presentation at penn state math club on computer engineering
DESCRIPTION
A few brief slides on how math in industry differs from math at the academic level.TRANSCRIPT
Math in industry
Disclaimer.
That Math is so hot right now.
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME Let’s talk…
$51,017 $51,230
For 2012 h"p://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/p60-‐245.pdf
jobs Let’s talk…
Industry:
Doing
is more important than
knowing.
Academia is proofs
(define (good-‐enough? guess x) (< (abs (-‐ (square guess) x)) 0.001))
(define (average x y) (/ (+ x y) 2)) (define (improve guess x) (average guess (/ x guess)))
(define (sqrt-‐iter guess x) (if (good-‐enough? guess x) guess (sqrt-‐iter (improve guess x) x)))
(define (sqrt x) (sqrt-‐iter 1.0 x))
Industry is programs
Probability
Statistics
Linear Algebra
Number Theory
Group Theory
Numerical
Analysis
Calculus
Graph Theory
Algorithms
Machine Learning
Algorithms
Automata
(Theory of
Computation)
Math skills Software Engineering
Data Science
Actuarial
Security
SECONDARY SKILLS
Communication skills Complexity Politics
Questions?
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