Austin Chapter of SIAM

Please note that the talk by Thomas O'Leary Roseberry on Monday, November 28, 2022, has been postponed to the Spring semester.

SIAM-UT is proud to host Thomas O'Leary Roseberry for our first-ever Recent Graduate Series talk on Monday, November 28, 2022, from 1-2 PM in POB 6.304.
Details below and the poster attached:
Date and Time: November 28, 2022 (Monday), 1:00-2:00 PM
Venue: POB 6.304
Talk Overview: Tom will share some insights from his professional journey, including his time as a Ph.D. student, and then explore how his Ph.D. experience helps in his current research, and offer both general advice as well as tips to utilize one’s time in grad school better.
Speaker Bio: Thomas O'Leary-Roseberry is a Research Associate at the Oden Institute, where he works on scientific machine learning, optimization, and inverse problems. He received his CSEM Ph.D. in 2020 under the supervision of Omar Ghattas and Patrick Heimbach.

The Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Chapter at UT Austin is accepting applications to the Applied Math Mentorship Program for the 2022-23 academic year. We invite applications for both mentors and mentees.

The mentor application is open to graduate students, faculty, or staff at UT who would like to mentor an undergraduate student at UT and provide applied mathematics-related career advice, inspiration, and more. Selected mentors will be contacted via email with information about a prospective mentee and will be given the opportunity to accept or decline the mentee. There are no fixed time commitments for this program; the only requirement is that mentors be professional and engaged with their mentees. Mentors will receive certificates from SIAM@UT, signed by our faculty advisor.

The mentee application is open to undergraduate students at UT who would like to be connected with an experienced applied mathematician. The mentoring relationship can help you with course and academic guidance, applying to graduate school, exploring an applied mathematics-related idea, help to find opportunities in the industry, and more.

The deadline for submitting the applications is October 25th, after which we will make mentor-mentee assignments and reach out to all applicants. After mentor-mentee matching, we will have an orientation on November 2nd followed by monthly (optional) meetings to discuss applied mathematics-related ideas. At the end of the academic year, mentees who have completed a project with their mentors will have the opportunity to present their work.

We look forward to your applications. Feel free to share this program with anyone else who might be interested.

Mentor applications - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6rQnyVJaNYFk2sn8tOro-ia7xLpnDPuWqADR_E9Tv_UEMdA/viewform

Mentee applications -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDaXIsYlCFJdv2casWW_e3gzIlXHYNNmGW6TTjomG5AxLYYg/viewform

Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

Happening today @ 11 am CT!

SIAM-UT along with Oden Institute is proud to host an outstanding alumnus, Mr. Anthony Dawson, Vice President and General Manager for Product at Ansys for an industry talk on Monday, April 4th, 2022, from 11am-12 pm CDT in person at POB 6.304. The details are provided below and a poster is attached:

Date and Time: April 4th, 2022 (Monday), 11:00am - 12:00 pm (Central Time)

Talk type: In-person | Venue: POB 6.304

Talk Title: The multi-billion-dollar commercial market for physics-based simulations

Talk Overview: I graduated from the Oden Institute in 2008 with an outstanding education in computational sciences, engineering, and mathematics, but relatively little knowledge and understanding of the large and important commercial industry that has developed around those subjects. This talk will highlight that industry, including a discussion on how it impacts the economy, and the 'pipeline' that funnels work from the Oden Institute (and others like it) directly into commercial simulation codes, and ultimately to end-users and industries.

Speaker: Anthony Dawson, VP & GM of Product at Ansys Inc., graduated from the Oden Institute with a Master's degree in Computational and Applied Mathematics in 2008. Since then, he has worked as a research scientist for the US Department of Defense, started and sold his own business, and joined Ansys, the market leader in engineering simulation.

SIAM-UT along with Oden Institute is proud to host an outstanding alumnus, Mr. Anthony Dawson, Vice President and General Manager for Product at Ansys for an industry talk on Monday, April 4th, 2022, from 11am-12 pm CDT in person at POB 6.304. The details are provided below and a poster is attached:

Date and Time: April 4th, 2022 (Monday), 11:00am - 12:00 pm (Central Time)

Talk type: In-person | Venue: POB 6.304

Talk Title: The multi-billion-dollar commercial market for physics-based simulations

Talk Overview: I graduated from the Oden Institute in 2008 with an outstanding education in computational sciences, engineering, and mathematics, but relatively little knowledge and understanding of the large and important commercial industry that has developed around those subjects. This talk will highlight that industry, including a discussion on how it impacts the economy, and the 'pipeline' that funnels work from the Oden Institute (and others like it) directly into commercial simulation codes, and ultimately to end-users and industries.

