Careers and Opportunities in Industry for Mathematical Scientists

April 20 - 22, 2015

Content

Overview

Poster:

SW4.20-22.15_poster.pdf

Organizers:

Mark Gockenbach	Michigan Technological University
Thomas Grandine	The Boeing Company
Carlos Tolmasky	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Lalitha Venkataramanan	Schlumberger-Doll Research

General Information

The target audience for this workshop consists of faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students who are interested in exploring careers in and opportunities for collaborating with industry. By bringing together academic faculty, postdocs, and students with industrial mathematicians and human resources personnel, the workshop aims to inform academic representatives about industrial opportunities and prepare junior representatives for careers in industry.

Industrial representatives will share their experiences with faculty about working in and with industry as well as some anecdotes from their work and careers. Postdocs and students will be informed about industry and the skills needed (beyond mathematical prowess) to make one effective in industry. The characteristics of programs that successfully place students in industry will also be discussed.

Industrial and academic participants will all gather for two days; students and postdocs will stay for an additional day to work with human resources personnel for guidance on resume preparation, the interview process, communicating one’s results, and networking. The workshop will address the following topics:

How does a program successfully place students in industry?
What are industry scientists looking for?
What is the hiring process? (Human Resources representatives share their side of the hiring process—resume preparation, interviewing, hiring procedures, etc.)
How do you network and “work your contacts”?
How do recent graduates find careers in industry?
What does it take to create collaborations? (presented by an industry-academic panel)
What is a mathematical entrepreneur?
What are the emerging opportunities? Data science, business analytics, and more.
Learn How to Communicate: Explain a mathematical concept to a non-mathematician; your one-minute elevator pitch; your three-minute pitch describing your research; and conducting mock interviews.

Resume information

The Career Center in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota has helpful information about writing resumes and cover letters. Note that at the bottom of the page, there is specific advice for graduate resumes. Use it!

Acknowledgements

The IMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of Monday's reception and Tuesday's catered lunch: ExxonMobil, Goldman Sachs, VivaQuant, United Technologies Research Center, and W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Schedule

Monday, April 20, 2015

8:00 am - 8:45 am	Registration and Coffee	Keller 3-176
8:45 am - 9:00 am	Welcome	Keller 3-180
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Introduction	Keller 3-180
9:15 am - 9:30 am	The State of the Profession - AMS Numbers Carlos Tolmasky (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Keller 3-180
9:45 am - 10:00 am	Break	Keller 3-176
10:00 am - 11:00 am	2 Case Studies Tuhin Sahai (United Technologies Corporation), Sumanth Swaminathan (W. L. Gore & Associates)	Keller 3-180
11:00 am - 11:15 am	Break	Keller 3-176
11:15 am - 12:15 pm	Panel: Working in Industry Christopher Bemis (Whitebox Advisors), Joseph Kenney (Nevelex Corporation)	Keller 3-180
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm	The INGenIOus Project Paul Zorn (St. Olaf College)	Keller 3-180
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm	Break	Keller 3-176
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Breakout Sessions
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Reception and Networking	Lind 400

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

8:30 am - 9:00 am	Coffee	Keller 3-176
9:00 am - 10:00 am	2 Case Studies Jeremy Brandman (ExxonMobil), Mckay Hyde (Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG)	Keller 3-180
10:00 am - 10:15 am	Break	Keller 3-176
10:15 am - 11:15 am	Panel: Emerging Directions/Entrepreneurship Viktoria Averina (Boston Scientific), Marina Brockway (VivaQuant), James Colliander (University of Toronto), Genetha Gray (Intel Corporation)	Keller 3-180
11:15 am - 11:30 am	Break	Keller 3-176
11:30 am - 12:30 pm	2 Case Studies Viktoria Averina (Boston Scientific), Jeff Sachs (Merck & Co., Inc.)	Keller 3-180
12:30 pm - 12:45 pm	Group Photo
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunch with boxed lunches provided by Common Roots	Lind 400
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Panel: Working in Industry II Patrick Quillen (The MathWorks, Inc.), Jeff Sachs (Merck & Co., Inc.), Lalitha Venkataramanan (Schlumberger-Doll Research)	Keller 3-180
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Break	Keller 3-176
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	2 Case Studies Kristin Brewer (Boeing Commercial Airplane Company), John Hoffman (CyberOptics)	Keller 3-180

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

8:30 am - 9:00 am	Coffee	Keller 3-176
9:00 am - 10:00 am	The Industry Job Search: From Resumes to Offer Negotiation Douglas Huntley (3M), Whitney Moore (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Keller 3-180
10:00 am - 10:15 am	Resume Group Work	Keller 3-180
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Resume Group Work Discussion	Keller 3-180
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Break	Keller 3-176
11:00 am - 11:15 am	Interview Practice	Keller 3-180
11:15 am - 11:45 am	Interview Practice Discussion	Keller 3-180
11:45 am - 12:00 pm	Closing Remarks	Keller 3-180

