Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science - Bioinformatics

Washington State University has a rich history of fostering the kind of interdisciplinary science that is needed to advance the state of scientific discovery for many of the challenging biological problems of the 21st century.Designing innovative algorithmic solutions for data-intensive life sciences applications. Applications include genome assembly and annotation for economically important plant crops, identification of proteins involved in bioenergy, and decoding gene regulatory and protein-protein interaction networks.Developing algorithms for microbiology applications including microbial evolution and phylogenetic tree reconstruction, epidemiology, vaccine development, and controlling antibiotic resistance.Developing scalable parallel algorithms for data-intensive biological applications using next-generation supercomputers. Target parallel architectures include massively parallel distributed and shared memory supercomputers, cloud computing platforms, and multicore hardware accelerators.Developing algorithms for protein and metabolite identification in complex mixtures by high-throughput mass spectrometry.

3 Letters of Recommendation and a Statement of Purpose.All Transcripts from past schools. GREThe School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) evaluates applicants for admission to its graduate programs based on college transcripts, undergraduate/graduate GPA, GRE score, letters of recommendation (minimum of three), a statement of purpose, and an English language proficiency score (if applicable)