The applied mathematics for the life and social sciences PhD focuses on the training of researchers working on scientific questions at the interface of the mathematical, life and social sciences. Graduates of the program will be making innovative and far-reaching scientific contributions that rely on the cutting-edge computational mathematical and modeling approaches. This degree focuses on producing quantitative scientists and applied mathematicians conducting high-level interdisciplinary and crossdisciplinary research. The program's faculty includes mathematicians, statisticians, theoretical biologists and social scientists from five different schools at Arizona State University. There is a high demand for first-rate scientists, researchers and faculty interested in meeting the challenges faced by communities in the 21st century and by research and planning programs at institutions with the mission to address global challenges. Arizona and the nation's health, environmental and natural resource challenges are urgently in need of a large pool of researchers with these interdisciplinary skills. There are three tracks a student can follow: applied mathematics: more in-depth focus on the tools as applied to the life and social sciences, i.e., on dynamical systems, computational and numerical methods, simulation and mathematical analysis life sciences: focus on understanding the tools for representing the structure and operation of complex biological and ecological processes social sciences: focus on understanding the tools for representing the structure and operation of complex social systems and processes By offering courses that enhance interdisciplinary exchanges and collaboration among the faculty and students interested in addressing questions of social relevance, the program builds upon foundations already established in: bioinformatics computational sciences ecology genomics mathematical analysis mathematical epidemiology nonlinear dynamics population dynamics social science fields The complex adaptive systems science concentration trains the next generation of scientists in advanced concepts and methods needed for approaching diverse phenomena in the social and life sciences. The program is tightly integrated with diverse, ongoing university-wide research on complex adaptive system science at Arizona State University and emphasizes the value of a complex adaptive perspective to give better insight and a more active role in seeking solutions to a broad array of critical issues facing our society today. Students will be fluent in the common language of complexity while also receiving a solid foundation in the domain knowledge of existing academic disciplines.

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