Math Research Positions in Ann Arbor

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…

Opportunities to teach in LSA’s Program for Computing in the Arts and Sciences (PCAS)

The director PCAS reached out asking me to advertise some interesting teaching opportunities for Math GSIs at Michigan. They are looking to hire three GSIs for three different new courses in computing in the Arts. This is a unique opportunity to expand your teaching portfolio and teach something different. Details with links to apply below.…

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…

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…

Job opportunity for Math PhDs

Wayne M. Raskind, the director of Director the Institute for Defense Analyses at the Center for Communications Research in Princeton wrote to invite finishing Michigan PhD students, post-docs, and lecturers to apply for a technical editor position for the internal technical papers they produce.  The starting salary would be significantly better than that for a…

Summer Internship Opportunity

Our own Ethan Zell (read his story here) reached out to share that the company where he did his internship, Mined XAI, is hiring an intern again this summer. Here is a cut/paste of the position description: Summer Internship Mined XAI [“mind’s eye”] is machine learning and data analytics company based in Dayton, Ohio.  Our…

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…

Summer teaching opportunity

Innovative Instructional & Public Impact Opportunity  Wolverine Pathways seeks math instructors to design and teach innovative in-person courses to high school seniors from July 10, 2023 – August 4, 2023. The goal is to introduce students to how creative, far-reaching and rich the world of math can be. A few examples of topics a class…