Development of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Computational Science

1. Development of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Computational Science Péter Molnár, David Toth, Rachel Vincent-Finley

2. Clark Atlanta University

3. Areas of Computational Science Degrees (I) CAU Schools Arts &Sciences Business Education Social Work Master of Science PhD (traditional “wet lab”) Computer & InformationScience Mathematics Physics Biology Chemistry GenomicsData Intensive Material ScienceSimulations Computational Data Science (PhD, MS, ug minor)

4. Areas of Computational Science Degrees (II) CAU Schools Arts &Sciences Business Education Social Work Humanities Computer & InformationScience Mathematics Chemistry Marketing Economics (?) Physics Social & Political Sciences Biology Computational Data Science

5. Programs: PhD (72), MS (30), BS/MS (4+1 yrs), Minor (18) BS + Computational Science Minor (18 credit hours) Mathematical Methods for Scientists BS Computer Science (w/ Comp. Sci. electives) Computer Programming for Scientists Prereq. No Credit Architecture & Operation of Computing Systems Data Visualization & Graphics Predictive Analytics Database Systems Computer Science Research Communication 15 Electives AppliedDiscipline CS 42 Dissertation Research

6. University of Mary Washington • Public (VA) • PUI – 4000 ugrads • Liberal arts • MS in Ed., Elementary Ed., MBA, 1 or 2 more • ~20% minority students

7. Computational Science’s Start at UMW • Administration requested MS programs • Computer Sci, Math put heads together • Nat/Phys sciences not interested yet • Business wanted Data Analytics • Minor first: “Data Science” • Hope to spawn 2 MS programs: • Computational Science • Data Analytics

8. The Data Science Minor • CS ½ • Computer Science 1 • Discrete Math • Modeling & Simulation • Data Mining • Intro Stats • Calc 1 • Calc 2 • Linear Algebra • Data Structures OR Analytics Application Development • Parallel Computing OR Foundations and Applications of Data Analytics

9. Future at University of Mary Washington • Minor begins this semester • Trying to bring scientists (and soc sci) on board • 109: extension of NCSI workshop • two-day workshop last Dec. • Tried 2-day workshop in spring, but… • VA’s governor pushing mod & sim…

10. Southern University and A & M College Southern University and A & M College (SUBR) is a historically black institution founded in 1880. Demographics Average of 8,000 students per year Degree Programs 2 Associate degree programs 42 Bachelor’s degree programs 20 Master’s degree programs 5 Doctoral degree programs

11. Academic Colleges & Schools Agricultural, Family & Consumer Services College of Arts & Humanities College of Business College of Education College of Engineering College of Sciences School of Architecture School of Nursing Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

12. Stakeholders College of Sciences Biological Sciences Chemistry Computer Science Mathematics Physics Rehabilitation and Disability Studies Social Work Sociology Speech-Language Pathology College of Engineering • Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Electronics Engineering • Technology

13. Computer Science Scientific Option 57 hours in Computer Science 18 hours in Natural Science 18 hours in Mathematics (Total: 133 semester hours) Information System Option • 48 hours in Computer Science • 15 hours in Business • 18 hours in Natural Science • 17 hours in Mathematics (Total: 132 semester hours)

14. Computer Science

15. HPC University Graduate

16. HPC University Training Road Map

17. Common Challenges • So many courses required unless they are specialized • Not enough faculty to create/run specialized courses • Need enough students to run specialized courses • Cooperation between depts • Never enough funding from administration • We’re trying anyway!!!

18. Discussion Péter Molnár pmolnar@cau.edu David Toth dtoth@umw.edu Rachel Vincent-Finley rachel_finley@subr.edu