ACMS Program

The Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences program continues to be a focal point of interdisciplinary activity across the mathematical sciences and across the physical and social sciences, as well as across many of the colleges within the university. With degree specializations in the Biological and Life Sciences, Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Mathematical Economics, Operations Research, Scientific Computing, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Statistics, ACMS students can be found throughout campus creating the kind of synergy between the mathematical sciences and applications that will be required to face the challenges of the 21st Century. Our students are involved in undergraduate research projects in Engineering, Biology, Education, and Computer Science. The program continues to attract some of the top students on campus with many students pursuing a double major in their area of application.

Last year the ACMS program graduated 76 of its 180 majors. The success of the program is a testament to the vision and creativity of our students as well as to the spirit of cooperation between the four participating mathematical sciences departments: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, and Statistics. Indeed, this spirit of cooperation extends across the UW campus. A hallmark of the ACMS program is its success in working together with a great variety of programs and individuals throughout campus to provide balanced interdisciplinary programs for our students. We go forward into 2005 with the goals of opening up more upper-level courses to our students and continuing the development of streamlined double majors with client departments.

Jim Burke