Weekly PDA Newsletter - Jan 31, 2016
Kathrin Graetz
graetz at mit.edu
Sun Jan 31 19:44:04 EST 2016
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Dear MIT Postdocs,
Last Sunday we were covered in a wonderful mantle of snow and today it feels as if spring is already around the corner. For us at MIT, the IAP is over and the new semester is just around the corner with its hourly waves of students in the hallways. And for us in the PDA, the next events are coming closer with "Postdoc Share Their Science" and the vendor fair in early March. So be prepared for everything that waits just around the corner...:)
Best,
Kathrin
P.S. And congratulations to all the winners of the PDA travel grants!!!
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Dr.-Ing. Kathrin Graetz
Corresponding Secretary
Postdoctoral Association of MIT (PDA)
pda.mit.edu<http://pda.mit.edu/> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/44093460815/> Twitter (@MITPDA)<https://twitter.com/MITPDA> LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/grps/MIT-Postdoc-2506720/about?>
Next PDA meeting: February 8, 12pm @E25-202 (next week!) register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-vT1gzgyik3JHFWaRgQwAVeVoiaoQFK7iP2MO4dtKwo/viewform> Lunch will be provided!
This Week's Topics:
· Upcoming PDA Events
o Postdocs Share Their Science - Call for Posters
· From the PDA Committees
o Call for a New Chair of the Human Affairs Committee
o Community Building Committee: Team Up for the Crossing the Charles Competiton
· Postdoc Orientation Sessions
· From the PDA PInG Initiatives
· Other Events at MIT
o xFair
o xFair Tech Talks
o How to Work a Career Fair
o Cover Letters
o Life Sciences Night 2016
o Destination Europe
o MIT European Career Fair 2016
o Career Opportunities - Research in Germany
o Pathways to the Life Science Industry Webinars
o Ph.D. & MASTER'S Virtual Career Fair
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Upcoming PDA Events:
Postdoc Share Their Science - Call for Posters!
The PDA is pleased to announce the 5th annual MIT Postdocs Share Their Science that will be held on March 2nd, from 11 - 2pm at Morss Hall (Walker Memorial, 50-140). This event allows postdocs from all fields to share their research with the MIT community by presenting posters. This event is also combined with a vendor fair, where you can talk with representatives from your favorite companies.
**Prizes will be awarded to the 3 best posters of the session.**
To present a poster during this event, please submit your information HERE<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZL_VV3RAmlPToJlyotjshvA6ZA-gcdthGMydh59lUX8/viewform?usp=send_form> (no abstract necessary) before February 12th. More details about the event and prizes will be provided by the end of February. If you have any questions, please contact Liz at canovic at mit.edu<mailto:canovic at mit.edu>.
Do not miss this opportunity to share your research with the MIT community!
PDA Sports: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Sport%20Activities%20for%20MIT%20Postdocs
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>From the PDA Committees:
Call for a New Chair of the Human Affairs Committee
The MIT Postdoctoral Association is looking for a new chair for the Human Affairs for 2016. This is a relatively new committee, and has been the main interface between the PDA and the MIT CRD (committee for race and diversity, a campus-wide initiative). The HA committee also supports other camps groups looking to increase inclusiveness. The aims of the committee are to encourage fair treatment, prevent and eliminate discrimination, and foster mutual understanding and respect among all postdocs. If you can identify with these aims, please consider serving as HA chair and get in touch with Claudia (ccwehrsp at mit.edu<mailto:ccwehrsp at mit.edu>) this week.
Community Building Committee:
Show your creativity and lead a MIT PDA team to cross the Charles river in May!
If you have an idea but need a team to implement it, please consider forming a MIT PDA team and we will be happy to help with anything needed. If you are interested in volunteering, please also send us an email (Min Ding dingmin at mit.edu<mailto:dingmin at mit.edu>) and hopefully we can make it together! The deadline for team sign-up will be February 8, so let us do it quick.
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Postdoc Orientation Sessions:
The PDA offers Postdoc Orientation Sessions open to all postdocs at MIT. Topics covered include:
· Data on postdoc population at MIT
* MIT oversight of postdocs
* Defining postdoc expectations
* Differences between fellows and associates
* PDA structure and initiatives
· How to get involved
The sessions will be typically the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 12pm (45-60min) in E19-306. Lunch will be provided.
