Graduate Student Advising

Graduate Program Director (MS and PhD in CS)

Prof. Marek Chrobak

Office Hours: Wednesday, 11AM-noon, on zoom. Also, by appointment.

Graduate Program Coordinator for PhD in CS

Vanda Yamaguchi

Walk-in: Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Remote appointment: Monday, Thursday and Friday from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Graduate Program Coordinator for MS in CS

Marlene Garcia

Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 10:00 am - 11:30 am / 1:30 pm - 4:45 pm Or by appointment (Email me to request an appointment).

Our mission is to provide effective student services and to guide graduate students in meeting their educational goals. We strive to assist them in making appropriate academic choices, utilizing campus resources and achieving personal and professional development.

Graduate students may expect the following from graduate advising in Computer Science:

A positive and professional experience.
A personalized and interactive advising process.
Referrals to appropriate University resources and services.
Realistic and supportive feedback.

For information about graduate advising for other graduate programs in the CSE Department (MS in Computer Engineering, MS in Robotics, MS in Computational Data Science), see the websites for these programs.

Questions and Feedback

For questions, the best way to contact us is via email. You can email your program coordinator or the program director, listed above. Feedback and suggestions are welcome. If you prefer to submit your comments anonymously, send it to graduate-program-concerns@cs.ucr.edu. This email will be delivered to the CSE Department Chair.

Computer Science and Engineering