Folks at Jane Street wrote to me excited to announce their inaugural Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship! This is for PhD students who will be in their 2nd-6th year of study in mathematics, computer science, or statistics in the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications are currently open and are evaluated on a rolling basis. International students…
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Career opportunities for Math PhDs
Please join us next Friday, September 23 at 4 pm in 1372 East Hall, with refreshments following at 5pm in the lower atrium to learn about some careers in national defense for mathematics PhD. All math graduate students and post-docs are encouraged to come learn about opportunities for themselves and/or students. Though the discussion will…
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 Six Technologies on machine learning cyber security and other exciting topics, after finishing his PhD…
Interested in Teaching in the CS department?
You may be aware that there is a national shortage of computer science professors and lecturers. This means opportunities for YOU, Math PhD looking for work, especially if you love teaching and want to stay in Ann Arbor. The chair of the hiring committee for the CSE department here at Michigan asked me to help…
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…
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…
5 reasons I chose an industry career over an academic one
By Gilad Pagi, UM Math PhD 2018 Google Senior Software Engineer, Los Angelos 1. Geographical Flexibility: industry jobs are everywhere and usually do not require your predecessor to leave/transfer/retire. 2. Self Funded: True research industry positions are not abundant, but once you land one, your research is going to be funded by your employer, as opposed to an external…
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
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…
ICERM adds post-doc positions for pandemic
Some good news for folks looking for an academic post-doctoral position: ICERM has announced some additional post-doc positions intended to mitigate the loss of entry-level positions for mathematical scientists starting fall 2021. The Simons Foundation has provided funding for three Simons Bridge postdoc positions open to new PhD’s in any branch of the mathematical sciences. ICERM will…