Speaker: Anthony Dawson, VP & GM of Product at Ansys Inc., graduated from the Oden Institute with a Master's degree in Computational and Applied Mathematics in 2008. Since then, he has worked as a research scientist for the US Department of Defense, started and sold his own business, and joined Ansys, the market leader in engineering simulation.

Happening today 3-4 PM CDT!

SIAM-UT is proud to host Cerfe Labs for our next industry talk today, March 23, from 3-4 pm CDT and on Zoom. Our speaker is Dr. Saurabh Suryavanshi, Principal Research Engineer at Cerfe Labs.

Date and Time: March 23, 2022 (Wednesday), 3:00-4:00 pm (CDT)

Talk type: Virtual – Zoom | Meeting ID: 916 4383 6645 | Passcode: 794078

Talk Title: My journey through the innovation valley of death in semiconductors.

Overview: Semiconductor chips are at the center of everyone's attention due to covid related supply chain issues and ongoing war. Everyone is talking about chips, including the President of the United States. The semiconductor industry is undergoing rapid transformation, which is not only affecting innovation in the industry but also drastically modifying future career opportunities. In this talk, I will discuss how the ongoing development could affect you and what you could do about it. To give an example of innovation in semiconductors, I will talk about Cerfe Labs' technology and our journey through the innovation valley of death. Today Cerfe Labs is at the forefront of semiconductor innovation, developing a new memory technology to cater to the growing demand for computation. In the second part of my talk, I will discuss my work experience in an academic environment (Stanford), a corporate environment (Arm) as well as a fast-paced start-up (Cerfe Labs). I will provide my honest perspective regarding careers in the semiconductor industry and contrast it with opportunities in other industries.

Speaker Bio: Saurabh is a principal research engineer and leads the development of quantum adjacent memory at Cerfe Labs. Before Cerfe Labs, Saurabh worked in Arm Research on novel memory technologies, and this team was later spun off into Cerfe Labs. He has Ph.D. and MS from Stanford University and B. Tech. and M. Tech from IIT Bombay, all in the field of microelectronics. His Ph.D. was at the intersection of nano-electronics, semiconductor physics, and fundamental material science. During his Ph.D. at Stanford, Saurabh has interned at Sandisk and CEA-LETI. He is extremely passionate about computing and its effects on human life.

SIAM-UT is proud to host Cerfe Labs for our next industry talk on Wednesday, March 23, from 3-4 pm CDT and on Zoom. Our speaker is Dr. Saurabh Suryavanshi, Principal Research Engineer at Cerfe Labs.

Date and Time: March 23, 2022 (Wednesday), 3:00-4:00 pm (Central Time)

Talk type: Virtual – Zoom | Meeting ID: 916 4383 6645 | Passcode: 794078

Talk Title: My journey through the innovation valley of death in semiconductors.

Talk Overview: Semiconductor chips are at the center of everyone's attention due to covid related supply chain issues and ongoing war. Everyone is talking about chips, including the President of the United States. The semiconductor industry is undergoing rapid transformation, which is not only affecting innovation in the industry but also drastically modifying future career opportunities. In this talk, I will discuss how the ongoing development could affect you and what you could do about it. To give an example of innovation in semiconductors, I will talk about Cerfe Labs' technology and our journey through the innovation valley of death. Today Cerfe Labs is at the forefront of semiconductor innovation, developing a new memory technology to cater to the growing demand for computation. In the second part of my talk, I will discuss my work experience in an academic environment (Stanford), a corporate environment (Arm) as well as a fast-paced start-up (Cerfe Labs). I will provide my honest perspective regarding careers in the semiconductor industry and contrast it with opportunities in other industries.

Speaker Bio: Saurabh is a principal research engineer and leads the development of quantum adjacent memory at Cerfe Labs. Before Cerfe Labs, Saurabh worked in Arm Research on novel memory technologies, and this team was later spun off into Cerfe Labs. He has Ph.D. and MS from Stanford University and B. Tech. and M. Tech from IIT Bombay, all in the field of microelectronics. His Ph.D. was at the intersection of nano-electronics, semiconductor physics, and fundamental material science. During his Ph.D. at Stanford, Saurabh has interned at Sandisk and CEA-LETI. He is extremely passionate about computing and its effects on human life.

SIAM-UT is proud to host Cerfe Labs for our next industry talk on Wednesday, March 23, from 3-4 pm CST and on Zoom. Our speaker is Dr. Saurabh Suryavanshi, Principal Research Engineer at Cerfe Labs.

