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…
Category: Internships
Michigan Math Graduate Students are encouraged to explore internships and the opportunities in the summer. It’s always a good idea to discuss plans well in advance with your advisors.
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…
Why I landed an industry job
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…
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…
Local Company Hiring PhD mathematicians
Bill Correll (PhD 2002) wrote to let you know his company, Maxar, is looking to hire several high level math types right here in their Ypsilanti office. There are several openings, including for research statistician, software engineer, and more. Check it out the full list of openings here. Bill’s thesis, “On the Invariant Factors and…
Invitations to Entrepreneurship for Math PhDs
Don’t miss Michigan alumna Olivia Walch (UM AIM PhD 2016) in our first Invitation to Entrepreneurship talk! Olivia is CEO of her own company, Arcascope, that markets an App that uses mathematics to help people sleep better. Invitations to Entrepreneurship is a new offering of the Erdos Institute, building on the successes of our Invitations…
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…
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
Jane Street recruiting Math PhDs
UM Math PhD Rafe Kinsey (2014, advisor Sijue Wu) wrote to me looking to hire YOU, a finishing PhD student or post-doc, for a “hybrid” position with his group at Jane Street. While Jane Street is a research-heavy quant firm in NYC, “hybrid” means you’d be part of a team straddling the business and the…
Invitations to Industry TONIGHT
Stressed about the job market? Don’t be! There continue to be lots of good jobs for PhD mathematicians. Learn more at tonight’s Invitation to Industry Seminar 6pm. Details below Camelia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camelia-pop-44a9a625/ Edgestream Partners: https://www.edgestreamlp.com/ Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/6142856354