各种基因组计划催生的生物学知识的爆炸创造了一个全新的领域和产业，并且需要训练有素的，熟悉生物学，数学和计算机科学的计算生物学家。计算机科学与工程系在迅速发展的生物信息学新领域提供严格的跨学科培训。生物信息学是指对生物系统中信息流（遗传，代谢和调节）进行建模以提供对生物体系统特性的综合理解的高级计算和实验方法。
The explosion in biological knowledge spawned by the various genome projects has created entirely new fields and industries, and a need for trained computational biologists who are familiar with biology, mathematics, and computer sciences. The computer science and engineering department offers rigorous, interdisciplinary training in the new and rapidly evolving field of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics refers to advanced computational and experimental methods that model the flow of information (genetic, metabolic, and regulatory) in living systems to provide an integrated understanding of the system properties of organisms.