by Yiwang Chen (UM Math PhD 2022) Now at Google There is always this question that crosses your mind at least once when you are working on your Ph.D., namely, industry or academia? As many Ph.D. students, my initial thought would be to stay in academia. However, after a summer encounter with the “Invitation to…
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Lecturer Jobs Open
The University of Illinois, Chicago just opened several lecturer positions in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. I can put you in contact with other Math PhD alums who have done this, or with the Chair, Brooke Shipley, who is searching. Let me know. The full consideration date is April 4, 2022, and the…
Alumnus Alexander Zaitzeff to speak in Invitations to Industry
The Invitations to Industry Spring 2022 Seminar Series begins Monday, February 7 at 12pm ET with Dr. Alexander Zaitzeff, Senior Research Engineer at Two Six Technologies! Alex is a 2020 AIM PhD graduate from Michigan Math. Alexander Zaitzeff is currently working as a Senior Research Engineer at Two Six Technologies on machine learning cyber security and other exciting topics, after finishing his PhD…
Interested in Teaching in the CS department?
You may be aware that there is a national shortage of computer science professors and lecturers. This means opportunities for YOU, Math PhD looking for work, especially if you love teaching and want to stay in Ann Arbor. The chair of the hiring committee for the CSE department here at Michigan asked me to help…
Luis Serrano to speak in Invitations to Industry Monday
Our own Luis Serrano (UM Math PhD 2010) will be speaking Monday November 15 at Noon in the Invitations to Industry seminar, jointly sponsored by the Erdos Institute. Don’t miss Luis! He’s an incredibly helpful resource for our PhD students and post-docs interested in *research* positions in industry. He himself is a quantum machine learning…
Come meet Alum Florian Block and learn about finance jobs for Math PhDs
More about non-Academic Careers for Math PhDs To learn more about Dr. Block or PDT Partners, please see the links below.Florian Block, PhDPDT Partners: PDT, which stands for Process Driven Trading, was founded by Peter Muller in 1993 as a proprietary trading group within Morgan Stanley. In 2013, after establishing a 19-year track record finding inefficiencies…
Erdös Institute Career Support
Michigan math has partnered with the Erdös institute to bring our PhD and MLB students, post-docs, and PhD alumni career support. Please consider taking advantage of this amazing opportunity! The application window for the Erdös Institute’s Spring 2022 Career Workshops and May Data Science Boot Camp closes on November 15th. You can apply directly through our…
SIG recruiting Michigan Math PhDs
The Invitations to Industry Fall 2021 Seminar Series continues Friday, October 15 at 12pm ET with recent Michigan PhDs Yuxin Wang and Mark Greenfield, who are both Quantitative Researcher at Susquehanna International Group, LLP. Even if you are planning an academic career, it is highly recommended that you learn about the many careers available to you as a Math PhD. This…
Interested in Finance Jobs post PhD?
Math PhD Alumnus Alex Leaf, who defended his thesis, The Kashaev Equation and Related Recurrences in 2018 under the direction of Sergey Fomin, reached out to let us know he’d be happy to provide advice on the recruiting process for quant jobs for math PhD’s. He’s also happy to provide a reference if anyone is…
Registration for Erdos Institute Programming
Michigan Math is a member of the growing Erdos Institute, an organization created by mathematics professor Roman Holowinsky (OSU) to “help PhDs find the jobs they love and companies find the PhDs they need.” You can register today to learn more. You may have heard “the job market is terrible for math PhDs.” Nothing could…