Date and Time: March 23, 2022 (Wednesday), 3:00-4:00 pm (Central Time)

Talk type: Virtual – Zoom | Meeting ID: 916 4383 6645 | Passcode: 794078

Talk Title: My journey through the innovation valley of death in semiconductors.

Talk Overview: Semiconductor chips are at the center of everyone's attention due to covid related supply chain issues and ongoing war. Everyone is talking about chips, including the President of the United States. The semiconductor industry is undergoing rapid transformation, which is not only affecting innovation in the industry but also drastically modifying future career opportunities. In this talk, I will discuss how the ongoing development could affect you and what you could do about it. To give an example of innovation in semiconductors, I will talk about Cerfe Labs' technology and our journey through the innovation valley of death. Today Cerfe Labs is at the forefront of semiconductor innovation, developing a new memory technology to cater to the growing demand for computation. In the second part of my talk, I will discuss my work experience in an academic environment (Stanford), a corporate environment (Arm) as well as a fast-paced start-up (Cerfe Labs). I will provide my honest perspective regarding careers in the semiconductor industry and contrast it with opportunities in other industries.

Speaker Bio: Saurabh is a principal research engineer and leads the development of quantum adjacent memory at Cerfe Labs. Before Cerfe Labs, Saurabh worked in Arm Research on novel memory technologies, and this team was later spun off into Cerfe Labs. He has Ph.D. and MS from Stanford University and B. Tech. and M. Tech from IIT Bombay, all in the field of microelectronics. His Ph.D. was at the intersection of nano-electronics, semiconductor physics, and fundamental material science. During his Ph.D. at Stanford, Saurabh has interned at Sandisk and CEA-LETI. He is extremely passionate about computing and its effects on human life.

Happening today!

SIAM-UT is proud to host Two Sigma for our next industry talk today, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, from 3-4 pm CST in person at POB 6.304. Our speaker is an Oden Institute alumnus, Dr. Rhys Ulerich, VP, Quantitative Software Engineer at Two Sigma. Details below and poster attached:

Date and Time: Today, March 2, 2022 (Wednesday), 3:00-4:00 pm (Central Time)
Talk type: In-person | Venue: POB 6.304

Talk Title: Consider Jobs in Quantitative Finance

Talk Overview: Folks often overlook opportunities in quantitative finance because the industry is opaque. That's a shame because individuals with strong computational science skills can find interesting, rewarding careers therein. I will discuss how buy-side quantitative finance firms fit into the broader financial industry and what general needs they have. I will give an overview of one such firm, my employer Two Sigma Investments, then touch on my roles there over the past eight years. I will share tidbits from the book "The Laws of Trading" and from my graduate school experience that I frequently find useful. After this talk, attendees will find the industry a bit more transparent and, additionally, will know how they might look for such work.

Speaker Bio: Rhys Ulerich grew up in Western Pennsylvania. After attending Penn State University for mechanical engineering and computer science, he spent 10 years in Austin, Texas. There Rhys worked at IBM then earned a Ph.D. from The University of Texas's Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics program. Rhys has worked as a Quantitative Software Engineer at Two Sigma Investments in New York City for the past 8 years.

Hi everyone,

SIAM-UT is proud to host Two Sigma for our next industry talk on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, from 3-4 pm CST in person at POB 6.304. Our speaker is an Oden Institute alumnus, Dr. Rhys Ulerich, VP, Quantitative Software Engineer at Two Sigma. Details below and poster attached:

Date and Time: March 2, 2022 (Wednesday), 3:00-4:00 pm (Central Time)

Talk type: In-person | Venue: POB 6.304

Talk Title: Consider Jobs in Quantitative Finance

Talk Overview: Folks often overlook opportunities in quantitative finance because the industry is opaque. That's a shame because individuals with strong computational science skills can find interesting, rewarding careers therein. I will discuss how buy-side quantitative finance firms fit into the broader financial industry and what general needs they have. I will give an overview of one such firm, my employer Two Sigma Investments, then touch on my roles there over the past eight years. I will share tidbits from the book "The Laws of Trading" and from my graduate school experience that I frequently find useful. After this talk, attendees will find the industry a bit more transparent and, additionally, will know how they might look for such work.

Speaker Bio: Rhys Ulerich grew up in Western Pennsylvania. After attending Penn State University for mechanical engineering and computer science, he spent 10 years in Austin, Texas. There Rhys worked at IBM then earned a Ph.D. from The University of Texas's Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics program. Rhys has worked as a Quantitative Software Engineer at Two Sigma Investments in New York City for the past 8 years.