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Gazi University Informatics Institute Computer Science Department Ph.D. Qualification

The following rules prepared for the application of the exam, Gazi University

Regarding the Doctoral Qualifying Examination of the Postgraduate Education, Training and Examination Regulations

It has been prepared to determine the application principles regarding the regulations.

General information

- The purpose of the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam is to study the student's doctoral thesis on basic subjects.

whether they have the depth of knowledge to do

To measure the ability and potential to do research.

- Doctoral Qualifying Examination, Gazi University Postgraduate Education and Examination

Students who meet the conditions specified in the regulation are accepted.

- Ph.D. Qualifying Examination, Gazi University Graduate Education, Training and Examination

By the Doctoral Qualifying Examination Jury defined in the Regulations.

is performed.

Application

- Written and Oral parts of the Doctoral Qualifying Exam can be held on different days.
Written examination

o The Written Exam covers the following 10 course contents.

Mandatory core subjects

lesson resources

Data Structures o Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++, Mark Allen

Weiss, Prentice Hall, 2013.

Algorithms o Introduction to Algorithms, Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.

Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Cliford Stein, MIT Press, 2009.

o Algorithm Design, Jon Kleinberg, Eva Tardos, Addison

Wesley, 2005.

Discrete Mathematics o Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, Kenneth H. Rosen,

McGraw-Hill, 2011.

Computer Networks o Computer Networking, James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross,

Addison Wesley, 2016.

Operating systems o Operating System Concepts, Abraham Silberschatz, Gref

Gagne, Peter B. Galvin, Wiley, 2012.

o Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, William

Stallings, Pearson, 2017.

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Digital Design o Digital Design, M. Morris Mano, Pearson, 2013.

Software engineering o Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, Roger S.

Pressman, Bruce Maxim, McGraw-Hill, 2014.
Database Systems o Fundamentals of Database Systems, Ramez Elmasri,
Shamkant B. Navathe, Pearson, 2015.

o Database Management Systems, Raghu Ramakrishnan,

Johannes Gehrke, McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Computer Architecture o Computer Organization and Architecture, William Stallings,

Pearson, 2015.

o Computer Organization and Design, David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy,

Morgan-Kaufmann, 2013.

Artificial intelligence o Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Stuart Russell,

Peter Norvig, Pearson, 2009.

o Students are asked two questions from the above courses and one from each course.

asked to answer the question.

o Students who score at least 70 out of 100 points in the Written Examination Oral
They are taken to the exam.

o Questions asked in the Written Exam, students' answers and evaluation grades

It is submitted to the Head of the Department by the Proficiency Exam Jury.

Oral examination

o The Oral Exam consists of two stages;

o In the first stage, the student determines a topic in the field in which he will do his doctorate.

and by making a scientific study on this subject, preparing an article and making an oral

should be presented as

ÿ The purpose of the first stage of the Oral Exam is to

research skills and potential

is to measure.

o In the second stage, it is aimed to measure the knowledge of the student in the field of doctorate.

questions are asked.

o The total duration of the first and second stages of the Oral Exam is a maximum of 60

minutes.

o For the scientific work to be done in the first stage of the Oral Exam

The student must choose at least one of the following contributions and IEEE 3/4
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Writing Transactions and Journals or IEEE Conference Proceedings

It is necessary to present the article that will be prepared in the format orally.

ÿ Literature review

Every study should have a literature summary. Choosing this contribution

Analyzing and synthesizing the literature on the topic chosen by the students
will be expected.

ÿ Original method

The student will propose an original method regarding the chosen topic and

will present the results experimentally or practically.

ÿ Application

Applying an article to be chosen by the student with his/her advisor

will be expected to present the results.

ÿ Comparison

Two or more of the students related to the subject they will choose together with their advisor.

Comparing more than one method theoretically or practically

will be expected.

ÿ Case study

A student's method in the literature is applied to a real-life problem.

application and presenting its results.

o In both phases of the Oral Examination, the questions asked by the Doctoral Examination Jury

The questions and the answers of the student will be chosen among the Doctoral Exam Jury.

It is recorded by the rapporteur and at the end of the exam, the Doctoral Exam Jury

signed by the Head of the Department.

o As a result of the oral exam, the student is successful or unsuccessful.

mostly decided.

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