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!
Category: Job Search and Career Development
Check out some of the many opportunities for math graduate students and alumni to find interesting work and career development opportunities, both locally here at UM and around the globe.
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…
Interesting GSI positions!
The computer science department may be looking to hire math graduate students for EECS 376 (Theory of Computer Science) and EECS 445 (Machine Learning) for the Winter 2019 semester. These are highly mathematical courses, which would give a great opportunity to learn new things, make new contacts and get a broader range of teaching experience.…
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…
Opportunities at Boeing
Dear graduate students and postdocs, I graduated from University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics in 2015. After a postdoc at the University of Minnesota, I am now working as an Applied Mathematician at Boeing in Huntsville, AL. The work here involves a mix of mathematics and computer programming, and it…