2013 PRiME: Purdue Research in Mathematics Experience

Dr. Martin let us know of a late breaking summer research experience.  Purdue University will be hosting an REU this summer called PRiME (Purdue* Research in Mathematics Experience).  It will be a group of 6-8 students lead by Dr. Edray Goins.  The group will work on problems in number theory.  For all the details, you can go to the PRiME website.  The main thing to know is that the application deadline is

this Friday, April 26th!

Another Prime research group working to solve hard problems!

* It’s a good thing it’s not at Clemson, Georgia, Kansas!

Summer Research in Denton

The fine folks at UNT in Denton, TX have a summer research program for undergraduates.  They just let us know that they especially interested applications from OU students and other non-UNT students.

Applicants selected to participate will receive a stipend of up to $2,000 in addition to valuable hands-on mathematics research experience under the supervision of a UNT Department of Mathematics faculty mentor.

Following is the link to the dedicated webpage for the program which provides information about this year’s faculty mentors and research opportunities as well as a link to downloadable .pdf for the attached flier  http://math.unt.edu/2013-rtg-sums

The application form has not yet been finalized and posted, but is expected to be available online soon.  In light of the fact that this year’s deadline is particularly tight, there is an deadline for non-UNT Denton students has been extended to 5 PM, Monday, April 15, for non-UNT Denton students, but interested students are encouraged to submit their applications as early as possible.

If you happen to live in the DFW area, this is a great opportunity for an interesting summer research experience right at home.  Check it out!

Summer Internship in Norman!

Adrienne Jablonski let us know that PCI here in Norman is very keen on hiring some math students to be summer internships.  The information is below, or you can contact Adrienne for further information.  She can also help you get your resume, etc. in good shape.

The PCI College Internship Program is a structured, supervised, short- term opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to perform tasks that build on classroom theories to make real decisions and gain relevant work experience. The typical internship at PCI lasts one semester, with Interns typically working up to 20 hours per week during the Fall or Spring semester and up to 40 hours per week during the Summer semester. Participating students are paid and may also receive academic credit from their university.
To be considered for the Internship Program at PCI, applicants must have completed a minimum of 90 credit hours with a grade point of 3.5 or above. Work will be performed at the PCI Corporate office at 301 David L. Boren Boulevard, Suite 2000, Norman, OK. There is a CART bus stop at the PCI Norman office as well as free parking.
Interested students may apply at – www.powercosts.com/pci-internships

A few of our Summer projects include, but are not limited to:

• Business Analyst-Intern in Market Systems communicating with product owners, quality assurance and delivery teams to focus on developing a baseline regression test plan and test case suite for the quality assurance of an emerging product line.
•  Technical Writer-Intern focusing on PCI’s Data Warehouse product combining information from multiple sources, including SME interviews and software analysis, to provide a description of data movement between software systems.
• Business Analyst-Intern in Market Systems working with PCI’s Deal Management team to produce documentation and other training material for different Deal Management software modules.

Internships!

Now is the time of year when you should be figuring out what you’re doing next.  Adrienne Jablonski has let us know of internships for math folks.

One is at Friend of the Math Club, MSCI:

“Operations Analyst – Custodian Operations (Seasonal)”

*Norman, OK.

 

ABOUT MSCI Inc. (www.msci.com)

 

MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to investors globally, including asset managers, banks, hedge funds and pension funds. MSCI products and services include indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics, and governance tools.

The company’s flagship product offerings are: the MSCI indices which include over 120,000 daily indices covering more than 70 countries; Barra portfolio risk and performance analytics covering global equity and fixed income markets; RiskMetrics market and credit risk analytics; ISS out-sourced proxy research, voting and vote reporting services; CFRA forensic accounting risk research, legal/regulatory risk assessment, and due-diligence; and FEA valuation models and risk management software for the energy and commodities markets. MSCI is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial offices around the world.

For further information on MSCI, please visit our web site at www.msci.com

 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

We are currently seeking a Temporary Custodian Operations Analyst professional to join our Governance Organization in Normal, Oklahoma for a period of 6 to 7 months.

Responsibilities:

For more information about careers with Argo, go here.

