Sarah Kitchen, Deputy Director of the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), reached out to let me know that MTRI has positions for Math (or Stats) PhDs open now. Sarah was an arithmetic geometer and Michigan Math postdoc who transitioned to be an industry research applied mathematician here in Ann Arbor at MTRI. These positions are…
Category: Careers
Thoughts from UM Math PhD Roman Gayduk
Roman Gayduk, 2017 PhD, reached out with an interesting update. After finishing his degree, Roman worked as a Quant for five years, but is now transitioning to a career in Psychotherapy. He’s shared some thoughts on the PhD process and careers in his blog, How I see It. I found Roman’s personal perspective and thoughts…
Opportunity for Data Science Training for Women
Jane Street Dinner
The famous trading firm Jane Street is inviting YOU, Michigan Mathematics Student, to their Jane Street Dinner in Ann Arbor on Thursday, March 16th. They love Math PhDs, but have also hired our honors undergraduates…this is not just for people specializing in “financial math”–you don’t need experience in finance to work at Jane Street. They…
NSF Math Sciences Internship for Doctoral Students
Apply Today! https://zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/NSF-MSGI-2023 Application and Recommendation Deadline: January 30, 2023, 8:00 AM EST February 6, 2023, 8:00 AM EST (recommendations) The National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship (MSGI) Program provides opportunities for mathematical sciences doctoral students to participate in internships at federal national laboratories and research facilities. What will I be doing? The NSF Mathematical…
Erdos Institute Final Project Showcase
The University of Michigan Math department is an academic member of the Erdos Institute, an organization founded by OSU math professor Roman Holowinsky to help “PhDs get the jobs they love and companies get the PhDs they need.” Each semester, the Erdos Institute hosts a data science boot camp where hundreds of PhD students gain…
Preparing for a career outside the academy
In Ethan’s words… Maybe your interest in a life outside the academy started like mine. I love doing math research—really, I do. Learning from and working with my research advisor has taught me to approach problems carefully and with different strategies—most of these strategies fail, but in math only one has to work. Sure research…
Erdos Institute Spring Cohort forming
Olivia Haimerl, Community Manager for the Erdos Institute, would like me to post the following message to the UM community (Graduate students, post-docs, and alumni of both) about the various opportunities for non-academic career exploration and training for Math PhDs they are offering this spring. Check out her detailed message below the poster! Hi everyone!…
UM CS department looking to hire math PhDs to teaching faculty positions
You may be aware that there is a national shortage of faculty in Computer Science. This is true here at Michigan, where CSE administrators regularly reach out to hire our post-docs and PhD students. Many courses offered are highly mathematical, including “Discrete Math” (EECS 203), “Theory of Computer Science” (EECS 376–binary, etc), “Intro to cryptography”…
Jane Street Grad Fellowship
Folks at Jane Street wrote to me excited to announce their inaugural Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship! This is for PhD students who will be in their 2nd-6th year of study in mathematics, computer science, or statistics in the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications are currently open and are evaluated on a rolling basis. International students…