Computational Sciences (COSI) PhD Program

The Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at Marquette University offers study leading to a PhD in Computational Sciences (an MS program is also available). This is a very modern applied mathematics and statistics doctoral degree with an emphasis in computing. 

Many real mathematical problems can only be solved under special constrained cases with pencil and paper. With computational resources, we can solve more general mathematics problems. I teach one of the core courses in the program, MSCS 6010: Probability. It is a computational statistics course, where we solve problems both with pencil and paper and with computational methods. I tell the students that we are no longer subject to the constraints of pencil and paper. We can solve problems with pencil and paper when we can, but are able to solve them numerically. We can use deterministic optimization or stochastic Monte Carlo methods.

The core courses in the program are
      •  MSCS 6010, Probability
      •  MSCS 6020, Simulation
      •  MSCS 6030, Applied Mathematical Analysis
      •  MSCS 6040, Applied Linear Algebra 
      •  MSCS 6050, Elements of Software Development
      •  MSCS 6060, Parallel and Distributed Systems

The admissions deadline is January 15 of a given year for the following fall semester. Program Flier and Viewbook