The M.S. by Research Program at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University is a research intensive program primarily focused towards conducting active research in the several domains of Computer Engineering. The Program is distributed over the period of two years in which the students engage in finding solutions to research questions under the guidance of designated supervisors.

• M.S by Research Guidelines [Nepali version][Unofficial Translation in English]
• Checklists for a complete M.S by Research Application (for the applicant)
• Checklists for a complete M.S by Research Application (for the concerned Department)
• M.S by Research fee structure

Current MS by Research Student at DoCSE

Academic Year 2008-2009

1.Mr. Prajwal Rupakheti

Research Topic: Trust Modeling in Social Network

Supervisor: Dr. Sanat Kumar Bista, Assistant Professor (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University)

Status as of August 2010: Master’s Dissertation submitted for review

Research and Publications:

• Paper accepted on the 3’rd International Conference in Software, Knowledge and Information Management, Morocco, 2009
• Paper submitted to KUSET journal, Kathmandu University (August, 2010)

Academic Year 2009-2010

1.Mr. Ankur Sharma Binadi

Research Topic: “Natural Mapping of Alternative Input Methods”

Supervisor: Dr. Jyoti Tandukar (IOE, Pulchok Campus), Asst.Prof. Manoj Shakya, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University.

Academic Year 2010-2011

1.Mr. Ritesh Man Tamrakar

Research Topic: “Effort Estimation in Software Project: Agile Approach”

Supervisors: Prof. Magne Jorgenson (University of Oslo and Simula Research Laboratory), Dr. Stein Grimstad (Simula Research Laboratory), Dr Sanat Kumar Bista (Kathmandu University)

Academic Year 2012-2013

1.Mr. Chandan Prashad Gupta

Research Topic: Building Computational Models for Opinion Mining and Argumentation Analysis in News Paper Editorials.

Supervisors: Asst. Prof. Bal Krishna Bal (Kathmandu University) and Asst. Prof. Dr. Rabindra Bista (Kathmandu University)

2.Mr. Lava Prasad Kafle

Research Topic: Cost Estimation of Testing (Verification and Validation) in Software Development

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stein Grimstad(Simula Research Laboratories, Lysaker, Norway) Prof. Dr. Magne Jorgensen(Simula Research Laboratories, Lysaker, Norway), Assoc. Prof. Sanat Kumar Bista (Kathmandu University-Visiting Faculty)

3.Mr. Rohit Man Amatya

Research Topic: Building Computational Models for Opinion Mining and Argumentation Analysis in News Paper Editorials.

Supervisors: Asst. Prof. Bal Krishna Bal (Kathmandu University) and Asst. Prof. Dr. Rabindra Bista (Kathmandu University)