About the AMSC Program

The goal of the Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation (AMSC) Program is to promote training in interdisciplinary research. The AMSC faculty comprises about 120 members selected from fourteen participating departments and institutes on the College Park campus. In addition, there are links to various research institutes in the region, including: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Naval Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The AMSC Program offers Ph.D. and M.S. degrees with concentrations in either Applied Mathematics or Scientific Computation, as well as a post-baccalaureate Certificate in Scientific Computation. The Program receives substantial support from both the Department of Mathematics, the Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST), and the new Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling (CSCAMM).

Through the Applied Mathematics concentration, the AMSC program offers students great flexibility in designing a program that combines a firm foundation in mathematics with advanced study and research in an area of application.

The Concentration in Scientific Computation emphasizes computation and its use in the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, business, and social science. Students receive training in the use of computational techniques and associated information technology with correspondingly less emphasis on formal mathematical methods in comparison to the Concentration in Applied Mathematics. Scientific Computation students are required to apply the training in computation to a problem in a specific scientific discipline. Through CSCAMM these students will have access to state-of-the-art computational, visualization and networking facilities.