Mathematics and Computer Science Department
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Brendan Burgess ’18 blends the science of politics and computers
You could call Brendan Burgess ’18 a quintessential Clarkie. His double major in political science, with a concentration in international relations, and computer science sets him apart, but some first-year advice pushed him to take it a step further. “I heard if you want to be involved in political science, you should have something that distinguishes you,” Burgess…
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What’s next for Trang Nguyen ’17
Clark senior reflects on her college experience, offers advice for international students in 'The Things That Matter' blog post
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Student uses the power of math and chemistry to understand biology
How working in a lab at Clark has taught Rachel Orlomoski '17 to persevere
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‘Grammar’ lessons: Faculty-student team decoding language of the genome
As a high school student in Milton, Massachusetts, Luke Nourie took a class in biotechnology and thought, “Wow, I love this. This is what I want to do.” He could see himself pursuing a college degree tied to the field, which drives the booming economy of the Bay State and provides over 63,000 jobs. After reading about…
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Students bring ‘fresh insights’ to research on gene expression and more
Clark University juniors Navid Al Hossain ’18 and Michael Gaiewski ’18 spent the summer delving into the mathematical modeling of gene expression, the process through which genetic information in DNA drives the synthesis of protein products. They worked in the laboratory of Jacqueline Dresch, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. “It’s been an amazing…
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Clark’s computer science teams make top 5 in regional programming contest
When faced with the pressure of producing computer code that works, and under the most stringent deadlines, Clark University’s computer science students prove they can step up. In the 2016 regional programming contest for the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeast (CCSCNE), Clark’s two teams placed second and fourth among 38 competitors that included Middlebury and Wellesley…
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Computer science grads land jobs at Facebook, Amazon and more
In campus visit, Jake Kramer '12 shares details of research at Amazon; he's now at HubSpot
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Life in the fast lane
Clark's supercomputer cluster key to researchers' work
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Supercomputers power a biology revolution at Clark
To hear John Gibbons talk about bioinformatics, you’d think this trend in the sciences is relatively straightforward. “Historically, if you used a computer to analyze biological data, it was considered bioinformatics,” he says. But Gibbons, an assistant professor of biology at Clark University, admits that description undersells the benefits. With science and technology meshing at an incredible pace, scientists…