ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Next club meeting is on Tuesday, April 11 at 4pm in WH304.
- 2nd Problem of the Month Contest begins April 11
- Applied Math Logo Design Contest - ends April 17, 2006.
- Applied Math Career Forum - a Success.
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ABOUT THE APPLIED MATH CLUB
Mission
Our mission consists of the following four themes:- To help students better understand and pursue the myriad of career opportunities the AMS major offers
- To expose students to more opportunities for learning and sharing mathematical knowledge
- To foster camaraderie among AMS majors and with faculty
- To encourage more student involvement in the daily life of the department and school
Events and Activities
In order to accomplish our mission, we will sponsor a number of events and activities for our members and the applied math community here at JHU. This website gives an idea of some of our events, and below is a quick listing of things we are doing, or are planning:- Applied Math Career Forum Night
- Provide internship information and referral network
- Involvement in Math Modeling team in annual modeling contest
- Problem of the Month contest
- Initiating a JHU student chapter of SIAM
- Offering grants to travel to nearby mathematical conferences
- Peer mentors for new freshman AMS majors
- Non-academic extracurricular activities for members
- Lunches with faculty
- Extracurricular activity with faculty
- Selection of AMS Teaching Award
- Meetings with faculty to discuss suggestions, comments, and ideas about AMS
EVENT CALENDAR
Spring 2006
- Monday, April 17 - Applied Math Department logo design contest submissions
- Tuesday, April 11 - Club Meeting
- Early April - nominations due for selection of AMS 2006 Teaching Award - committee chair: Tiffany Tasky
- Friday, March 31 - Problem of the Month Contest #1 due
- Wednesday, March 1 - Applied Math Career Forum (6-8pm in the Glass Pavillion)
- Wednesday, February 14 - Club Meeting
- Thursday, February 2-6 - Mathematical Contest in Modeling
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CLUB MEETINGS
Next Meeting: April 11, 2006 - 4pm in WH 304
- Learn about current job and internship opportunities from the JHU Career Center.
- Other club activities.
- Organization of the club for next year, and volunteering for officer positions.
- 1st Problem of the Month Contest winner announced, 2nd contest started.
Previous Meeting: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - Meeting Minutes
- Approximately 25 to 30 attendees, from a few different majors (mostly Applied Math and Statistics), and all different classes (freshmen through seniors). We ran out of pizza!
- A reminder of the upcoming (March 1) Applied Math Career Forum was given. Former graduates from New York and D.C. will be coming to talk to you about their careers in applied math fields.
- Ram Chivukula, Grace Gallick, and Tiffany Tasky discussed their experience as part of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (an international contest). It was a tough and challenging weekend, but very rewarding. We hope to have a JHU team place very high in the upcoming years.
- Introduction to the first Problem of the Month Contest was given by Prof. Maiste. The contest problem and guidelines are available on the site.
- Prof. Carey Priebe spoke about a number of very interesting undergraduate research opportunities in the Center for Imaging Sciences. Possible projects involve analysis of brain imaging data using statistical and optimization techniques. Contact him if you are interested in getting involved with this research.
- Prof. Maiste noted that the club will benefit from active involvement from the members and we will look for volunteers to be club officers at the next meeting in April.
APPLIED MATH CAREER FORUM NIGHT
The first career forum hosted by the Applied Math Club was very successful. 20+ students, both graduate and undergraduate, came out to listen to and speak with our distinguished guests and former AMS graduates. JHU Career Center representative Melissa Ziegler also attended and gave students advice on using the career center resources. We will hear more from her at a later date.About the Career Forum
One mission of the Applied Math Club is to improve students' awareness of the many opportunities afforded to them by a degree in Applied Math and Statistics. This year, the club will sponsor the first Applied Math Career Forum night on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 from 6-8pm in the Glass Pavilion. The forum will give students an in-depth look at three career choices in the applied math field.How it Works
Each of our guest speakers will give a 15 minute presentation about their career and their specific job, focusing on how their degree in applied math is used in their day-to-day activities. After the career presentations, the speakers will take questions and answers about anything having to do with applied math careers generally, or their career specifically. Following this, there will be time to informally mingle with the guests to ask any other questions you might have.Agenda for the Evening
5:45 - Refreshments available (and throughout the evening)6:00 - Introductions
6:10 - Speaker presentations
7:00 - Q&A and informal discussions with speakers
8:00 - End of forum
Guest Speakers for the 1st Career Forum (March 1, 2006)
- Dr. Jim Tzitzouris - 2002 graduate with Ph.D. and M.S.E. in Mathematical Sciences from JHU, and previously an SB in Mathematics from MIT, now a V.P. with T. Rowe Price in Baltimore
- Mr. Charalambos (Babis) Antoniou - 2004 graduate with B.S. and M.S.E. in Applied Math from JHU, now with the GTS Planning and Strategy group of Citigroup in New York
- Ms. Heather Cameron - 2002 JHU graduate with B.S. in Mathematical Sciences and in 2003 with an M.S.E., now a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington D.C.
AMS MATHEMATICAL MODELING CONTEST
Current Problem - Answer due by April 17, 2007
Download pdfHow the Contest Works
Download contest guidelines here.The proposed problems will attempt to challenge club members not only to use the applied math they have learned in classes, but to go beyond that and require intuition and originality. The winning solution will be chosen based on completeness, correctness, and originality. Ties will be broken in favor of the earliest submitted solution. The contest is only open to active members of the Applied Math Club.
