Program Overview
Data and Computational Science
Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS)
Certificate Awarded: Advanced Graduate Certificate in Data and Computational Science
Director:
Robert Harrison, IACS L165
Graduate Program Director:
Alan Calder, IACS L164
Graduate Certificate Coordinator:
Jennifer McCauley IACS L135
Program Overview
The Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) at Stony Brook University was established in 2012 with a $20M private endowment. The institute has core faculty in a variety of computational disciplines (chemistry, physics, ecology and evolution, materials, atmospheric science, geoscience, social science, applied mathematics, linguistics, and computer science) and seeks to make sustained advances in the fundamental techniques of computation and in high-impact applications. Together with the Brookhaven National Laboratory Computational Science Initiative, our integrated, multidisciplinary team of faculty, students, and staff overcome the limitations at the very core of how we compute, collectively take on challenges of otherwise overwhelming complexity and scale, and individually and jointly define new frontiers and opportunities for discovery through computation.
Admission Requirements
- PhD and MS/MA matriculated students in the following departments are eligible to participate in the certificate program: Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Ecology & Evolution, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Sociology, SOMAS, Physics and Astronomy, Neurobiology and Behavior, Pharmacology, Psychology, Tech and Society, Economics, and Linguistics.
- Students must have the permission of their advisors and their Graduate Program Directors before enrolling in the certificate program, and they must meet with the IACS Graduate Certificate Coordinator to map out a course schedule.
- Students must complete, with the requisite signatures, and submit to the Graduate School the form entitled Permission to Enroll in a Secondary Certificate Program.
Certificate Requirements
- 17 credits, courses can be double counted toward the certificate and the student’s major
Core Courses
- JRN 501 - Distilling Your Message
- JRN 503 - Improvisation for Scientists
- DCS 521 - Introduction to Computational and Data Science (3 credits) (Spring - Students are strongly encouraged to take DCS 521 in their first year of study)
Additional Requirements
- Students are expected to take at least 3 credits in AMS and 3 credits in CS from the course catalog
- CS students: at least 3 credits in AMS (not crosslisted with CS) and 3 credits in a non-CS crosslisted course in any department
- AMS students: at least 3 credits in CS (not crosslisted with AMS) and 3 credits in a non-AMS crosslisted course in any department
Notes
- Up to 6 credits of courses that are listed in the course catalog from the student’s home department can count toward the certificate
