Don’t miss Junior Colloquium TODAY, Friday November 1 at 4 pm, EH 3088. Today’s event features Professor Ralf Spatzier telling us about his work on Rigidity in Geometry and Dynamics in our “Research at Michigan” series. All graduate students, post-docs and faculty are encouraged to attend, but the series is specifically aimed at beginning PhD…
Category: Mentoring
New Post-doc-Grad-student mentoring program
The Graduate Student Advisory Board has developed a new program in which senior PhD candidates in Math and AIM will be paired with a volunteering Michigan post-doc for informal advice and interaction. Please read the message below from some Board representatives and think about getting involved. Hi All, In an effort to increase interaction between…
Welcome to New Post-docs
Our new post-docs have arrived! Michigan Math has a rich post-doctoral program with over sixty post-doctoral scholars in our department every semester in just about every possible area of mathematics. This is one of the best features of our grad programs: the post-docs are typically only a few years older than our PhD students, so…
Upcoming AWM Events
QR Study Party Wednesday, 8/28at 5-7pm, room 3088 If you are studying for a QR exam, come study with other people! If you have already passed the QR exams, come share your knowledge/tips/encouragement! Snacks will be provided by AWM. This event is open to grad students of all genders in both pure and applied…
Dissertation Writing Groups
If you are at the writing stage of your dissertation and struggling with writers block or just want to make some new friends who will support you through the writing process, consider signing up for a “Dissertation Writing Group” this fall. You can also serve as a paid “group leader” for such a writing group.…
Navigating Difficult Conversations
Rackham is there to help you! This Thursday, our Rackham Dean for Science, Valeria Bertacco is inviting you to an interactive workshop for graduate students and post-docs on “Navigating Difficult Conversations“ which you may find useful (details below). Even if you are not currently struggling with some difficult topic you want to discuss with, say,…
Want to teach math to kids in Harlem this summer?
BEAM (Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics) is an enrichment program for kids in New York and LA. They are still hiring teachers for their West Harlem campus to teach Math Team Strategies or Applied Math this summer. You’d be committing to 2-3 hours/day for 5 weeks and you’d be supporting some incredible students! If you’re…
Yale Machine Learning Lab seeks Math PhDs for post-doc position
Smita Krishnaswamy, a UM PhD graduate in CSE, is hiring post-docs and researchers for her lab at Yale, joint with Genetics and Computer Science. She is especially targeting Math PhDs, among others. Her message below: The Krishnaswamy Laboratory at Yale University is recruiting senior scientist / postdoctoral researchers with a background in machine learning, deep learning,…
Panel Discussion on Funding for Graduate Students
For the final Junior Colloquium of the year, Friday April 19, the Student Advisory Board, led by Francesca Gandini, will host a panel discussion featuring current students who have been successful taking advantage of the myriad opportunities to apply for funding both inside and outside the University. As usual, Room 3088 East Hall at 4 pm.…
Math PhDs wanted: look for Malicious Botnets
Michigan Math Alum Hunter Brooks (PhD 2013, supervised by Kartik Prasanna) wrote to let us know that his company, a subsidiary of Oracle called Moat, will be hiring Math PhDs. They are based in Manhattan, NYC. You could get involved in mining ad data to look for evidence of malicious botnets. Here is an example…