School of Computational Sciences

• Administration
• Introduction
• Faculty
• Course Work
• Admission Requirements
• Graduate Programs
  • Computational Sciences and Informatics, Ph.D.
    • Degree Requirements
  • Bioinformatics, Ph.D.
    • Degree Requirements
  • Computational Science, M.S.
    • Degree Requirements
  • Earth Systems Science, M.S. (joint with the College of Arts and Sciences)
    • Degree Requirements
  • New Professional Studies, M.S. (in Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, and Forensic Biosciences)
    • Degree Requirements
  • Certificate in Computational Techniques and Applications
    • Facilities

Web: scs.gmu.edu
Phone: (703) 993-1990

Administration

Menas Kafatos, Dean
Peter A. Becker, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies

Introduction

The School of Computational Sciences (SCS) results from the recent merger of the Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics and the Institute for Biosciences, Bioinformatics, and Biotechnology. This new school serves as the primary academic unit providing scientific and applications content to George Mason's information technology focus. This content includes applications in the biological, physical, mathematical, and data sciences. Along with other units, SCS also contributes to the university's focus on educational and research programs related to the environment.

Through its interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary activities, SCS seeks to integrate computation in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering to produce new knowledge and to develop new approaches to the solution of complex problems. SCS maintains extensive facilities on both the Fairfax and Prince William Campuses.

Faculty

Barnes, Beall, Becker, Black, Blackwell, Blaisten-Barojas, Carr, Cebral, Ceperley, Chiu, Davis, Denning, Dworzecka, Ehrlich, El-Ghazawi, Ellsworth, Emerson, Evans, Foster, Gentle, Gillevet, Grefenstette, Guillory, Haack, Hanna, Hertz, Jamison, Jones, Kafatos, Kerschberg, Kinser, Lieb, Lin, Lohner, Manitius, McCormack, McKenney, Michalski, Miller, Mishin, Morowitz, Mushrush, Nash, Norris, Ozernoy, Papaconstantopoulos, Rine, Sachs, Sambruna, Saperstone, Satija, Satyapal, Sauer, Schopf, Seto, Shukla, Solka, Sood, Soyfer, Spikell, Struppa, Summers, Sutton, Vaisman, Walbridge, Wallin, Wang, Wechsler, Wegman, Willett, Williams, Wong, K. Wood, C. Yang, R. Yang, Zoltek

Course Work

The School of Computational Sciences offers all course work designated Bioinformatics (BINF), Computational Sciences and Informatics (CSI), or Molecular Biosciences and Informatics (MBI) in the "Course Descriptions" chapter of this catalog.