by Robert Thurman, Principal Computational Biologist, Seattle Genetics, Bothell, WA Computational biologists come in two types: those who were originally trained mathematically or computationally and then gravitated towards biological problems, and those who were formally trained on the biological side but couldn’t stay away from computers. That generalization is slightly dated, because many colleges now... Continue Reading →
My BIG Math Experience: A Java Web Development Boot Camp
Joyce C. Yang This summer, Codework Academy at Montgomery College had its first Java Web Development boot camp. The program was in Gaithersburg, MD and taught students how to write and deploy web applications in eight weeks. I participated in the boot camp, which was full-time, 9 am to 5 pm every day. Starting from... Continue Reading →
ICME Data Science Workshop
ICME will hold one-day summer workshops on Fundamentals of Data Science from August 14-18th at Stanford. You can sign up for one workshop, or several, with topics ranging from Machine Learning to Natural Language Processing to Programming in R. Visit our Summer Workshops website for more information and to register. Feel free to spread the word!... Continue Reading →
Free AAAS Career Webinar
Tuesday, June 20 • 12:00-1:00 p.m. EDT • Register now This workshop explores the skills and best practices for transitioning from an academic environment to one of many non-academic career paths. It introduces strategies for career planning, emphasizing an ongoing process for professional development throughout your career. Join us for this FREE webcast! Presenter: Josh... Continue Reading →
Opportunity: NASA High Performance Fast Computing Challenge
FULL NOTICE HERE Overview (from the site above) Do you want to help aerospace engineers solve problems faster? Does the phrase “nonlinear partial differential equations used for unsteady computations” excite you? Do you want to try yourself with the complex computational software that NASA scientists use? This might be the challenge for you. NASA’s Aeronautics... Continue Reading →
Study Groups with Industry: Mathematics meets the real world
A study group is a type of workshop which brings together mathematicians and people from industry. The meetings typically last for 5 days, Monday-Friday. On the Monday morning the industry representatives present problems of current interest to an audience of applied mathematicians. Subsequently the mathematicians split into working groups to investigate the suggested topics. On... Continue Reading →