How is the candidacy exam committee formed?
Your research advisor (and/or departmental advisor, if different) are automatically members of your candidacy exam committee, and are responsible for soliciting the additional member(s). The committee must consist of at least three (3) persons, but there is apparently no rule restricting the maximum size to three. The additional members may be anyone holding a doctorate or equivalent in a field related to the “area” of the candidacy exam; there is no requirement that these persons be affiliated with Columbia or the department. This “related to” notion is often broadly construed to include all of Computer Science (and possibly other fields such as Electrical Engineering and/or IEOR), but it is better in most cases to constitute a committee whose members are all experts in the chosen “area”, if possible (this may not always be possible in a very novel “area”, e.g., invented by the advisor or student).
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