Data and Computational Sciences

Description

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.

IACS offers a 17-credit Advanced Graduate Certificate in Data and Computational Science (CDCS), available to both PhD and MS/MA students.

An applicant must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 point scale. If the student attends a college that only gives Passes or Credits for the first year of study, then these grades will be evaluated as C for GPA admission purposes unless the student provides actual grades.

• Paper recommendations can be sent in, but you must use the paper recommendation form from your application portal and give it to your recommender. Paper recommendations must be sent directly to the graduate program you are applying to in sealed envelopes, signed across the seal by the recommender.
• In order to gain access to our recommendation forms, you must submit an application. Within your application, you can either send emails directing your recommenders to each submit a recommendation online, or you may download a paper recommendation form and give it to your recommender. Paper recommendations must be sent directly to the graduate program you are applying to in sealed envelopes, signed across the seal by the recommender.

All applications must be submitted electronically through our online application system. Once you create an account, you can save and update your material as often as necessary until you click the “Finalize Application” button. Once your application is submitted, you can log on to track its status.