Recently, I made a post about data scientists, a rising profession. Today, I stumbled across the careers link at Wolfram. They have several featured opportunities (see below for a list of 10). They also have careers in the areas of Educational Outreach, Data Science Development, Product Managaement, Specialized Content Development, Mathematical Algorithm Development, Mathematica Programming, Computational Algorithm Development, etc. Check their website out for more information!
The deadline to apply for funding to an AMS sectional meeting has been extended to November 15.
Make sure you apply. Feel free to post the flyer to the left in your department or share it with your friends.
I enjoy sports. Thus, the intersection of sports and mathematics gives me great enjoyment. Sabermetrics, the application of statistics and other quantitative methods to baseball analysis, was my first introduction to this intersection of sports and mathematics. Sabermetrics has enhanced my learning and knowledge of both baseball and mathematics.
The concept of sabermetrics has also been applied to football. Last year, I began visiting the following website: 
Reading articles that make reference to mathematics and talking to people, I have the impression that mathematics almost entirely is concerned with computation with numbers. I usually find myself in a delicate situation when being asked what kind of topics I study in my math classes, which increasingly are becoming obscure to the uninitiated; the bafflement mixed with some frustration is not hard to see in the face in my interlocutor when I try to explain as simply as I can what these topics are. After a long pause nearing to some awkwardness, with me confronted with passive eyes and a sardonic smile betraying any apparent expression of interest, one response usually is, “Isn’t math about numbers?”. During such time, I figured it might not make too much of a difference to attempt to explain that this is not always the case. Indeed, results from Google Images for “math” tend to suggest to me that this conception of mathematics as being only about numbers is more prevalent than I have thought.
Mass Media Fellowship Opportunity
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| The American Mathematical Society (AMS) will sponsor ten-week fellowships during the summer of 2013 for graduate students in mathematics through the Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program. This fellowship program, provided by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), is designed to increase public understanding of science and technology and enhance coverage of science-related issues in the media.In its 39th year, the Mass Media Fellows Program provides an opportunity for students to work full-time over the summer as reporters, researchers and production assistants in mass media organizations nationwide — including radio and TV stations, newspapers and magazines. In addition to receiving weekly stipends and travel expenses as part of the program, Fellows will gain valuable work experience and sharpen their communication skills as they research, write and report today’s headlines. |