MATHEMATICAL CONTEST IN MODELING
MCM 2006
The contest this year is being held from February 2 through 6. Good luck to the following Applied Math Club Members who are participating:Amy Chan
Ram Chivukula
Grace Gallick
Tiffany Tasky
The Contest
Each year in late January or early February, the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) sponsors an event called The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM). Teams from universities all over the country take part by solving a challenging and interesting real world applied mathematical problem. As an example, one of the problems from the 2005 contest is:"Heavily-traveled toll roads such as the Garden State Parkway, Interstate 95, and so forth, a re multi-lane divided highways that are interrupted at intervals by toll plazas. Because collecting tolls is usually unpopular, it is desirable to minimize motorist annoyance by limiting the amount of traffic disruption caused by the toll plazas. Commonly, a much larger number of tollbooths is provided than the number of travel lanes entering the toll plaza. Upon entering the toll plaza, the flow of vehicles fans out to the larger number of tollbooths, and when leaving the toll plaza, the flow of vehicles is required to squeeze back down to a number of travel lanes equal to the number of travel lanes before the toll plaza. Consequently, when traffic is heavy, congestion increases upon departure from the toll plaza. When traffic is very heavy, congestion also builds at the entry to the toll plaza because of the time required for each vehicle to pay the toll.
Make a model to help you determine the optimal number of tollbooths to deploy in a barrier-toll plaza. Explicitly consider the scenario where there is exactly one tollbooth per incoming travel lane. Under what conditions is this more or less effective than the current practice? Note that the definition of 'optimal' is up to you to determine."
Joining a Team
The Applied Math Club typically sponsors one or two teams (of three students) each year. Professor Torcaso has served as faculty advisor for the MCM teams the last couple of years, and is always looking for intesested undergraduates.Each year, in early December, we will put out a notice reminding club members of the upcoming contest and ask for participants. In January, teams will be formed and participants will be given some coaching and instruction to prepare for the contest.
Awards
The Applied Math and Statistics department gives an award each year to the best team in the modeling contest from the department. Past winners:- 2005: James J. Choi, Mau-Kwong George Lam, Vivian Tsz Wing Yang
TRAVEL FUNDS
The Applied Math Club is working to create opportunities for club members to receive funds to travel to mathematical conferences and give a short presentation about the conference at a later club meeting. More information will hopefully be available soon.INTERNSHIP, FELLOWSHIPS, AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
We will attempt to provide the best possible information about internship, fellowship, and research opportunities for undergraduates in applied math. This information is sometimes hard to come-by, but hopefully over time, we will have a more and more resources contributing to this section.Internships
- 2006 internship section from the December 2005 AMSTAT NEWS. pdf file
Fellowships
Undergrad Research
- Contact Prof. Carey Priebe regarding undergraduate research opportunities at the Center for Imaging Science (CIS) here on campus.
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Computational Number Theory and Combinatorics at Clemson University - deadline February 15, 2006. link
APPLIED MATH JOB OPPORTUNITIES
There are many job opportunites in applied math fields. We provide links to links to good opportunities and contacts on this page. The Johns Hopkins Career Center is another great resource for your job hunt. Interesting jobs or internships that are posted on the career center site will often be forwarded to the club members.Specific Opportunites
- Jobs section from the most recent AMSTAT NEWS. pdf file
- Opening with The Allant Group in Chicago for a statistical programmer and analyst. They perform marketing strategy and analysis consulting for many clients. Contact Prof. Maiste for more info and details.
GRAD SCHOOL LINKS
Thinking about furthering your Applied Math education? Here are some grad school-oriented links.- Interesting MBA program with a concentration option in Analytic Consulting - at Purdue University's Krannert School of Management. link
CAREER-ORIENTED LINKS
Here we will provide web links to sites that provide helpful information about applied math careers.- Johns Hopkins Career Center. link
- Our own Applied Math and Stat department literature. pdf
- Actuarial information from the AMS website. link
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) career page. link
- Another SIAM page with helpful career-oriented links. link
- Nice career brochure on SIAM site. link
- Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) career resource page with links. link
- American Statistical Association (ASA) career center. link
- Mathematical sciences career info page, sponsored by AMS, MAA, and SIAM. link
ONLINE MATHEMATICAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND REFERENCES
There is quite a bit of detailed information available online these days relating to mathematics. Below are some quick links that might help you in your coursework, research, or just plain mathematical interest.PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATASETS
For some course projects or research, you may need to use a dataset collected by others. Here are some links to webpages with datasets that are publicly available.MATHEMATICAL CONFERENCES
Below are links to calendars of upcoming mathematical conferences.MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE
There are many good software packages for doing mathematics. Many are available through the department or for much reduced cost through JHU (see first link below).CLUB OFFICERS
President
Aylin RyanOther Officers
Vice President - Ram ChivukulaJude Chua
Laura Beaulieu
Scott Marks
Faculty Advisor
Paul MaisteCLUB MEMBERS
Vikram RajaHenry Pao
Ram Chivukula
Andrew Bourdreau
Raaid Ahmad
Scott Marks
Laura Beaulieu
Lorena LoVerde
Julia Miller
Weina Hou
Jude Chua
Clark Hsu
Tiffany Tasky
Grace Gallick
John Rumbavage
Aylin Ryan
Amy Chan
Dimitry Cherney
Brian Rane
Brian Towne
Kartik Trehan
Matthew Sedlock
Pinrath Wongtrangan
Cheryl Quan
Sheng-Ran William Feng
Stephen Fedder
Harsha Prabhala
Julie Flannery
Kartik Trehan
Andrew Burgess
Jon Shulutz
Rifat Chowhury
Cindy Lui
Hyeun Koo Lee
Heungkook Yang
Allen Keel
Sean McWilliams