Admission Requirements

Students applying for admission should have a solid undergraduate training in a mathematical science.

Graduate Curriculum

Students study theoretical mathematics, applied mathematics, and an outside area in which mathematics is applied.

Faculty/Research

Meet the Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences faculty members.

Interdisciplinary PhD program

AMCS collaborates with various departments across campus in educating its graduate students.

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Student Spotlights

PhD student Nuzhat Nuari Khan Rivu.

Nuzhat Nuari Khan Rivu

Rivu uses math to solve real-world problems.

Samuel Brensinger

Samuel Brensinger

Brensinger won the 2020 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize from the Graduate College.

J Vernerio

J Verniero

Verniero received the 2019 Hancher-Finkbine Medallion based on their achievements.

Events

Colloquium - Supporting Ethical Design & Confronting the Threats of Dark Patterns promotional image

Colloquium - Supporting Ethical Design & Confronting the Threats of Dark Patterns

Friday, January 30, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
We welcome Colin M. Gray, PhD, from Indiana University. Colin’s research and engagement activities cross multiple disciplines, including human-computer interaction, instructional design and technology, law and policy, design theory and education, and engineering and technology education.
Colloquium - A Hessian View of Fine-tuning, Task Attribution, and Reinforcement Learning: Three Vignettes in Modern Machine Learning promotional image

Colloquium - A Hessian View of Fine-tuning, Task Attribution, and Reinforcement Learning: Three Vignettes in Modern Machine Learning

Friday, February 13, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
We welcome Hongyang Zhang, Ph.D., from Northeastern University, whose research lies at the intersection of machine learning, optimization algorithms, and statistical learning.
The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2026 promotional image

The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2026

Saturday, February 21 to Sunday, February 22, 2026 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library

"The UICC is hosted by the students and for the students to promote computing as a science and a profession."

Date: Saturday, Feb 21 & Sunday, Feb. 22

Check out past conferences! [ 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025]

ACM@UIowa welcomes students, faculty, alumni/ae, and all members of the community to our annual UIowa Computing Conference!

We’re bringing back the past to build the future.
On Saturday, we are excited to welcome alumni speakers from:

Microsoft

Crusoe/NVIDIA

Walt...

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