Information and Systems Science Committee
See the Department of Mathematics and Statistics;

Department of Systems and Computer Engineering; or the School of Computer
Science

The Committee

  Chair of the Committee: B.C. Mortimer

The program of graduate study and research leading to the degree of Master
of Science in Information and Systems Science is offered by the committee
with cooperation of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, the
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and the School of Computer Science.

The purpose of the program is to provide training in the use and application
of computers to those who have not studied extensively in this field at the
undergraduate level. The process of using the computer in problem-solving is
stressed. The program is flexible, though individual concentrations are
usually in one of three broad areas:

  *   computer applications in a particular field (e.g. communications,
      energy systems)

  *   algorithms and methodologies for solution of complex problems by
      computer (e.g. graph theory, operations research, optimization,
      simulation and modeling)

  *   computer methods and technologies (e.g. data-bases, software
      engineering, computer languages)

Close links are maintained with the scientific, industrial, and technological
communities, and an effort is made to direct students to project work of
current practical significance.