A variety of current mathematical, statistical and programming software is available for student use. We recently added a student research office equipped with powerful, specialized computers for advanced projects. Internships, Research Projects and Independent Study Students have the opportunity to do internships at area companies. Recent interns have worked as actuaries at a major insurance company and in a variety of positions in computing at companies large and small. Recent projects have included an application of queuing theory to inventory control, a study of genetic algorithms and various studies in abstract mathematics and computer science.
Students present their results at conferences and meetings of professional societies.
More information travels the Internet each day than existed in print 40 years ago. A scientist does a calculation in a microsecond which used to take a lifetime. She then broadcasts the results in minutes from her website. A historian searches electronic archives for an answer in less time than it takes to type in the question. But a query may also yield thousands of useless answers.