Participants

Name	Department	Affiliation
Akshay Agrawal	Department of Mathematics	University of Houston
Mohammad Akanda	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	Auburn University
Michael Albright	Department of Physics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Vasilios Alexiades	Department of Mathematics	University of Tennessee
Elie Alhajjar	Department of Mathematics	George Mason University
Robert Arn	Department of Mathematics	Colorado State University
Viktoria Averina	Department of Research	Boston Scientific
Marco Avila Ponce de Leon	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Sergii Babkin	Department of Statistics	Rice University
Minli Bao	Department of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences	The University of Iowa
Greg Bell	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Christopher Bemis		Whitebox Advisors
Nitsan Ben-Gal	Software, Electronics and Mechanical Systems Laboratory	3M
Jesse Berwald	Enterprise Data Analytics & Business Intelligence	Target Corporation
Huybrechts Bindele	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	University of South Alabama
Victoria Blumen	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Olus Boratav	Department of Modeling and Simulation	Corning Incorporated
Jeremy Brandman	Department of Engineering and Computational Physics	ExxonMobil
Kristin Brewer		Boeing Commercial Airplane Company
Marina Brockway		VivaQuant
Greg Buzzard	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Hanqin Cai	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Yiqing Cai	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Sabyasachi Chakraborty	Department of Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Sofya Chepushtanova	Department of Mathematics	Colorado State University
Jin-Hwan Cho		National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS)
Sebastian Cioaba	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Delaware
James Colliander	Department of Mathematics	University of Toronto
Michael Dairyko	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Lisa Davis	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Montana State University
Robert Edman	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota
Xiaobing Feng	Department of Mathematics	University of Tennessee
Whan Ghang		National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS)
Aditi Ghosh	Department of Mathematics	Simon Fraser University
Mark Gockenbach	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Michigan Technological University
Thomas Grandine	Department of Applied Mathematics	The Boeing Company
Genetha Gray		Intel Corporation
Emily Gunawan	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Pierson Guthrey	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Peng He	Department of Mathematics	University of Pittsburgh
Aloysius Helminck	Department of Mathematics	North Carolina State University
John Hoffman		CyberOptics
Peter Howard	Mathematics Department	Texas A & M University
Douglas Huntley	Renewable Energy Division	3M
Mckay Hyde		Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG
Karly Jacobsen	Mathematical Biosciences Institute	The Ohio State University
Dosang Joe	Center for Applications of Mathematical Principles (CAMP)	National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS)
Michele Joyner	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	East Tennessee State University
Wanmo Kang	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Daniel Katz	Department of Mathematics	University of Kansas
Joseph Kenney		Nevelex Corporation
Bethuel Khamala	Department of Computational Science	University of Texas
Erin Kiley	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Eunmi Kim		National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS)
Yeon Eung Kim	Mathematicsf	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Daria Kurzanova	Department of Mathematics	University of Houston
Gerardo Lafferriere	Mathematics and Statistics	Portland State University
Robert Lazar	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Changhee Lee		Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Namyong Lee	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	Minnesota State University
Rachel Levy	Department of Mathematics	Harvey Mudd College
Lizao Li	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Chao Liang	Mathematical Sciences	Michigan Technological University
Josh Lipsmeyer	Department of Mathematics	University of Tennessee
Suhui Liu	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Marcos Lopez	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Cincinnati
Tina Mai	Department of Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Arnaud Marsiglietti	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Marco Martinez	Department of Mathematics	North Central College
Whitney Moore	Career Center for Science and Engineering	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Jeffrey Moulton	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Alice Nadeau	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Pooran Negi	Department of Mathematics	University of Houston
Rachel Neville	Department of Mathematics	Colorado State University
Sarah Orchard	Department of Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Jose Orozco Rodriguez	Department of Research and Development	Vision-Ease Lens
Alexandra Ortan	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Carlos Ortiz Marrero	Department of Mathematics	University of Houston
Francois Alexis Ouegnin	Department of Mathematics	University of Houston
Pawan Patel	Department of Mathematics	Indiana University
Nicholas Payne	Department of Applied Mathematics	Iowa State University
Jeff Poskin	Department of Mathematics	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vincent Quenneville-Bélair	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota
Patrick Quillen		The MathWorks, Inc.
James Rudzinski	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Jeff Sachs	PPDM-QP2	Merck & Co., Inc.
Farrah Sadre-Marandi	Department of Mathematics	Colorado State University
Tuhin Sahai		United Technologies Corporation
Madeline Schrier	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Shu Shen	Department of Statistics	University of Kentucky
Patrick Shipman	Department of Mathematics	Colorado State University
Pankaj Singh	Department of Mathematics	University of Houston
Daniel Spirn	University of Minnesota	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Sumanth Swaminathan	Industrial Products Technology	W. L. Gore & Associates
Kaisa Taipale	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Robert Thompson	Department of Mathematics	Harvey Mudd College
Burt Tilley	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Carlos Tolmasky	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Lalitha Venkataramanan	Department of Math and Modeling	Schlumberger-Doll Research
Ruiyu Yang	Department of Mathematics	Indiana University
Yanfang Yang	Department of Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Zijing Zhang	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	University of Massachusetts
Paul Zorn	Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science	St. Olaf College