Information for New CIS/MSE & MCIT Students
Welcome!
Welcome to the Graduate Programs of the Department of Computer and Information Science. We look forward to working with you and hope that your graduate career here will be productive and enjoyable.
We wish you the best in your graduate studies.
Dr. Arvind Bhusnurmath
MCIT Program Director
Email: bhusnur4@seas.upenn.edu
Dr. Swapneel Sheth,
CIS/MSE Program Chair
Email: swapneel@cis.upenn.edu
Mike Felker
CIS/MSE Program & on-campus MCIT Program coordinator
Email: mfelker@cis.upenn.edu
Resource Links:
- University Academic Calendar
- CIS/MSE Curriculum
- MCIT Curriculum
- CIS Graduate Handbook
- Penn Engineering Graduate Handbook
- PennPortal (access schedule, registration, financial info, etc.)
- Housing information
- Creating a SEAS email account
Current student contacts:
The current students listed below can be contacted re: queries on what it’s like to be a graduate student at Penn, etc.:
Xiangshi DaI (CIS/MSE)
Digvijay Chauhan (CIS/MSE)
Saket Karve (CIS/MSE)
Anqii Gao (MCIT)
Krystal Ma (MCIT)
Zhe Cai (MCIT)
Tierra Sharae M,A,Yah (MCIT)
Jiyun Duan (MCIT)
Ruijie Cao (MCIT)
Yuduo Zhao (MCIT)
Nam Vu (MCIT)
Graduate Program:
Your CIS Contacts:
Redian Furxhiu
Graduate Coordinator for on-campus MCIT, CIS/MSE and CGGT programs
Office: 308 Levine
Phone: 215-898-1668
Email: redian@seas.upenn.edu
Staci Kaplan
Graduate Coordinator for DATS
Office: 308 Levine
Phone: 215-573-2431
Email: stacilk@seas.upenn.edu
Britton Carnevali
Doctoral Program Manager
Office: 310 Levine
Phone: 215-898-5515
Email: brittonc@cis.upenn.edu
Colleen Kennedy
Graduate Coordinator for ROBO
Office: 459 Levine
Phone: 215-573-4907
Email: robo-coord@seas.upenn.edu
Liz Wai-Ping Ng
Associate Director for Embedded Systems MSE program
Office: 313 Levine
Phone: 215-898-8543
Email: wng@cis.upenn.edu
Katherine Thompson
PICS Program Coordinator Academic Advisor for SCMP
Office: 3401 Walnut, 5th Fl.
Phone: 215-573-6037
Email: kathom@seas.upenn.edu