Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Informatics and Computing

Available Emphasis Areas: Bioengineering Informatics - Emphasis Cyber and Software Systems - Emphasis Ecological and Environmental Informatics - Emphasis Health and Bioinformatics - Emphasis Student Learning Outcomes Graduates of this training program will demonstrate the following advanced competencies and program learning outcomes (PLOs): PLO1: Identify, explain, and assess the major theories, research methods, and technical approaches driving informatics- driven science and engineering and the impact of these elements on society. PLO2: Identify, explain, synthesize, and apply the fundamental concepts of informatics, including large-scale data representation and organization, various types of programming languages, software development methods, data processing, information extraction and machine learning, and statistical analysis. PLO3: Identify, explain, synthesize, and apply the interdisciplinary combination of core informatics and in-depth disciplinary expertise defining one of the following emphasis areas: Health and Bioinformatics, focusing genetic and genomic analysis, population health, and disease transmission; Ecological and Environmental Informatics, focusing on ecological and environmental analyses and remote sensing; Cyber and Software Systems, focusing on the design and implementation of cyber-physical and large-scale software systems. Bioengineering Informatics, focusing on data analysis and control in bioengineering applications. PLO4: Identify, survey, analyze, organize, and critically distill information from the scientific literature within an informatics emphasis area and creatively identify open research questions. PLO5: Independently apply appropriate expertise, methods, and tools to the creative design, execution, and assessment of an investigation that addresses original informatics research questions. PLO6: Compose and engage in highly effective written and oral communication in informatics areas; demonstrate clear argumentation and logical cohesion in a variety of written and oral communications, including scholarly dissemination, funding requests, industry, and lay-communication.