The BIG Math Network would like to invite Operations Research and Management Science students to participate in interactive "office hours" with mathematical scientists working in industry. The Industry Connection Series features interactive panels that connect mathematical sciences students directly with industry members who can answer student-generated questions. Students at all levels are welcome and encouraged to attend and ask questions.
The next event is coming soon on Thursday, December 9th, 2021, at 10am PT/11am MT/12pm CT/1pm ET. Industry panelists will be Ben Chaplin, Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs, and David Morrissey, Data Scientist at 3M. The event will be moderated by Stephan Sturm, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Register for the Zoom event:
https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkd--gqTMsE9Dyq5iDflAUli-5jUd4rz8j
Ben Chaplin studied mathematics at Lafayette College, graduating with a B.S in 2019. He worked as a math teacher abroad for a year after graduating and began working in software at Goldman Sachs upon return in 2020. Ben works for the Network Software Engineering team, which focuses on providing automation and IaC solutions for the network.
David Morrissey received his B.S and later Ph.D. in Mathematics, both from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. After working as a Quantitate Analyst at Cargill, in 2017, Morrissey began his work as a data scientist at 3M, where he is now. He currently works on applications of AI and IoT for manufacturing.
Stephan Sturm is an Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts. After obtaining his Ph.D. in Mathematics from TU Berlin (Germany), he became a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at ORFE before joining WPI as a faculty member. Sturm's research covers mainly different areas of financial mathematics, but he is interested in stochastic modeling in general, such as applications to climate science. In finance, his work is devoted in particular to questions of value adjustments for derivative securities (XVAs), optimal portfolio selection, and systemic risk in financial markets.
Learn more about the BIG Math Network: https://bigmathnetwork.org/
The BIG Math Network is grateful for sponsorship by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), American Statistical Association (ASA), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
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University of Missouri- St. Louis
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