The SIAM Visiting Lecturer Program (VLP) provides the community with a roster of experienced and inspirational applied mathematicians and computational scientists in industry, government, and academia, who can speak on topics that are of interest to developing professional mathematicians.
Learn more about the following speakers from New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Berlin and contact them if you are interested in them speaking at your institution.
Sumanth Swaminathan
Co-founder and CEO, Iterex Therapeutics | New York City, New York, U.S.
Job Description: Responsible for innovating company products and developing/executing company business strategy.
Other Positions: Chief Data Scientist at Revon Systems, Inc. / Technology Consultant at W.L. Gore & Associates
Education: B.S.E in Chemical Engineering / M.S. in Applied Mathematics / Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics / Certified Data Incubator Fellow
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Leveraging Mathematical Modeling for Industrial Product Development / General audience
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Directing business strategy and operational execution through data analytics and prediction models / A quantitative background of any kind with a rudimentary understanding of machine learning would be helpful.
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Leveraging both empirical and first principal models to create value. / General audience (calculus experience and experience with proofs not required!)
Tanya Moore
Vice President of Mission Advancement, Goodwill of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin Counties, Inc. | San Francisco, California, U.S.
Job Description: The Vice President of Mission Advancement (VP) determines strategy and direction for Goodwill's mission related initiatives. This role serves as the strategic core for enterprise-wide transformational projects, including the design of employee training, development and career pathways initiatives.
Other Positions: Adjunct Faculty, Presidio Graduate School and Chabot Community College
Education: B.S. in Mathematics, Spelman College / MSE in Mathematical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University / Ph.D. in Biostatistics, UC Berkeley
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Why Mathematicians are Needed to Create Lasting Social Impact / General audience
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Finding Certainty in Randomness: My Journey in Mathematics / Mathematics graduate students and beyond
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: What I’ve Learned From Math While Learning About Math / Undergraduate math majors and beyond
Jacqueline Nolis
Owner, Nolis, LLC | Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Job Description: Independent data science consultant
Other Positions: Director of Insights & Analytics at Lenati
Education: B.S. in Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute / M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute / Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University
Other information: Winner of Season 3 of the reality TV show: King of the Nerds
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: How to get into the field of Data science / Undergraduate math majors and beyond
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Using deep learning learning for natural language processing in production / Undergraduate math majors and beyond
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: An introduction to R for data science / Undergraduate math majors and beyond
Geographical Constraints: Limited availability outside of Washington state
André Gaul
Co-Founder and CEO, PaperHive | Berlin, Germany
Job Description: Co-Founder, CEO and technical lead at PaperHive.
Other Positions: Advisor at SatoshiPay (blockchain/cryptocurrency startup)
Education: B.A. in Mathematics (minor Computer Science, University Erlangen-Nürnberg) / Diploma (M.A.) in Mathematics (minor Computer Science, University Erlangen-Nürnberg) / Ph.D. in Mathematics (TU Berlin)
Other information: Free software and community network (Freifunk) activist
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Everything around startups (how to get started, software, how does mathematics help, ...) / General audience
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Future of academic publishing (new approaches, tools, collaboration, open access, peer review, ...) / General audience (calculus experience and experience with proofs not required!)
Possible Lecture Topic and Audience: Scientific computing with Python (numerical linear algebra, finite elements) / Graduate math majors and beyond
Learn more about hosting a speaker at your institution by visiting the Program Guidelines.