Erdos Institute
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, […]
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 […]
UM Math PhD team takes first prize in Erdos Competition
Big congrats to Math PhD students Anna Brosowski, Sayantan Khan, Nancy Wang, Ethan Zell and Yili Zhang—otherwise known as Team Supermassive Blackhole—who took first place in the Erdös Institute‘s most recent Data Science bootcamp competition! Their project, titled Movie Finder, […]
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 […]
Academia to Tech: Advice from Luis Serrano
Luis Serrano (UM Math PhD 2010) offered insight and advice to fellow travelers considering a career change from academia to tech. Luis is currently a Quantum Artificial Intelligence Research Scientist at Zapata Computing, a Boston company offering positions and internships […]
Last day to register for Erdos institute Boot Camp
Last chance to sign up is today! This free program has been invaluable for PhD mathematicians seeking seeking employment in industry. Please fill out our application form on our website by the end of the day today. We’ll be reviewing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
