Project Website http://web.mit.edu/cdo-program/
MIT’s new interdepartmental S.M. program in Computation for Design and Optimization (CDO) represents the type of convergence that is uniquely MIT: a broad diversity of engineering, science and management disciplines, taught and led by outstanding faculty from across the Institute, brought together under a single umbrella within MIT’s preeminent School of Engineering. The CDO program addresses the emerging need to prepare tomorrow's engineers by teaching them advanced computational methods and applications. The program provides students with a strong foundation in computational approaches to the design and operation of complex engineered and scientific systems -- skills which will be required in a wide cross-section of professions.
CDO-affiliated faculty are drawn from three of MIT’s Schools—Engineering, Science, and Management -- reflecting the broad interdisciplinary nature of computational science and engineering.
CDO students typify the international diversity found throughout the MIT student body. Many CDO students participate in a unique dual master’s degree program, offered by MIT and the National University of Singapore, through the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA).
The CDO program educates students in the formulation, analysis, implementation, and application of computational approaches to designing and operating engineered systems, emphasizing:
(*) Breadth through introductory courses in numerical analysis and simulation, optimization, and applied probability(*) Depth in optimization methods and numerical methods for partial differential equations(*) Multidisciplinary aspects of computation(*) Hands-on experience through projects, assignments, and a master's thesis