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…
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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…
A PhD Student’s Perspective on landing an industry position
Yuxin Wang (UM Math PhD 2021) wrote to share her perspective and process on finding a rewarding career after graduation. Yuxin’s advisor was Sijue Wu. Yuxin’s words: My PhD Student Perspective: landing an industry position The purpose of this narrative is to provide a data point about career choices outside of academia. In particular, it…
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…
Erdos Institute Data Science Boot Camp for PhDs and PhD students
We’re happy to announce the Erdős Institute’s Cőde 2021 Data Science Boot Camp! We’ll be covering a wide array of topics that are fundamental in the current data science landscape. For a full overview see the Topics section at the web link below. You will also find information on our previous boot camps at that link. Our…
Tenure Track Openings in South Texas
Cristina Villalobos, Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, wrote to me to help recruit you to three tenure track positions at her department. UTRGV is a Hispanic Serving Institution located in the Rio Grande Valley, in the southern tip of Texas close to…
Opportunity to Serve as tutor for kids in need
The founder of Mastery Hour, a new non-profit project which provides free math tutoring to K-12th grade children via zoom, wrote to me looking for volunteer tutors. They work with Title I schools to provide tutoring in English and Spanish. They need more student volunteers to help meet the needs of the millions of families…
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…
Exciting Internship Opportunity for Math grad students and post-docs
Rick Laugerson (former UM Math Department post-doc and Professor at UIUC) wrote to me to encourage Michigan peeps and Michigan Alumi to apply to academic-industry partnered internships that have IMMEDIATE OPENINGS. These are both full time positions as Project Developers, one in Champaign-Urbana and one at Johns Hopkins (both currently remote for pandemic). These are…
Two Six Labs is hiring Math PhDs
Alexander Zaitzeff (UM Math PhD 2020) reached out to let me know that his workplace, Two Six Labs, is hiring this year, and he’s happy to talk to any Michigan Math graduates interested in learning more about Two Six Labs. Alexander says he’s enjoyed being a senior research scientist at Two Six so far, where he’s designed…