Graduate Program : Department of Mathematics

Roadmap of the Academic Job Search PFEN 103
January 28, 2008 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Your CV is the first impression an employer will receive. Bring the latest draft of
your curriculum vitae and learn some tips and techniques for presenting yourself in
the best possible way.

Proposal Writing Workshop STEW 214
January 30, 2008 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Peter Dunn (Associate Vice Provost of Research, Director of University Research
Administration & Compliance) will provide tips, advice, and instruction on how to
write grants for funding.

Applying for Federal Jobs PFEN 103
January 30, 2008 12:00am – 1:00pm
The federal government employs personnel from a wide range of backgrounds. Learn more
about the types of jobs available, how to find them, and how to apply
successfully.

Trekking Through Graduate School KRAN G007
January 31, 2008 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Learn how to develop important skills that will get you through graduate school on
top. Also learn about the resources available at Purdue and the surrounding area to
help you push on as well as relieve your stress.

Speed Networking PFEN 103
February 1, 2008 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Networking is essential to your professional development. This is a great chance to
meet your peers and develop this necessary skill!

Register at: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/development/

The Graduate School will be presenting the following workshops on
Thursday January 24, 2007.

Thesis Formatting and Deposit Workshop
Location: STEW 302
Date: January 24, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Description: One of four identical presentations for Master’s and Ph.D.
candidates planning to deposit theses and dissertations in the near
future. Representatives from Boiler Copy Maker and Graduate School
Student Records will also provide short presentations and answer
questions. Bring a copy of your thesis or dissertation!

Resume Development
Location: PFEN 103
Date: January 24, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Description: Your resume is the first impression an employer in industry
will receive. Bring your latest draft and learn some tips and techniques
for tailoring the resume to fit the job and presenting yourself in the
best possible way. You’ll learn to identify and document your
transferable skills, interpret job announcements and plan your resume
accordingly, and develop a successful resume. This will be in
conjunction with the Center for Career Opportunities (CCO).

Please register at this link:
https://ias.itap.purdue.edu/rgs/wgb_workshop.disp_online_workshop

We are pleased to announce a new NSF-STEM funded scholarship program forundergraduates and graduate students. This interdisciplinary,multi-departmental program is called the Purdue Scholarship Program inQuantitative Physiology. Depending on financial need and participationin the program, scholarships for undergraduates can be up to $3500. Wehave attached a short informational flyer for you to post and distributeto students and faculty who might be interested in participating in theprogram. Please note that the application deadline for undergraduates issoon (Feb. 1), so please encourage potential applicants to visit thewebsite and download an application as soon as possible. We have alsoattached a longer description of the program. A flyer describing thescholarship for graduate students will be coming soon. Furtherinformation can be obtained at the program’s website, http://www.math.purdue.edu/~buzzard/QP/ or by emailing quant-phys@math.purdue.edu.               Sincerely,   Ed Bartlett  Riyi Shi  Ann Rundell  Jenna Rickus Greg Buzzard  Kevin Otto  Eric Nauman

33rd Annual Summer Institute of Applied Statistics

June 20-22, 2008

Bayesian Clinical Trials

Presented by Dr. Scott M. Berry, Berry Consultants, College Station, TX

The course will describe recent Bayesian innovations in the design and
analysis of clinical trials. The goals are (i) more efficient clinical
trials and clinical development programs and (ii) treating patients more
effectively, both those in and outside of trials. The presenter will
provide some background on Bayesian designs for clinical trials and give
several case studies of the adaptive approach used in actual designs and
analyses presented to the FDA. These examples include the possibility of
early stopping, seamless phase II and III trials with sequential
sampling, and using early endpoints to guide sample size and adaptive
dose finding. The cost savings of such an approach are usually
substantial. The only prerequisite knowledge necessary is a basic
understanding of statistics and of clinical trials.

Workshop sessions will be held all day Wednesday and Thursday and on
Friday morning. The Summer Institute will begin with a Tuesday afternoon
golf tournament. Thursday evening we will have our traditional barbecue.

Registration Information

To register for Summer Institute, please contact the Statistics
Department by phone at (801) 422-4505 or by email at kathi_carter@byu.edu.

Costs are as follows:

For non-academic registration,

$700 *by* 1 May 2008
$850 *after* 1 May 2008

For academic registration,

$450 *by* 1 May 2008
$600 *after* 1 May 2008

For CES and Student Rates, please contact the department at (801) 422-4505.

Scott D. Grimshaw
Professor & Associate Chair
BYU Statistics

Last spring we had a great MAA spring section meeting with a lot
of involvement from graduate students giving presentations in their
areas of interests. This is a good opportunity for graduate students
to get experience giving talks and I know that the MAA members
enjoyed hearing the presentations.

This spring the meeting will be at St. Mary’s College in South Bend
on March 28-29. We would like to encourage graduate students once
again to come to the meeting and give talks. Even graduate students
who are not very far in their research are encouraged to give talks
that would be overviews of their areas and of interest to the wide
audience of both students (undergraduate as well as graduate) and
faculty.

Please follow this link, MAA SPring 2008, for more information and to
register.