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MCM Information Session: October 30, 2024, 5:30pm-6:30pm

@ MW 154 or Zoom (Meeting ID: 988 5204 1815, Passcode: 574216)

*If you miss the information session you can still sign up here!

 

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(Speaker Series) Atidot: October 23, 2024: 5:30pm-6:30pm @ Journalism 360

Link to Poster

Sherry joined Atidot, an CNBC named Top 30 insurtech in the world, after serving as Chief Actuary of New York City for seven years. With over 20 years of leadership experience in strategic policy, operations, relationship management, and communications, she has established herself as an exceptional professional in the field. A graduate of The Ohio State University with an Executive MBA and an undergrad in math and actuarial science, Sherry has held prestigious roles, including Chief Actuary of STRS of Ohio and later New York City.

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(Speaker Series) Google: September 19, 2024: 6-7pm @ EA 160 (18th Ave Building) 

 

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(Speaker Series) JPMC FAST: September 5, 2024: 6-7pm @ EA (18th Ave Library) 160 

Link to Poster

Minxuan Luo | Data Science Associate at JPMC (FAST)

Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Mathematics and a Master’s degree in Computational Science and Engineering. Currently working at JPMC’s Focused Analytics Solutions Team (FAST), Minxuan leverages statistical and machine learning methods to implement solutions that drive business decisions at the firm.

Shlok Sah | Data Science Associate at JPMC (FAST)

Shlok Sah is a Data Science Associate at JPMorgan Chase with the FAST team. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and a Master’s in Computer Sciencefrom Ohio State and is actively involved in leadership and volunteer initiatives. Outside of work, he loves to travel and watch F1.

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2024 OSU Quantathon

Link to Poster.

Info-session | TBA @ Math Tower 724
During this info-session, we will discuss what the Quantathon is and what questions students may encounter. Resources to prepare for the competition will also be provided. This meeting is also a great place to meet new people and form teams.

Denise Dzekova| Software Engineer at Google
March 29th, 2024: 5-6pm @ Math Tower 724
After graduating with a BS in Computational and Applied Math from UChicago in 2018, Denise Dzekova joined Goldman Sachs as a Quant Analyst. She used a blend of Computer Science, Finance, and Math to develop hedging strategies/trades for the Commodity & Currency Derivatives Analytics Group. Denise is now a Software Engineer at Google working on Site Reliability Engineering Group.

Alex Hookway, FSA| Sr AVP, NF Quantitative Risk Management at Nationwide Financial
March 29th, 2024: 6-7pm @ Math Tower 724
After graduating with a BS in Economics from Ohio State, Alex Hookway joined Nationwide Financial as an Actuary. He is currently the AVP of Quantitative Risk Management where he leads a team responsible for hedging of embedded guarantees in products sold by Nationwide Financial. Alex holds a Masters in Analytics from Georgia Tech.

Quantathon |  March, 29-30th, 2024 @ Math Tower 724
After our two guest speakers, we will publish the question and dataset online at around 7pm. Students then have 24 hours to find insights for potential trading strategies. Teams will be judged on the 5 minutes video they submit discussing the insights they found.

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Kieran Tomich| Rotational Analyst at KeyBank
November 20th, 2023: 5-6pm @ Math Tower 724
Link to Poster.
After graduating with a BS in Statistics from OSU in May 2023, Kieran Tomich joined KeyBank as a Rotational Analyst. He uses a blend of computer science, stats, and math to inform business decisions at KeyBank. Come learn about his experience with the job hunting process!

 

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Dennis Baer | Director of Business Development Operations at Whitney, Bradley, & Brown Inc. (Retd)
November 13th, 2023: 5-6pm @ Math Tower 724
Link to Poster.
After graduating with a BS in Mathematics from OSU, Mr. Baer went on to serve in the US Navy for 20 years as an Aviator and Cost Analyst. Following his military service, he worked 17 years in the Cost and Economic Analysis Domain in Private Industry. He also holds an MS in operations research form the Naval Postgraduate School.

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2023 OSU Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Info-session #3| November 8th, 2023: 4-5pm @ Math Tower 724
During this info-session, we will discuss what the OSU Mathematical Contest in Modeling is and what questions students may encounter. We will have past winners present their winning reports. We require participant of the Contest to attend at least one of our three info-sessions. This meeting is also a great place to meet new people and form teams.

OSU MCM | November 10-12th, 2023
After teams are formed, we will release the question set on November 1oth in the afternoon. Team will have until the 12th to write up their report and one-page executive summary and turn BOTH document in by 11:59 PM. Top teams will be sponsored to participate in the International Modeling Competition in February, 2024

Dr. Rebecca Sela | Data Science Director at JP Morgan Chase
November 2nd, 2023: 6-7pm @ Math Tower 724
Link to Poster.
Dr. Rebecca Sela leads a team of data scientist to perform data analysis and build machine learning models to optimize the banking operation at JPMC. During her 13 years at JPMC, she has worked on numerous facets of the banking industry like financial analysis, marketing modeling, and operations modeling. Prior to joining JPMC, Dr. Sela worked as an Assistant Economist at he Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She received her PhD. in Statistics from NYU Stern under the guidance of Dr. Clifford Hurvich and Dr. Jeffrey Simonoff.

