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http://www.cs.cornell.edu/phd/requirements

Cornell requires these courses:

* Competency requirement
- [ ] Artificial Intelligence: CS 4700
- [ ] Programming Languages: One of
      CS 4110 (PL)
      CS 4120 (Compilers)
      CS 6110 (Advanced PL)
- [ ] Systems: CS 4410 (Operating systems)
- [ ] Theory: One of
      CS 4820 (Analysis of algorithms, like Semwal's class)
      CS 6820 (advanced algorithms)

* Breadth requirement
Five 6xxx courses, spanning four areas and three research styles:

Algorithms and theory of computation:
    6820 Adv. analysis of algorithms                TH
    6810 Theory of computing                        TH
    6822 Adv. topics in theory of computing         TH
    6840 Algorithmic game theory                    TH
    6850 Structure of information networks          TH
    6830 Cryptography                               TH
Artificial intelligence:
    6670 Computer vision                            APP
    6762 Parallelization ?                          APP
    6700 Advanced AI                                APP
    6740 Advanced language technologies/NLP         APP
    6764 Reasoning about knowledge                  TH
    6766 Reasoning about uncertainty                TH
    6780 Adv. machine learning                      APP
Systems:
    6410 Advanced Systems                           SYS
    6452 Datacenter Networks and Services           SYS
    6460 Peer-to-Peer Systems                       SYS
    6320 Database systems                           SYS
    6322 Systems for Large Data                     SYS
Programming languages and methodology:
    6110 Advanced PL                                TH
    6118 Types and Semantics                        TH
    6120 ????                                       APP?
    6860 Logics of Programs                         TH?
Scientific computing and applications:
    6210 Matrix computations                        APP
    6220 Data-sparse matrix comp.                   APP
    6620 Advanced interactive graphics              APP
    6630 Realistic image synthesis                  APP
    6640 Computational photography                  APP
    6650 Computational motion                       APP
    6670 Computer vision                            APP
    6758 Robot learning                             APP

Take five courses, being sure to include at least something in all
four areas across all research styles:
- [ ] Course 1
- [ ] Course 2
- [ ] Course 3
- [ ] Course 4
- [ ] Course 5

* Project requirement
Write a significant piece of software.

* Teaching requirement
TA for two semesters OR teach for one

* Special committee
Form a chair and two minor members by the start of the fourth semester.

* Minor requirement
Have two minors: one in CS (Vision), one outside (Math?)

* A exam ("Admission" to Candidacy)

* B exam (Defense)

* Turn in thesis