Current areas of research focus are computer and network security, digital media, mobile computing, imaging, and computational biology.

Students in the program may apply to participate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Track in Structural and Computational Biophysics. On successful completion of this track, a student will earn an MS degree in computer science (thesis option) with a Certificate in Structural and Computational Biophysics.

The MS program enrolls approximately eight to ten new students a year into the program from a diverse set of undergraduate institutions. Support mechanisms to assist in the cost of education include teaching and research assistantships as well as tuition scholarships.