Questions tagged [career]
For questions about careers and jobs in mathematics (inside and outside academia)
177
questions
3
votes
0
answers
2k
views
Advice on giving a good job talk [closed]
Dear Mathforum,
I am giving a job talk in the next couple of weeks and I am still struggling
to come up with a suitable talk.
I graduated in september of 2010 and so I have been a post doc for a ...
- 31
3
votes
0
answers
442
views
Website for temporary instructor/lecturer positions [closed]
Is there any website for temporary instructor/lecturer positions in mathematics? Or do we have to check school's websites one by one?
- 1,499
2
votes
3
answers
2k
views
What kind of jobs are available for a quantum logician?
What kind of jobs are there for someone with a strong, research-level theoretical background in the topic? I'm especially interested in the industry rather than academic jobs.
- 505
2
votes
0
answers
339
views
How to handle a research identity crisis
I have studied applied math and got a PhD (3yrs) in that field with applications in fluid dynamics. Then in my first postdoc (1.5yrs) I did again a postdoc in applied math but studied applications in ...
- 31
2
votes
0
answers
523
views
How practical is it to change research areas within math after a PhD? [closed]
The title says most of it really. How constrained are you in an academic career based on the topic of your PhD thesis? Is it plausible for someome to be researching in an area of math vastly different ...
- 37
2
votes
0
answers
379
views
Does research-oriented position requires good teaching experience [closed]
I am wondering if the research-oriented position still requires good teaching experience, for example, is it 1 year teaching experience OK? Or not OK?I understand there is probably no absolute ...
- 29
2
votes
0
answers
956
views
What happened to Clay Liftoff? [closed]
I noticed the other day that the Clay Liftoff program has been suspended. You can see this at http://www.claymath.org/fas/liftoff/. It also appears that there were fewer Fellows this year then in past ...
- 31
1
vote
2
answers
388
views
Are there grants supporting sabbatical year in US? [closed]
I am a tenured mathematician at a university outside of the US. I would be interested to spend my sabbatical year in one of the US universities.
Are there grants I can apply to partially support my ...
1
vote
1
answer
544
views
I want to enter graduate school in pure math. Is doing REU in “mathematical modeling” a good idea? Is it an essential skill to learn?
(please let me know if this question is not suitable here)
Hello! I'm an undergraduate rising senior majoring in mathematics and it seems that I got rejected by an REU that is held in my university ...
- 129
1
vote
1
answer
238
views
Can NSF Broader Impact be an unrelated volunteer activity? [closed]
I’m a graduate student preparing to apply for an NSF fellowship and I volunteer a few hours a week working on what I think is a pretty important cause. It has nothing to do with my research or science ...
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
782
views
What qualities and achievements can outweigh bad grades? [closed]
I will try to formulate my question so that the answer is not opinion-based.
My question: Considering a undergraduate math student planning to pursue a PhD program, what qualities and achievements can ...
user173409
1
vote
0
answers
191
views
Doubts related Shifting from Pure to Applied math [closed]
I am a second year (Pure) Math and (Theoretical) Physics undergraduate in India. I want to do a masters in Applied/Computational Science or Math, for which I have apply after next 7 months.
I have ...
- 127
1
vote
0
answers
278
views
Is it possible to pursue a career in mathematics only working within a small subset of the subject? [closed]
This is a bit of a meta question I guess but I was wondering to what extent does a career mathematician need to use multiple areas of math in their profession?
Example, is it possible to exclusively ...
1
vote
0
answers
1k
views
going from one subject in PhD to another in Postdoc. [closed]
Hi, my question is:
Is it acceptable to do a PhD in mathematics in a topic such as Number Theory and or Analysis and change subjects in postdoc to something different than these topics such as ...
- 1,524
1
vote
0
answers
674
views
Job applications: how important is it for letters of recommendation to be on letterhead? [closed]
Hello,
The context for this question: for liberal arts colleges, one of my letter writers is a fifth-grade teacher that I spent a year teaching with. She has written her letter, but is having ...
- 11
0
votes
1
answer
660
views
Advice for PhD in Algebra [closed]
I hope that this question is okay to post here.
I'm in my final year of my master's degree in Sweden, and I'm starting to feel that some doors are closing in regards to applying for a postgraduate ...
0
votes
1
answer
672
views
Applying Phd directly after undergraduate [closed]
I'm a math undergraduate and I'm about to finish my second year at UCL. It's time to consider my graduate school, and I have some questions about it. In the UK, many universities provide math PhD ...
- 33
0
votes
1
answer
577
views
Will this be a case of self plagiarism or will it annoy the referee? [closed]
About 2 months ago, I uploaded a fairly long paper (P1) to arXiv and it is currently under review.
Now, I am writing a second paper (P2) on a somewhat different topic. But quite unexpectedly, it ...
0
votes
1
answer
749
views
Is it all right to invite a professor to cowrite a paper
I managed to improve the techniques of a year-old paper to get a significantly stronger result. I used original ideas, but a large part relies upon results of the original paper. (to the point that ...
0
votes
1
answer
274
views
What will stand in for the JMM Employment Center this year?
The Joint Mathematics Meetings will be virtual this year, and there is no indication of there being an Employment Center (virtual or otherwise). What is the story with the Employment Center? Will it ...
0
votes
1
answer
314
views
Are there any informal rules to follow before submitting a paper? [closed]
EDIT Possibly my question might sound strange, sorry about that. I got a PhD in another country years ago. Recently I moved to the US and have a tenured position. Assume I wrote a paper and want to ...
0
votes
1
answer
261
views
Thematic programs for collaborative research (similar to the one in Bonn) [closed]
The Hausdorff Institute in Bonn periodically organizes thematic junior trimester programs, which "give young mathematicians (postdocs, junior faculty) the opportunity to carry out collaborative ...
0
votes
1
answer
323
views
Computational Algebra and Symbolic Computation - Where? [closed]
Following the line of this question, I'm in my last year of M.Sc., and I'm looking for a place where I can start my PHD. Since that question has been asked 4 years ago, I thought it may be wise to ask ...
- 201
-1
votes
1
answer
995
views
Publication Of 50 pages [closed]
Does anyone know of a research journal in mathematics that is willing to publish 50 pages of peer-review research? I would like to submit research that explores how to develop predicate models for ...
-4
votes
1
answer
433
views
Amount of mathematical knowledge required for starting Ph.D. in pure mathematics [closed]
How much mathematics should one know before starting a Ph.D. program in pure mathematics? For example what topics one must understand well to pursue a Ph.D. in US University in Number Theory (...
- 230
-4
votes
1
answer
219
views
Does one need an external, peer-reviewed grant to become tenured faculty in this field? [closed]
As a secondary question, how important is it to be awarded grants to remain employed as a PhD mathematician at an academic research institution? Is it common or uncommon for PhD mathematicians to have ...
- 7
-5
votes
1
answer
467
views
How much would a mathematician cost? [closed]
Recently our department lost one of the best professors who was attracted by a better University. If we were a football club, and he were a leading player, we would receive many millions of ...