 

• Monitor the processes by which information and data are added to or exported from production systems through electronic data feeds and other media.
• Maintain data to ensure quality of mission critical information using both proprietary applications and commonly used business software applications.
• Monitor key performance indicators to ensure the integrity of assigned data management areas.
• Work with account managers and client on boarding to ensure that required client data is received in a timely and high quality manner.
• Ensure comprehensive audit trails are in place for data that is received from or sent to production systems.
• Monitor quality control metrics to identify potential data issues and taking ownership of resolution for all issues that are identified.
• Support development of training documentation and systems to support growing team

In addition to the above team responsibilities, the following activities are representative of the Temporary Custodian Operations Analyst functions:

• Procure and process custodian account information to meet desired turn-around goals
• Develop and refine relationship with Custodian banks
• Single POC for all assigned custodian specific inquiries
• Responsible for operations specific Key Performance Indicators
• Timely resolution of workflow related processes and internal questions
• Perform Quality Assurance activities to ensure proper execution of assigned tasks
• Coordinate with account managers to resolve issue identified during Master Account List review cycles
• Additional duties as assigned by manager

 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Excellent oral and written communications
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills
• Team player and an excellent relationship builder
• Demonstrated analytical skills with strong attention to detail
• Innovative, motivated, client-oriented and commercially-aware thinker
• Absolute personal and business integrity

We value quality, elegant implementation, teamwork, and especially product delivery. If you enjoy a high-energy, friendly and fun work environment, this is the place.

And the other is at Argo (not Argo):

Title Internship – Analytical Sciences Developer
Location/Division Richardson, TX
Job Description BASIC FUNCTION OF JOB
An ASG Developer implements mathematical models. This activity entails software design, development, testing, documentation, maintenance, evolution, and innovation. ASG Developers leverage a combination of mathematical skills and software development skills to produce innovative, enterprise-level analytical software.

WORK PERFORMED
Assist with the development of ARGO’s state of the art business applications. Responsibilities include testing, documenting and some programming of ARGO’s business solutions or productivity tools. Participate in full system life cycle of application functionalities that are vital to the automation of financial institution business processes.

• Work across departments to understand and document requirements
• Create design documents for new and existing development
• Ensure assigned functionality adheres to performance and development standards
• Prepare conceptual, detail and technical design documentation
• Quickly identify issues and provide resolutions
• Use quality assurance procedures to report defects and propose enhancements
• Develop leadership skills through accountability and team dynamics
• Work with teammates to achieve the highest quality, industry leading products

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio, object oriented programming, unit testing, automation testing, and software reengineering is a plus.
• Experience with some of the technology stacks below:
• C, C++
• Lua
• C#, .Net
• Java
• R
• Able to produce and interpret design specifications and technical documentation.
• Able to work in a team environment.
• Must have effective written and verbal business communication skills.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree plan in Computer Science (CS), Software Engineering (SE), or Mathematics.
Minimum GPA of 3.0 in core classes.

Employer seeks only applicants legally authorized to work in the U.S. and will not sponsor visa matters

ARGO is the leading software provider of solutions for the financial services industry. Today, our customers come from all parts of the financial services world—from the nation’s largest banks to community-centered credit originators and processors. Over 40 of the nation’s top financial institutions use ARGO solutions to process more than 65 million transactions in 35,000 financial centers each day. Financial institutions depend on ARGO because we innovate at the crossroads of real customer problems and breakthrough technology. Come join ARGO and let your ingenious ideas be heard. We are looking for creative problem solvers with a passion for innovation to join our team and revolutionize the way the financial institutions do business.

For more about careers with Argo, go here.

Week of REUs, Day V

And last (but far from least!), the National Science Foundation’s uber list of all NSF funded REUs!

Week of REUs, Day IV

NSF REU Summer Program
Software Safety: Methodology, Practice and Research
May 28 – August 2, 2013
http://paris.utdallas.edu/reu
Application deadline: Friday March 15, 2013

DETAILS:

The Computer Science Department at the University of Texas at Dallas will conduct a ten-week summer research program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for ten undergraduates from May 28 to August 2, 2013. The focus is on “software safety,” however, the technology and skills learned by the students have general applicability to research and practice in their future studies. We provide a close collaboration with our industry partners. In addition to work on assigned research projects at UTD, field trips to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, and EDS/HP
will be arranged to help the students better understand how
software safety is adopted in practice for real-life applications. This also gives students a chance to directly communicate with practitioners to receive a first-hand account of the work environments and lifestyles in the industry. We also host special workshops on technical writing and oral presentation to improve students’ proficiency in preparing and delivering technical reports.