Dr. Guido Camargo España|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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David Weirich |  Discussing his career path and research interests as a mathematician working in industry
Data Scientist and Mathematician at Root Insurance Company
November 20, 2019: 4:30PM at Math Tower (MW) 724

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Will Marshall  |  Employment opportunities at The National Air and Space Intelligence Center
NASIC’s Recruiting Ambassador
October 16, 2019: 4:30PM at Math Tower (MW) 724

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Dr. Daniel Martens | Getting your PhD – a Recent Graduate’s Perspective
Analytics Scientist at Ford Motor Company
September 18, 2019: 4:30PM at Math Tower (MW) 724

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Adrienne Atkinson
Head of Commercial Competitive Intelligence at Huntington Bank
March 21, 2019: 5:15-6:15 PM at MW 724

 

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Life Beyond Mathematics Degree

Math Tower 724 |February 21 & February 25, 2019, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
The Association for Women in Math, Math to Industry, and the Arts and Sciences Center for Career and Professional Success hosted, Life Beyond Math Degree, a two-part series planned exclusively for math majors. We offered a two-event series:

Part I: February 21st , from 5pm-7pm in Math Tower 724.  Handshake is the intuitive, easy-to-use job search system available to help you connect with employers, career communities, and explore opportunities. You’ll see how Handshake works, learn the benefits of completing a thorough profile, and receive customized guidance on searching for resume-builders related to your career goals. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to learn and practice networking strategies and your elevator pitch to help you prepare for Part Two in the series.

Part II: February 25th, from 5:30pm – 6:45pm pm in Math Tower 724. This is your opportunity to learn more about where your math degree can take you by connecting with alumni of the Department of Math, as well as industry leading professionals, who can answer your questions about career preparation and offer insight into an array of career paths. Participants include:

 

 

Raya Horesh
Research Staff Member at IBM
Feb 21, 2019: 5:45PM at Cockins Hall 240)

 

 

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Sherry Chan
Chief Actuary at New York City Office of the Actuary
Oct 5, 2018: 4:20 PM – 5:10 PM at MW 724

 

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R Workshop taught by Collin McCabe, Ph.D.

Dreese Lab 0264 | September 20, 2018: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Dr. McCabe is a creative problem-solver and servant leader with 9+ years in data science, health research, and higher education. He has recently transitioned to an industry role focusing on healthcare, research, and data science. But until very recently, he was working as a postdoctoral researcher, leading an international team based jointly at Duke University School of Medicine, USA and the Institute for Veterinary​ Medicine in Mongolia. His group studies various emerging zoonotic (animal-borne) disease threats in central Asia through statistical modeling, laboratory analyses, and fieldwork. (Linkedin)

Thanks again to Collin for giving our students such a great hype Event (R Workshop) for LOGI OHI/O on September 20, 2018.

 

 

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Jason Black
Director of Analytic Insights at Huntington National Bank
September 13, 2018: 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM at MW 724

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Stefan Webb
Actuarial Analyst at Southern Financial Group
Aug 30, 2018: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at MW 724

 

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Speeches from Joshua Brady & Dean Lampman

MW 724 (Math Tower) | October 27, 2017: 4:15 PM – 6:30 PM

Joshua Brady, who is a Manager at Cincinnati Insurance Company. Joshua leads a team that is focused on developing products that support agents, improve profitability, and balance resource costs. He is also a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS) (Retrieved from Joshua’s Linkedin)

Dean Lampman, who is the CEO and founder of Catalyft, LLC. Over the past 31 years, Dean demonstrated acumen to quickly interpret complex business issues, develop improvement strategies, design and implement behaviors, processes & management systems that lift revenues and dramatically improve performance across the value chain has delivered in excess of $2.2 billion in annualized client benefits (Retrieved from Dean’s Linkedin)

Thanks again to Joshua and Dean for giving our students such a great speech on October 27, 2017. They kindly shared their experiences in actual science and consulting area.

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Job Panel — Alumni & Graduate

MW 724 (Math Tower) | October 26, 2017: 12:30PM – 1:40PM

We talked about what students can do in the future with a degree in mathematics, computer science, or engineering. We had lunch together with a panel of OSU alumni about their diverse paths to successful careers. We networked with OSU alumni. Different internship opportunities and advice about what employees are looking were presented to students. This was an excellent networking event.

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Two Sigma (Associates)

MW 724 (Math Tower) | October 18, 2017: 12:45PM – 2:00PM

We had an presentation about fin-tech and quantitative trading. The presenter gave an overview of how a leading quantitative hedge fund worked, what open problems and challenges quant funds were facing, and which kind of talents employers were looking for. It was very educational and practical.