Careers in Mathematical Sciences: Workshop for Underrepresented Groups

March 26 - 28, 2015

Content

Overview

Advisory:

The workshop will open with a reception the evening of March 26.

Poster:

SW3.26-28.15_poster.pdf

Organizers:

Chehrzad Shakiban	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Pamela Williams	LMI Government Consulting
Ulrica Wilson	Morehouse College
Victor Zavala	Argonne National Laboratory

This special workshop aims to prepare underrepresented minorities for work in academia, industry, and government laboratories. Senior professionals will provide insight on things they wish someone had told them before they left graduate school, some of the surprises they found upon entering the workplace, and how they managed to overcome the difficulties encountered.

These talks are intended to provide an operational and constructive framework for direct interaction and discussion among workshop participants on the importance of networking, interviewing, negotiation, and leadership skills for career success. A number of job opportunities will also be discussed. In addition, poster sessions will showcase the work of selected attendees.

The workshop will target mathematicians at various stages of their careers, including graduate students and postdocs.

Schedule

Thursday, March 26, 2015
			Video
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner Ice Breaker Chehrzad Shakiban (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Lind 400

Friday, March 27, 2015

8:30 am - 9:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast	Keller 3-176
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Welcome and Introduction Fadil Santosa (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Keller 3-180
9:10 am - 9:40 am	Kummer's Conjecture: From Gauss to ENIAC and Beyond Edray Goins (Purdue University)	Keller 3-180
9:45 am - 10:45 am	Permanence in the STEM Workforce: The Route to Tenure in Academia Ricardo Cortez (Tulane University), Karen Ríos-Soto (University of Puerto Rico)	Keller 3-180
10:50 am - 11:20 am	Group Photo and Coffee	Keller 3-180
11:20 am - 12:10 pm	Panel: The Negotiation Process Ulrica Wilson (Morehouse College)	Keller 3-180
12:10 pm - 1:40 pm	Lunch & Table Discussion (Boxed lunches will be provided)	Lind 400
1:40 pm - 2:30 pm	Sharing the results of the Table Discussions Isabelle Kemajou-Brown (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Alicia Machuca (University of St. Thomas)	Lind 400
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm	Mathematically Modeling the Influence of Eating Rates on Weight Gain and Obesity Diana Thomas (Montclair State University)	Keller 3-180
2:55 pm - 3:00 pm	Discussion Diana Thomas (Montclair State University)	Keller 3-180
3:05 pm - 3:30 pm	Coffee
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Coloring the Integers with Rainbow Arithmetic Progressions Michael Young (Iowa State University)	Keller 3-180
4:05 pm - 5:00 pm	Panel: Careers in Government and National Laboratories Mel Currie (National Security Agency), Pamela Williams (LMI Government Consulting), Victor Zavala (Argonne National Laboratory)	Keller 3-180
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Banquet and Keynote Speaker: Good Practices for a Marketable Future in the Mathematical Sciences. Carlson Private Dining Room 321 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Ricardo Cortez (Tulane University)

Saturday, March 28, 2015

8:30 am - 9:00 am	Coffee	Keller 3-176
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Opportunities in the Industry Carlos Tolmasky (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Keller 3-180
9:35 am - 10:20 am	Cooperative Strategies of a Ph.D. Couple Marie Lopez del Puerto (University of St. Thomas), Jose Orozco Rodriguez (Vision-Ease Lens)	Keller 3-180
10:25 am - 10:40 am	Coffee	Keller 3-176
10:40 am - 11:10 am	Balancing Research Interests with Project Goals at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Bonita Saunders (National Institute of Standards and Technology)	Keller 3-180
11:10 am - 12:00 pm	Group Discussion (Topic: Tips for Success)	Keller 3-180

Participants

Name	Department	Affiliation
Oluwaseye Adekanye	Department of Mathematics	Howard University
Leyda Almodovar	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Angelynn Alvarez	Department of Mathematics	University of Houston
Rene Ardila	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Marco Avila Ponce de Leon	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Romeo Awi	School of Mathematics	Georgia Institute of Technology
Mario Barela	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Alexander Barrios	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Catalina Betancourt	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Huybrechts Bindele	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	University of South Alabama
Fernando Camacho	Department of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering	University of Kentucky
Steven Collazos	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ricardo Cortez	Department of Mathematics	Tulane University
Mel Currie		National Security Agency
Michael Dairyko	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Melody Denhere	Department of Mathematics	University of Mary Washington
Rolando de Santiago	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Alexander Diaz-Lopez	Department of Mathematics	University of Notre Dame
Leonardo Espin	Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Carlos Garavito-Garzon	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Aditi Ghosh	Department of Mathematics	Simon Fraser University
Edray Goins	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Shekiaya Gowans	Department of Mathematics	University of Pittsburgh
Fulton Jackson II	Department of Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Chartese Jones	Mathematics and Statistics	Mississippi State University
Isabelle Kemajou-Brown	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Bethuel Khamala	Department of Computational Science	University of Texas
Minsu Kim	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Gerard Koffi	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Meiqin Li	Department of Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Marcos Lopez	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Cincinnati
Marie Lopez del Puerto	Department of Physics	University of St. Thomas
Alicia Machuca	Department of Mathematics	University of St. Thomas
Tina Mai	Department of Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Sergio Manzanarez Elvir	Department of Mathematics	University of Puerto Rico
Arnaud Marsiglietti	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Juan Melendez	Department of Mathematics	University of Puerto Rico
Ruqiah Muhammad	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Grace Ngunkeng	Department of Mathematics and Computer Science	Lake Superior State University
Jose Orozco Rodriguez	Department of Research and Development	Vision-Ease Lens
Alexandra Ortan	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Jasdeep Pannu	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	Auburn University
Camila Ramirez	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Karen Ríos-Soto	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Puerto Rico
Aaron Rodriguez	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Dido Salazar-Torres	Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Fadil Santosa	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Bonita Saunders	Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division	National Institute of Standards and Technology
Chehrzad Shakiban	Institute of Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Fouche Smith	Department of Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Roberto Soto	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Milo Taylor	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Diana Thomas	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Montclair State University
Carlos Tolmasky	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Shanise Walker	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Stefanie Wang	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Pamela Williams	Supply Chain Management	LMI Government Consulting
Ulrica Wilson	Department of Mathematics	Morehouse College
Ling Xu	Department of Applied Mathematics	University of Notre Dame
Michael Young	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Victor Zavala	Mathematics and Computer Science Division	Argonne National Laboratory
Cong Zhou	Department of Mathematics	Indiana University