Crunching the big problems.
Computational Modelling formulates and models real-world problems, then uses computing to develop solutions.
You could help create a new product – a pacemaker, a refrigerator, or perhaps part of a satellite – to see whether it works at a theoretical level before a company commits time and money to building the real thing. You might model the survival of an endangered species, plan how to map the wave patterns of the ocean from space, or optimise the layout of components in a new type of dishwasher.
Why study Computational Modelling?
Being able to formulate a real-world problem, develop the model and then use computers to find a theoretical solution is a powerful and rewarding skill set. Computational Modelling has relevance to a huge variety of fields, and people with these skills are highly sought after.
Computational Modelling is being increasingly recognised and valued as applicable in a growing number of sectors.
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Associate Professor David Bryant
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Tel +64 3 479 7889
Email david.bryant@otago.ac.nz
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