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 cooperates with the Department of Mathematics in educating its graduate students.
Award-Winning Students
Greg Ongie
Ongie received the 2018 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize from the Graduate College.
Samuel Brensinger
Brensinger won the 2020 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize from the Graduate College.
J Verniero
Verniero received the 2019 Hancher-Finkbine Medallion based on their achievements.
Events
Towards unlocking the mystery of adversarial fragility of neural networks
Friday, May 2, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Speaker: Weiyu Xu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mathematics Faculty Colloquium - Yangbo Ye
Thursday, May 8, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Title: Number theory and cryptography
Abstract: In this presentation Professor Ye will survey his work and progress in number theory since his last colloquium talk in the department. Topics include the Riemann zeta function, automorphic L-functions, their functoriality, upper bounds, and zero statistics, computational number theory, and its applications to cyberspace security or insecurity.
Short Bio: Professor Yangbo Ye is a professor of Mathematics with expertise in number theory and...
Past events
The Central Role of AMCS in Advancing the State-of-the-Art in Computer Science
Friday, April 25, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Speaker: Rahul Singh, Dept. of Computer Science
Mathematics Special Lecture - Isaac Goldbring; University of California, Irvine
Thursday, April 24, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Title: A model theorist’s perspective on the Connes Embedding Problem (and its resolution)Abstract: In 2020, a group of computer scientists resolved the Connes Embedding Problem (CEP) from von Neumann algebra theory. In this informal talk, I’ll explain how basic ideas from mathematical logic can be used to simplify and strengthen the resolution of the CEP from the computer science result.Professor Goldbring is giving a colloquium talk, Effective metric structure theory and operator algebras, at...
When Deep Learning Meets Polyhedral Theory
Friday, April 18, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Speaker: Thiago Serra Azevedo Silva, Dept. of Business Analytics
News
A student receives the 2025 Outstanding TA Award
Friday, March 28, 2025
AMCS student Mansimran Singh received the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in 2025 from the University of Iowa Council on Teaching. Congratulations!
AMCS student Natalie Randall conferred ENRE Young Researcher Best Paper Runner-up Award
Monday, November 18, 2024
AMCS student Natalie Randall under the supervision of Prof. Beste Basciftci from the Dept. of Business Analytics was awarded the 2024 INFORMS ENRE (Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment) Young Researcher Best Paper Runner-up Award.