Criteria for Thesis Submission
CRITERIA FOR M.ENGG DEGREE
If you wish to be supervised by me for a master’s degree (2 years), then the following criteria must be satisfied before you can submit your dissertation:
- You have at least ONE first-author publication in a high quality conference venue Rank A
- You must have at least one first-author journal paper which has successfully gone through the first round review in a premium venue Rank A+ prior to thesis submission.
- Note that survey/workshop papers are not counted in the above criteria. Similarly, second tier venues (Rank B) are not counted.
CRITERIA FOR PH.D. DEGREE
Earning a Ph.D. degree involves a lot of hard work and creativity. In most cases, it will take at least four years under me. One of the key measures of your progress during a doctoral program is publications. Your future employability as a faculty member of a good University or a member of technical staff in a good Research Lab largely depends on the area of research and quality of publications. Hence, if you wish to be supervised by me, please note the standard I expect from a student. Apart from being highly motivated, creative, and technically solid, you are strongly encouraged to satisfy the following criteria before your thesis defense:
- You have at least TWO first-author publications in a premium conference/journal venue (e.g., VLDB, VLDB J, SIGMOD, TKDE, KDD, ICDE, RECOMB, Bioinformatics, etc.) Rank A+
- Note that survey papers are not counted in the above criteria.