A highlight which provides an overview of our program including research projects, lectures, and field trips is available at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kRIUNotUdQ

In addition, videos (along with PowerPoint slide shows) for
students’ project presentations as well as lectures on software safety and technical writing are also posted:

http://paris.utdallas.edu/reu/Video.html

Eligible applicants are those who have an interest in pursuing a graduate education, are currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate institution, and are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Incoming seniors will be given preference, but sophomores and juniors with strong academic records will also be considered.

Special welcome is extended to students from underrepresented groups (women, minorities, and persons with disabilities) and academic institutions with limited research opportunities.

Selected participants will receive a scholarship to conduct
research with a faculty member in the Computer Science Department at UTD.

Included will be a $5,000 stipend ($500/week) and a travel
reimbursement for those from outside the Dallas metro area.

We also provide housing on campus free to the REU students.

Week of REUs, Day III

MAXIMA Summer REU in Interdisciplinary Mathematics

The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) and the Macalester College Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science announce a six-week (June 10 – July 19, 2013) REU in applied mathematics. The program will be hosted at the IMA facilities at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota (UMN).

Students will work on open research problems posed by UMN researchers in computer science and engineering. Research teams will be advised by Macalester and University of St. Thomas faculty. Students will also collaborate with IMA postdoctoral fellows. Topics for summer 2013 are drawn from compressed sensing, image recognition, and robotics. The various projects employ techniques from mathematics, statistics, and computer science.

Full details, including descriptions from three previous summers, can be found at:

http://www.ima.umn.edu/reu

The online application is due February 22, 2013. This program is sponsored by a three-year NSF grant and by the IMA. Please direct any questions to reu@ima.umn.edu.

Week of REUs, Day II

We are excited to announce that Missouri State University will be hosting a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) in Mathematics this summer 2013. Further details are available at

http://math.missouristate.edu/reu

Please encourage your students to apply. We especially encourage women, minorities, persons with disabilities, first generation students, and other underrepresented groups to apply.

We will begin looking at applications on March 1^th.

Summer REU in Texas!

We just learned of a great opportunity to do research this summer while staying fairly close to home.  There’s going to be an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) at UT Tyler!  Tyler, of course, is just past Dallas.  Here’s the information:

The University of Texas at Tyler Mathematics Department will be hosting an NSF-funded REU site for summer 2013. The REU in mathematics is targeting minority (especially American Indian) and first generation college students, but we encourage everyone to apply. We invite talented undergraduate students to submit an application to participate in our NSF REU Site.

Students will work in groups of three with faculty advisors in the areas of combinatorics on words, knot theory, and tiling theory. In addition to research group work, students will have many opportunities to interact with faculty and other students in seminars and other social activities.

The eight week program will run from June 3 to July 26. Participants will receive a $4000 stipend to pay for housing, food, and entertainment while staying in Tyler.

Students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents to participate. We will begin reviewing applications on February 11 and will likely make offers by mid-March. Please check out our website http://www.math.uttyler.edu/reu/.

Research @UN this Summer!

Despite the fact that they defected to the Big 10, the University of Nebraska has a lot of great things going on.  As we all know, they host the annual Nebraska Conference for Undergrad Women in Math (The intrepid Dr. Schmidt is driving the OU van again this year!), they just let us know they’ll have research opportunities in a wide variety of areas this summer:

Are your students looking for summer research opportunities? Please post, forward, or tell your students about the 2013 Nebraska Summer Research Program housed on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The program offers students an excellent opportunity to hone research skills and to experience life as a graduate student. Students will enhance their academic resume, work closely with faculty and peers, and have fun with social and professional development activities, all while receiving numerous benefits. Students historically underrepresented in graduate education are especially encouraged to apply. Due to funding restrictions, participation is limited to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

All programs for 2013 are listed here and include projects in Applied Mathematics, Bioenergy Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Nanomaterials and Nanoscience, Optics and Laser Physics, Redox Biology, and Virology.

Our online application makes it easy for students to apply. Priority review of applications begins Friday, February 1 and all applications are due by Friday, February 15.