The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MRSI), in Berkeley California, is one of the nation’s most influential research centers for mathematics. They offer many research programs and workshops through the year, some of which are targeted specifically at PhD students. Our department is a “member” department, so these programs are open to our students, and some…
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Invitation to Industry continues Monday March 22
The Invitations to Industry seminar series continues this Monday, March 22nd at 6pm ET with Sam Shideler, Data Scientist at NORAD & US Northern Command! Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/6147327341 Sam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelshideler/ NORAD & US Northern Command: https://www.northcom.mil/Home_bak/ Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/6147327341
Invitations to Industry continues Thursday
The Invitations to Industry seminar series continues this Thursday, February 25th at 6pm ET with Amar Drawid, Global Head of Data Science & Infrastructure at Novartis! Amar has had a fascinating career! He’s on the 2021 Global Pharmaceutical Executives List” by CDO Magazine and is recognized among “Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics.” His story is broadly applicable to STEM PhDs, including…
Invitations to Industry for Math PhDs
Welcome to the Spring 2021 Invitations to Industry Seminar Series at the Erdős Institute! We hope that you will find these talks useful as you explore the various types of career opportunities that may be of interest to you. For our first talk this semester, Thursday January 28th at 6pm ET, we are pleased to welcome Lenny Teytelman, Scientist,…
Sign up for the Erdos Institute’s list-serv
Stressed about finding employment in these pandemic times? Interesting in learning more about the exciting and highly paid jobs for mathematicians? Just want to hear about options for Math PhDs who graduated from a program like ours a few years ago. Sign up for the Erdos Institute‘s Invitation to Industry list-serv here. And it’s not…
Erdos Institute Data Science Boot Camp for PhDs and PhD students
We’re happy to announce the Erdős Institute’s Cőde 2021 Data Science Boot Camp! We’ll be covering a wide array of topics that are fundamental in the current data science landscape. For a full overview see the Topics section at the web link below. You will also find information on our previous boot camps at that link. Our…
Careers in sports for Math PhDs
The Invitations to Industry seminar series continues this Monday November 23rd at 5pm ET with Math PhD Max Ehrman, Analyst at Washington Nationals! Please join our seminar to learn about the wide range of fascinating careers for mathematicians. Max: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-ehrman-930126147/ Washington Nationals : https://www.mlb.com/nationals Zoom link: https://osu.zoom.us/my/erdosinstitute?pwd=R3h1OUoyQ1hya3dEZE9lVVZtNDQzdz09
Jane Street Recruiting Symposium for Math PhDs and students
Kristen Chang at Jane Street , a proprietary trading firm, reached out to invite YOU, Michigan-affiliated PhD Mathematician (or soon to be PhD mathematician), to a Symposium designed to show you some of the interesting math being done at Jane Street and inform you about careers available to Math PhDs with the firm. They are…
Invitations to Industry: SIG on Monday
Susquehanna International Group (“SIG”) is again recruiting top Math PhDs to work in quantitative research at their proprietary trading firm in Philly. Among recent UM graduates working (or soon to be working) there are Chris Hammond(UM PhD 2009) and Mark Greenfield(UM PhD 2021, expected). Please come check out what it might be like to…
Invitations to Industry Monday
Ian Levitt, mathematician at NASA Zoom link About: Ian Levitt began his career in 1993, as a high school intern in a computer science laboratory at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) just outside Atlantic City, NJ. That fortunate early experience set him on a path through multiple areas of…