For Postdocs

Important Forms:

• SAMSI Postdoctoral Fellow Research Plan
• SAMSI Postdoc Responsibilities and Activities: 2014-2015
• SAMSI Postdoc Fellowship Evaluation Questionnaire
• SAMSI Policy for Postdoc Travel Reimbursement

Publications: Text for Crediting SAMSI Support

"This material was based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DMS-1127914 to the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. "

Please send the bibliographical information to [email protected] so that we have a record. Thank you.

Help for Writing:

• Des Higham: 101 Writing Tips
• Steven Krantz: How to Write Your First Paper
• Marie-Claire van Leunen and Richard Lipton: How to Have Your Abstract Rejected
• Jonathan Shewchuk: Three Sins of Authors in Computer Science and Math
• Nicholas J. Higham: Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, Second Edition, SIAM, 1998
• Steven G. Krantz: A Primer of Mathematical Writing, AMS, 1997
• W. Strunk, Jr.: The Elements of Style
• H.W. Fowler: The King's English
• Oded Goldreich: How to write a paper

Help for Presentations:

• SIAM: Tips for Making Effective Presentations
• AMS: Guidelines for Speakers
• Charlie Van Loan: Tips for a Short Talk
• Tammy Kolda and Virginia Torczon: Top Ten Ways to Lose an Audience
• Tammy Kolda: Advice on How to Give a Talk
• Carmine Gallo: Deliver a Presentation like Steve Jobs
• John McCarthy: How to Give a Good Colloquium, CMS Notes, Vol.31, No.5, September 1999
• Edward Tufte: The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint
• SIAM: How to prepare a poster

Reference:

• Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Language Tools

Jobs and Job Interviews:

• Tom Grandine: Interview Tips for Winning that Dream Job
• SIAM: Careers and Jobs
• AMS: Career Services
• James Lambers: Finding An Academic Job
• AMS: Advice for New Ph.D.'s
• Ellen Spertus: Tips for a Massive Academic Job Search
• Jim Austin: Writing a Research Plan
• Joseph Brennan: NSF Proposal Preparation

Additional Resources:

• D. E. Knuth, T. Larrabee, and P. M. Roberts: Mathematical Writing, MAA Notes, No. 14, 1989
• N. E. Steenrod, P. R. Halmos, M. N. Schiffer, and J. A. Dieudonné: How to Write Mathematics, AMS, reprinted 1981
• E. Swanson: Mathematics into Type, Updated Edition by A. O'Sean and A. Schleyer, AMS, 1999
• L. Dupré: BUGS in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose, Addison Wesley, 1998