or simulation project, or produce a
Technology Case Study (TCS) that describes in detail the state-of-the-art
of the technology, market, and future prospects for some cutting-edge
topic in the field. The thesis option is for students wishing to pursue
original research and requires students to demonstrate appropriate
independent research and written communication skills in TEL 598.
Special Program Notes
• All students in the program are required to complete
TEL 598 within their first two semesters of study.
• Students who satisfy these degree requirements advance
to candidacy after their first two semesters of study.
• Unless otherwise noted, all graduate courses are
3 credit hours.
• All students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher to graduate
• Over the course of their studies, students can only apply
two “C” grades in courses taken toward the degree.
• Students may transfer up to six credit hours,
if applicable, from another graduate program.
• Students may repeat at most two courses in which a
“C” grade or less was received.
• Students must maintain continuous registration, equal
to or greater than one credit while working on their final
thesis or project. MS Telecommunications students
completing a thesis can do this by registering for TEL 599 -
Thesis for one credit. Students completing a project can do
this by registering for CMT 600 - Continuous Registration.
This may be taken up to six semesters at which time it is
expected that all program requirements will have been met.
Faculty
Bruno Andriamanalimanana
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Lehigh University
Combinatorics, coding theory, cryptography
Roger Cavallo
Professor
Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton
Ernest W. Goodell Research and Creativity Award, 1990
Systems theory, conceptual modeling, probabilistic database theory
John A. Marsh
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
Computer networks, wireless network security, complexity theory,
integrated optics
Rosemary Mullick
Professor
Ph.D. Wayne State University
Operating systems, computer networks, artificial intelligence,
instructional computing
Jorge Novillo
Professor
Ph.D. Lehigh University
Combinatorics, data security, bio-computing, artificial intelligence
Michael Pittarelli
Professor
Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton
Ernest W. Goodell Research and Creativity Award, 1992
Systems science, artificial intelligence, combinatorial search, database
theory
Ronald Sarner
Distinguished Service Professor
Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1992
Data modeling, data mining, instructional computing
Saumendra Sengupta
Professor
Ph.D. University of Waterloo
Systems modeling, computer networks, system forensics,
distributed systems, operating systems
Scott Spetka
Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Distributed databases, operating systems, system administration
Geethapriya Thamilarasu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo
Networking, wireless security, secure key distribution and
management in wireless sensor networks, remote patient monitoring
using body area sensor networks, security in vehicular networks
Xiaojiang (Henry) Wu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
Video and multimedia networking, networking protocols, network
security; communications network architecture, embedded system
design, fuzzy logic application
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