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

A Data-Driven Framework for Flood Mitigation Using Transformers and Reinforcement Learning

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Shaoping Xiao, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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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
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome Hongyang Zhang, Ph.D., from Northeastern University, whose research lies at the intersection of machine learning, optimization algorithms, and statistical learning.
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The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2026

Saturday, February 21 to Sunday, February 22, 2026 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
Welcome students, faculty, and all members of the community to our annual UIowa Computing Conference!
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