We are happy to offer a few Michigan Math PhD students and post-docs the opportunity to participate in the Erdos Institute’s Data Science Bootcamps, designed in collaboration with industry partners to quickly train Math PhDs for data science careers in industry and meet many others who have made the transition, including recruiters from companies currently…
Category: Post-docs
Research Post-doc at KTH
An innovative research post-doc position at the Brummer & Partners Math Data Lab in the Math department at the KTH institute of Mathematics in Stockholm was just posted. Quoting: “The post-doctoral positions at the Math Data Lab aims at conducting research in mathematics (e.g. topology, analysis, combinatorics, etc) or applied mathematics (mathematical statistics, numerical analysis,…
Two Math Conferences this weekend in Ann Arbor!
So much research activity! Come check out the two conferences being held in our department this weekend October 18, 19, 20! Both run mostly Saturday, although some special talks for students will run Friday in the “Facets of Algebraic Geometry” conference. Click links for details. Midwest Homotopy Type Theory (opening talk: current UM PhD student…
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…
Research Postdocs at Los Alamos National Lab
If research is your true love, consider seeking work in a national lab! Los Alamos is in “aggressive hiring mode,” to quote one of their recruiters. Come learn more about these kinds of positions at an informational session about LANL. Dr. Mark Schraad, Division Leader of the Computational Physics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory…
Applying for Post-doc positions?
Post-doctoral positions at Universities are one of the most popular first jobs for Michigan Math PhD students. A research-focused post-doc is essential if your long term goal is a professorship at a PhD granting institution. But more generally, a post-doc can be a great experience, allowing you to spend a few more years doing self-directed…
More Opportunities in Data for Mathematicians
Michael Li, founder of the Data Incubator, wrote to us to advertise their intensive 8 week fellowships designed to graduate students and post-docs into data scientists to meet the overwhelming demand for high powered analytical thinkers created by the Data revolution. His message is posted below. Note also that Michigan Math and Physics PhD students…
Invitations to Industry
Our first Invitations to Industry talk will be this Friday, September 20 from 4-5 in Room 1068 East Hall. This exciting seminar series is directed at PhD students and post-docs in math and physics. Recent Michigan alums return to tell us about the jobs they love in industry and some of the opportunities that await…
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…