Mathematical Sciences:Mathematics in Industry: Opportunities and Educational Requirements

9303983工业和应用数学学会(SIAM)将开展一个项目，为那些希望改善其数学研究生(硕士和博士)与商业、工业和政府需求匹配的教育工作者提供指导，方法是确定数学在这些领域的使用和用户的特征，确定成功的非学术数学实践者所拥有的技能和属性，向雇主和教育工作者传达这一信息，并发起和促进那些打算从事工业数学职业的硕士和博士生的教育改革。将对选定的毕业生、他们的雇主和他们的教职员工进行调查和访谈，分析数据，并制定适当的建议和指导方针。该项目的目标是(1)描述对在硕士和博士级别接受数学科学培训的个人的需求，以及在工业中利用培训的方式；(2)描述成功的非学术数学从业者所拥有的技能和属性，以及当前数学毕业生的任何被认为的弱点；(3)为希望改善数学研究生与工业需求匹配的教育工作者制定指导方针；(4)建立一个持续的过程，监测工业中数学毕业生的进展，并将这一信息传播给教育工作者；(5)开展活动，提高行业管理人员对如何有效地使用数学和计算分析来改进产品设计、制造流程和其他工业功能的理解；以及(6)评估美国各行业中有影响力的管理人员所认为的数学价值。该项目包括三项任务：(1)对最近数学毕业生及其雇主和相关教师进行电话跟踪的书面调查；(2)对工业组织和联邦实验室的实地访问；以及(3)对工业决策者进行的关于数学对工业的当前和潜在未来价值的调查。

9303983 Block The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) will conduct a project that will provide guidelines for those educators who desire to improve the match of their mathematics graduate students (master's and doctoral) to the needs of business, industry, and government by characterizing both the uses and users of mathematics in those sectors by identifying the skills and attributes possessed by successful practitioners of nonacademic mathematics, by communicating this information to employers and educators, and by initiating and promoting reform in education for those master's and doctoral students bound for careers in industrial mathematics. Data from surveys and interviews of selected graduates, their employers, and their faculty will be analyzed and appropriate recommendations and guidelines developed. The objectives of the project are to (1) characterize the demand for individuals with training in the mathematical sciences at the master's and doctoral levels and the ways in which training is utilized in industry; (2) characterize the skills and attributes possessed by successful practitioners of nonacademic mathematics as well as any perceived weaknesses of current mathematics graduates; (3) formulate guidelines for educators who desire to improve the match of mathematics graduate students to the needs of industry; (4) create a continuing process to monitor the progress of mathematics graduates in industry and to disseminate this information to educators; (5) initiate activities to increase among industry managers understanding of how mathematical and computational analysis can be used effectively to improve product design, manufacturing processes, and other industrial functions; and (6) assess the value of mathematics as perceived by influential managers in a cross- section of U.S. industries. The project consists of three tasks: (1) a written survey with telephone follow-up of recent mathematics graduates and their employers and relevant faculty; (2) site visits to industrial organizations and federal laboratories; and (3) a survey of decision makers in industry about the current and potential future value of mathematics to industry.