TQE Plan Form (from Memorandum 3805)
January 2003

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
January 2003

PLAN FOR COMPLETING THE TECHNICAL QUALIFYING EXAMINATION IN AREA II

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Date submitted __________________ e-mail ___________________________________

If you do not intend to continue for the doctorate, please check here, sign and return the form.

Circle four subject numbers, at least one from each group from the list of topic areas below. (The names of subjects are at the bottom of this form.) The choice of topic areas may be changed up to March 7, 2003, by submitting a new version of this form. All of the subjects should be completed by December, 2003.

Group I: Systems

6.821 or 6.824 or 6.829 / 6.823 or 6.371

Group II: Theory

6.840 / 6.852 or 6.854 or 6.856 or 6.875

Group 111: Artificial Intelligence

6.836 or 6.866 / 6.825 or 6.863 or 6.867

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GROUP I: SYSTEMS

Software:
6.821 Programming Languages or

6.824 Distributed Computer Systems Engineering or

6.829 Computer Networks

Architecture:
6.823 Computer System Architecture or

6.371 Introduction to VSLI Systems

GROUP II: THEORY

Complexity:
6.840 Theory of Computation

Algorithms:
6.852 Distributed Algorithms (Not offered 2002-2003) or

6.854 Advanced Algorithms or

6.856 Randomized Algorithms or

6.875 Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

GROUP III: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Robotics/Vision:
6.836 Embodied Intelligence or

6.866 Machine Vision

Learning/Language:
6.825 Techniques in Artificial Intelligence or

6.863 Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge or

6.867 Machine Learning and Neural Networks