Interesting in Machine Learning? Whether for future employment, for helping your own students, or just for interest, it is worth checking out this Free Neural Networks Course offered by Udacity. The course is developed by Facebook, and two of the five instructors are Michigan math graduate Alumni. Enrollment period is limited so act now!
Category: Careers
Data Science and AI Careers
The explosion of Big Data means tremendous opportunities for math PhDs. Many alums from the past decade are enjoying lucrative and rewarding careers in various aspects of data science and machine learning, from fighting credit card fraud for Chase Manhattan to computer vision at Amazon to handling logistics for small businesses. The severe shortage of “deep analytical talent”…
Math Careers at Boeing
Boeing is recruiting hard for Math PhDs. I have gotten emails and letters asking me to put them in touch with those of you who might be interested in learning more. They also sent me a Quarterly Magazine they publish which includes some information about some of the math they do. Check it out!
Junior Colloquium: Michael Von Korff
Our November 16 Junior Colloquium Speaker will be Michael Von Korff. Michael graduated in 2012 with a thesis in commutative algebra, directed by Karen Smith (me!). Michael worked for several years an education start-up called Reasoning Mind based in Houston but recently relocated to a Boston-based ed-tech job at Curriculum Associates. Come hear about his…
Robin Lassonde’s visit
Robin Lassonde spoke in the Junior Colloquium Monday October 29 about some of the mathematics behind her work at Google, namely the “Iterative Proportional Fitting” algorithm. We packed the room, in a very special and professional-looking seminar room on the Psych-side. Robin is a 2012 PhD from our department; her thesis in geometric group theory…
Tenure Track Job in Twin Cities
Dear Dr Smith, I am writing to draw your attention to the fact that we have two tenure-track job openings at Macalester College, one in Analysis and one in Applied Math. I am hoping that you can share this posting with current and former PhD students and post-docs at Michigan who you think might be…
Career Fair
The Math Department hosts an annual Career Fair in November in the Mathematics Atrium, East Hall. AIM and Math PhD students can come meet folks and learn about careers in math whether or not you are actively looking for a job. The information will also help you advise your undergraduate students better, most of whom…
MIDAS Symposium on Big Data
The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) warmly invites all of us mathematicians to attend the 2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium, titled “Serving Society through Data Science,” to be held October 8-9 at the Rackham Building. The lineup of speakers has been set, and we are excited to bring several preeminent data scientists to Ann Arbor.…
Opportunities at Google
Brandon Carter, UM Math Phd 2018, wrote to tell me how much he likes his job at Google in cyber security. He reached out to tell us about potential opportunities at Google for current and/or former grad students. Google is actively looking to hire people in a number of different areas he says are suited…