Computational Modeling & Data Analytics
The Computational Modeling and Data Analytics (CMDA) program draws on expertise from three primary departments at Virginia Tech with strengths in quantitative science: Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. By combining elements of these disciplines, a rich suite of quantitative skills for tackling today's massive data-based problems are taught.
Major
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics
The CMDA requirements give students the flexibility to dive deeply into a particular area through choice of electives, a disciplinary track, or a minor or double major. Ultimately, our program is for anyone who seeks to better understand the world through data and computation.
Tracks
- Physics
- Economics
- Biology
- Cryptography
Career paths
- analytics for sports teams or internet/social media companies
- consulting in defense/space/homeland security
- modeling in the oil/gas/alternative energy sector
- data analysis for medical/pharmaceutical firms
- quantitative modeling in finance/insurance
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