The possibilities are infinite!€¦ · The possibilities are infinite! SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. Careers in Mathematics & Statistics: Catherine Greenhill, Stuart Hawkins,

The possibilities are infinite!

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

Careers in Mathematics &

Statistics:

Catherine Greenhill, Stuart Hawkins, David Warton


Employers want maths!












Why is Mathematics for you?

Maths is interesting.

You can work in weather modelling, space research, predicting the stock market…

Maths is flexible.

You can keep your options open by studying maths.

Maths is portable.

You can work anywhere in the world.


JPL –

Jet Propulsion Lab, USA California Institute of Technology, USA

University of Paderborn, Germany

Origins of the solar system: the Genesis Mission

•• How to take a probe from Earth to Jupiter with minimal energy?• Let gravity do the work.•

Mathematics finds the special zero-

energy paths.


BHP Billiton Mining and Exploration Technology

• Diamond mines in Canada, Copper mines in Chile, Iron Ore in WA.•

How to dig a hole in the

ground for maximum profit?• Where to dig when?•

Strategic planning over 40

years.•

Multibillion dollar projects with

5-10% profit gains simply by using mathematics to develop better plans.


Patrick Corporation Patrick Technology

• Thousands of international import/export containers traverse Port Botany each day.•

How to coordinate the

travel of containers from ship to truck to maximise container throughput?•

Extremely complicated

problem; only mathematics can solve it.


•• Radar Cross Section simulations

•

Atmospheric warming due to dust and ice in the atmosphere

• Classification of blood cells

• Design of fibre-optic cables

• Detection of landmines

Computational MathsSimulating real-world phenomenausing computers


Applying maths in the real world

•• Make an impression, improve the world.• Interesting jobs, variety of work.• Well paid; can be very well paid.• Can take you anywhere in your career..


StatisticsMaking sense of data.

data

information


StatisticsMaking sense of data.

data

information

•

Heart murmur?•

Heart disease?

•

Happy patient?


Statistics

Statistics is:•

Important

•

Interesting


•

Whale calls

My career as a statistician the story so far…


•

Whale calls


•

Brain vs

body size


•

Whale calls•

Brain vs

body size


•

Police confessions


•

Whale calls•

Brain vs

body size

•

Police confessions


•

New casino game


Statistics

Statistics is:•

Important

•

Interesting•

Challenging!


Careers in statistics Plenty of job options!

•

Become a statistician•

Business and finance

•

Exciting new opportunities

Presenter

Presentation Notes

There are several jobs for every honours student!


Become a statistician: Research as a career!

•

Government organisations (CSIRO, ABS, …)

•

Medical research (Westmead Hospital, the Garvan

Institute…)

•

Pharmaceutical•

Survey companies (market research, OzTAM)


Managing risk in business:•

Quality control, forecasting, insurance…

Financial modelling:•

Banks, superannuation…

•

A lot

of jobs and $$$•

Work overseas!

Business and finance


Quantitative risk

•

UNSW offers Australia’s first degree program in

Quantitative Risk

•

Vocational focus:work in finance

and bank risk.


Exciting new prospects

•

Bioinformatics


•

Analytics•

Data mining

•

Bioinformatics

Exciting new prospects


Mathematical training leads to many different careers

•

Maths

gives you a skill set valued by employers

•

Maths

is used everywhere–

Google

–

medical imaging–

data security: encryption/decryption

–

…


Where are they now?

Anthony Armstrong (2007, BSc/BComm) works at Macquarie Bank on the debt markets trading floor.

Mandy Seet

(2008) works at Digital Alchemy in the analysis of marketing data.


Where are they now?

Gina Choutis

(2007) has a position in data analysis with Veda Advantage.

Judy Ly (BSc/BEng 2007) and Carmen Kong (MStats

2002) work at

the Australian Bureau of Statistics.


Where are they now?

Maiyuran

Arumugam

(2006) and Imanuel

Costigan

(2006) have

joined Ernst & Young.

Arianna Cowling (2006) is working on banknote security at the Reserve Bank of Australia.


Career options are infinite

Investment analyst Biomathematician

Cryptographer

Meteorologist

Mathematics teacher

Aeronautical engineer

Oceanographer

Valuer

Industrial designer

Astronomer

University lecturer

Economist

Systems analyst


Keep your options open = maximise your maths•

B.Sc

Advanced Mathematics

•

Science degree, maths

major•

Combined degree: Maths

with

–

Commerce–

Computer Science

–

Law–

Engineering

–

Arts


If possible, do maths. It is the single most useful ability to have in your kitbag to equip you for any eventuality.Ross GittensEconomics Editor, Sydney Morning Herald

Do as much mathematics and statistics as you can in your degrees –

these skills will empower

your professional life.Sir Gustav NossalDistinguished Scientist, Australian of the Year 2000


For more career information

http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/students/future/futureugcareers.html

(School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW)

http://www.austms.org.au/Jobs(Australian Mathematical Society)

http://www.ice-em.org.au/careers.html(Int’l Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics)

http://www.mathscareers.org.au(For more interesting case studies!)

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