Google, Inc.
mathematical topics are offered through the Hope
College Mathematics Department. Applicants
mountain View, California; New York, New York;
must be U.S. citizens.
seattle washington
Contact: Nathan Tintle, Mathematics Department,
Number of Positions: Four
Hope College, 27 Graves Place, Holland, MI
Type of Student: PhD
49423; (616) 395-7272; (616) 395-7123 (fax);
Deadline: February 1, 2010
tintle@hope.edu
We supply interesting problems, lots of relevant
data, and a chance to work with a Google statistician
and software engineers who are building the latest
Joint Program of Survey
and greatest Google services. You provide imagina-
Methodology (JPSM)
tion and analysis/modeling skills. The workplace washington, DC
environment is fun and friendly, but serious about
Number of Positions: up to 30
technical challenges and performance expectations.
Type of Student: undergraduate
Applicants should be current PhD students who
have completed at least one year of course require-
Deadline: February 1, 2010, 5 p.m. est
ments. They should also be comfortable in data-rich JPSM is conducting a nationwide search for a lim-
environments and have requisite computational ited number of junior fellows. This unique expe-
skills, including high proficiency in R. Familiarity rience combines paid research assistantships with
with scripting languages (e.g., shell, python, perl, ongoing educational seminars. Successful applicants
gawk) also may be needed. The internship program will work in one of the federal statistical agencies
is 10 weeks in duration and concludes with a poster in Washington, DC, during the summer of 2010.
presentation. Applicants should submit a cover let- Interns will learn how data gathered from house-
ter, CV, and letter of recommendation from a fac- holds and economic units are used to track and
ulty member. identify trends. They will work on key indicators
Contact: Anu Zutshi, Technical Recruiting, Room
of unemployment, crime, consumer prices, popu-
303B, Bldg. MTV-41, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway,
lation migration and growth, agricultural produc-
Mountain View, CA 94043;
anu@google.com
tion, educational performance of young people,
and transportation trends. Successful applicants will
participate in seminars on survey methodology and
Hope College
explore career options in survey research, which may
include JPSM-sponsored graduate degree programs.
Holland, michigan
For application forms and more information, visit
Number of Positions: three
www.jpsm.umd.edu.
Type of Student: undergraduate
Contact: JPSM, 1218 Lefrak Hall, College Park,
Deadline: February 26, 2010; applications
MD 20742; (301) 314-7911; (301) 314-7912 (fax);
reviewed as received
JPSM@survey.umd.edu
Undergraduate students with an interest in sta-
tistical genetics are encouraged to apply to par-
ticipate in Hope College’s nationally recognized
Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
undergraduate research program. Work with a Newtown, Pennsylvania
team of undergraduate students on cutting-edge
Number of Positions: One
problems in statistical genetics leading to publica-
Type of Student: Doctoral, preferably at disserta-
tion in peer-reviewed journals and presentations
tion stage
at regional and national conferences. Visit http://
math.hope.edu/reu.html for more information,
Deadline: march 15, 2010
a link to this year’s project descriptions, and an The summer intern is given the opportunity to carry
application. Participants will receive a stipend of out independent research under the mentorship of
$3,200 for the eight-week program, which runs LSAC research staff.
from June 7 through July 30, 2010. Free apart-
Contact: Lynda Reese, Associate Director of
ment-style housing and funds for travel to/from
Psychometric Research, Law School Admission
Hope College will be provided. In addition to the
Council, Box 40, 662 Penn St., Newtown, PA
statistical genetics research group, research oppor-
18940; (215) 968-1369; (215) 504-1408 (fax);
tunities in probability, topology, graph theory,
LReese@LSAC.org
numerical analysis, dynamical systems, and other
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