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Mississippi State
University and the Department of Mathematics and
Statistics has excellent computing facilities for faculty, staff,
and student use. There are a number of labs available in the
department and campus for students. Departmental access to university
computing facilities is provided through the campus Unix and Novell
networks, accessed locally by using both X terminals and PCs.
A number of classes are offered in the department have as a
fundamental component the use of mathematical or statistical software.
To facilitate student use of the software, a number of our faculty
have written tutorials available below for those courses. We also
have classes that instruct students on computing issues unique to
problems in mathematics and statistics. Some faculty in the
department are active in research areas that solve computational
problems in mathematics and statistics.
- Computer Labs. There are a number of labs available in the
department and campus for students.
- University Labs The university has two general computing
labs on campus. These labs are for use by students, faculty, and
staff of Mississippi State University. Specific information on the
Butler Computing Lab and the Library Commons Computer Lab, including a
list of available software, location, contact information, and
hours of peration can be found on the Information Technology Services web page.
- Departmental Lab. Allen 414,
located on the fourth floor of Allen Hall. Use of this lab is restricted to students
enrolled in classes offered by the department. The department staffs
the lab in Allen 414 with graduate
assistants to help students enrolled in undergraduate math and
statistics classes with using the software required for their course.
- Computer Classrooms.
- University maintained. Mississippi State University as
provided technology enhancements to a large number of classrooms on
campus which meet or exceed the "Level 2" guidelines as specified in
the report by the Ad Hoc Committee on Classroom Technology
2002. Information is provided on the ITS Classroom
Technology web site, including a list of classrooms, and the complete listing of the software available in those
classrooms. Classes taught by the department are typically in Allen
hall on the first floor.
- Department maintained. The department maintains two
computer classrooms, both established by National Science Foundation grants awarded for
proposals written by groups of faculty in the department. In both of
these classrooms, students have access to their own computer and there
is an instructor station linked to a projection system. This
configuration allows instructors to demonstrate use and concepts via
computers while students follow along on their own station.
- Math Domain. In
the Fall semester of 2005, the Math Domain opened. The Math Domain
features nearly 100 computers at which students complete class
assignments and take quizzes and tests. The center is open 50 hours
each week so participants can pace their own learning.
- Courses. The department offers courses that have a
computing component where students are required to use the computer to
complete homework or take quizzes or exams. Also offered are courses
that address problems related to mathematical and statistical
computing.
- Courses with a computing component
- MA 1313 "College Algebra"
- MA 2733 "Calculus III"
- MA 2743 "Calculus IV"
- MA/ST 2113 "Introduction to Statistics"
- MA/ST 3123 "Introduction to Statistical Inference"
- MA 3253 "Differential Equations"
- ST 4111/6111 "Seminar in Statistical Packages"
- ST 4313/6313 "Introduction to Spatial Statistics"
- ST 4213/6213 "Nonparametric Methods"
- ST 8114 "Statistical Methods"
- ST 8214 "Design and Analysis of Experiments"
- ST 8253 "Regression Analysis"
- ST 8263 "Advanced Regression Analysis"
- ST 8313 "Introduciton to Survey Sampling"
- ST 8413 "Multivariate Statistical Methods"
- ST 8423 "Multivariate Analysis"
- ST 8853 "Advanced Design of Experiments I"
- ST 8863 "Advanced Design of Experiments II"
- Courses related to computational issues
- MA 4313/6313 "Numerical Analysis I"
- MA 4323/6323 "Numerical Analysis II"
- MA 8363 "Numerical Solutions to Nonlinear Equations"
- MA 8383 "Numerical Solutions to Ordinary Differential Equations I"
- MA 8393 "Numerical Solutions to Ordinary Differential Equations II"
- MA 8443 "Numerical Solutions to Partial Differential Equations I"
- MA 8453 "Numerical Solutions to Partial Differential Equations II"
- MA 8463 "Numerical Linear Algebra"
- MA 8473 "Advanced Numerical Analysis I"
- MA 8483 "Advanced Numerical Analysis II"
- ST 8353 "Statistical Computations"
- Software. Faculty and students have access to a wide
variety of software at minimal or no charge to the individual through
campus-wide or department licenses. University computing facilities
are provided through the campus Unix and Novell networks, accessed locally
using both X terminals and PCs. The department also maintains
licenses to some software. Students and faculty have access to
software such as
and numerous other packages such as word processors and spreadsheets.
- Software tutorials written by our faculty
- Mathematica
- R and S-Plus
- RA (the University Unix network) and Unix
- TeX and LaTeX
- Faculty Research. Some faculty in the department do
research on problems related to mathematical or statistical computing.
- Center for Computational Sciences
- Information Technology Services
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