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The physical and computational sciences are among the primary drivers of economic development in the world today and are key to solving many of the major challenges facing society.
Innovation through Scientific Research and Discovery
The physical and computational sciences at Brandeis include the fields of physics, chemistry, computer science and mathematics as well as related interdisciplinary fields such as biological physics and environmental studies.
These fields of study are key to solving many of the grand challenges of the coming decades — from developing alternative energy sources and green chemistry processes to ensuring security and privacy on the Internet while expanding transparency in government, academia and industry.
Meeting these goals requires tackling difficult technical challenges, including developing database technology, handling ever-larger data sets and creating the statistical and mathematical techniques needed to mine those data. Much of the world's economic growth and technological change is based on innovations arising from research in these areas.
At Brandeis, students can become part of the effort to reverse-engineer biological machines and use this knowledge to develop new biomaterials; develop new networking and database systems that allow continuous backups; or pursue any of the array of new projects that continually arise in this rapidly changing field.