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The graduate program in Computer Science and Engineering aims to support students' ongoing professional and academic growth. The Ph.D. curriculum equips students to pursue research and development within their chosen specialization. As one of seven departments in Texas' fourth-largest engineering college, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is committed to delivering excellent education and pioneering research that meets regional, state, and national demands. The department focuses on providing top-tier undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs while advancing technologies through targeted research and promoting technology transfer to improve quality of life. Its globally renowned faculty conducts groundbreaking research across key computer science and engineering disciplines. Database specialties include: temporal and object-oriented databases, database models/languages, distributed systems, indexing/hashing methods, conceptual modeling, data security, database logic, query optimization, relational design theory, user interfaces, and data repositories.