SCCM M.S. and Ph.D. Programs
The Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics (SCCM) Program was founded in 1988 to provide interdisciplinary graduate training and to foster research in areas of the applied sciences and engineering that require interactions among modeling, mathematical and numerical analysis and scientific computing. The primary educational goal was to prepare students for research or teaching positions within universities or industry. Both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees were offered. The SCCM Program was part of the School of Engineering of Stanford University, and was replaced by the graduate programs offered by iCME starting in the 2004-05 academic year.As of the 2003-04 academic year, the SCCM faculty consisted of: Juan Alonso (AA), Kyeongjae Cho (ME), Eric Darve (ME), Ron Fedkiw (CS), Margot Gerritsen (Earth Sciences), Peter Glynn (MS&E), Gene Golub (CS), Joe Keller (Math, emeritus), Sanjiva Lele (AA), Doron Levy (Math), Walter Murray (MS&E, Director), Joe OIiger (CS, emeritus), Brad Osgood (EE), Peter Pinsky (ME), Michael Saunders (MS&E). Affiliated faculty consisted of: Khalid Aziz (Earth Sciences), Stephen Boyd (EE), John Cioffi (EE), Richard Cottle (MS&E), Tom Cover (EE), George Dantzig (MS&E, emeritus), Amir Dembo (Math/Stat), S. Doniach (Applied Physics/Physics), David Donoho (Stat), Curtis Eaves (MS&E, emeritus), Joel Ferziger (ME), Jerry Friedman (Stat), Iain Johnstone (Stat), Tom Kailath (EE, emeritus), Jeff Koseff (CEE), K. Law (CEE), Tai-Ping Liu (Math), R. MacCormack (AA), Parviz Moin (ME), Art Owen (Stat), William Reynolds (ME, emeritus), Bernard Roth (ME), Eric Shaqfeh (CE/ME), C. Steele (ME/AA), Robert Street (CEE/ME).
The SCCM MS degree program, as of the 2003-04 academic year, involved taking a program of 45 units of courses at the 100 level or above, at least 36 of which were graded (passed with an average GPA of 3.0 or more). Specific requirements included:
12 units of mathematics (including Math 220A and B, taken for a letter grade)
12 units of numerical analysis
3 units of optimization
5 units of computer science
9 units in an applications area
3 units of statistics
1 unit of seminar
The SCCM Ph.D. program included 27 units of courses (in order to be admitted to candidacy), passing a qualifying exam, and an additional 48 units of courses post-candidacy.
Full details on the 2003-04 SCCM MS and Ph.D. programs can be found at: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin/bulletin03-04/pdf/SCCM.pdf