The dates for the next six months are as follows: Jan 25, Feb 1, Feb 22, Mar 7, Mar 21, Apr 4, Apr 25, May 2, May 16, June 6, June 20
If you are interested in participating, you can register via Atlas or using this link<http://web.mit.edu/training/course.html?course=CDT21061c>.
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>From the PDA PInG Initiatives:
Yoga Classes
on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at Marlar Lounge 37-252. Tickets and more info are available here.<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mit-yoga-postdoctoral-initiative-mypi-tickets-17836512489>
Feb. 3, Feb. 10
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If you are interested in yoga classes starting February 17th on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm, Marlar Lounge (37-252), a reduced rate for postdocs and their spouses/partners is offered for a 10 class session for $80.
The classes will take place at the following 10 dates:
Feb 17 and 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, April 6, 13 and 20
If you are interested, please reserve your spots by contacting sarahsaf at mit.edu<mailto:sarahsaf at mit.edu>
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Other Events at MIT:
xFair (powered by MIT TechX and MIT Chapter of Tau Beta Pi)
xFair (which joins Techfair and TBP's career fair) is a career fair and expo combined--companies can showcase their products and services to thousands of MIT students in order to build their brand at MIT and give students a better idea of what they could work on during a potential internship or job.
Date and Time: February 1st, 10am - 4pm
Location: Rockwell Cage
xFair Tech Talks
Daqri (Feb 2, 4-5pm, 2-190): Daqri will be talking about ARToolkit, an open source set of SDKs that are used to develop augmented reality experiences. It works across Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS, and Android and integrates with Unity 3D. It uses markers as targets to trigger AR experiences and supports a wide range of smart glasses. Students are strongly recommended to bring laptops!!!
Yelp (Feb 2, 5-6pm, 4-270): Websites like Yelp have come a long way from that LAMP setup in your basement. In this talk, Joey L. will walk through how large websites actually work and how they differ from that webapp you wrote for fun last week. Along the way we will touch on how our engineering team is able to keep such a large site running smoothly while changing it many times per day, and how we deal with the fires that do happen without getting burned. Three years ago, Ryan D. was a soon-to-be new grad PM, and was still unclear on what a product manager actuallydid. Most descriptions of the role are rife with opaque buzzwords. Ryan will be sharing some of his notes from the field that he thinks would have been helpful a few years ago. Yelp will also be raffling off an iPad Mini w/Retina, so remember to bring your CS or engineering resume to get a raffle ticket.
Lyft (Feb 2, 6-7pm, 4-370): Come hear about the history and implementation of Lyft Line! We'll dive into the market fit and research behind Line, insights into some of the product decisions that were made, and an overview of the technical implementation and architecture supporting the product. An open Q&A and time for mingling and meeting Lyft engineers will follow.
Intel (Feb 2, 6-7pm, 2-190): Join Intel Leaders & Technology Experts to hear from a variety of business groups including Design & Technology Solutions, Server Development, Client Computing, Information Technology, Manufacturing Development, and Non-Volatile Memory Solutions. Immediate opportunities!
Yahoo (Feb 3, 1-2pm, E15-335): Join Frank Bentley, Yahoo Principal Researcher, as he discusses the User Experience Research methods Yahoo uses and provides specific examples of research conducted and the product impact that it has made. Yahoo takes a User First approach to building products, with all employees taking part in user research activities each quarter. Yahoo's User Experience Research teams are involved in all stages of product planning and development, ensuring that products are designed to meet real users needs and that the products we make are usable and delightful to use in daily life. Yahoo also actively publishes its best research in venues such as CHI, Mobile HCI, and Ubicomp. The team is currently hiring interns and full-time researchers.
Oracle (Feb 3, 6-7pm): Join to learn how Oracle Solaris Studio development tools can help you write higher quality code, in less time. We will discuss how you can remotely develop applications from the convenience of your laptop environments and demonstrate how the advanced analysis tools help improve Java, C and C++ application performance, quality and security. Learn what features make Oracle Solaris Studio a development platform of choice for both individual use and in enterprise production environments.
More Tech Talks to come! Follow our Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/MITxFair> to receive more current updates! Questions? Email xfair-exec at mit.edu<mailto:xfair-exec at mit.edu>!
How to Work a Career Fair (sponsored by MIT GECD)
Many students are overwhelmed when attempting to navigate a career fair with hundreds of employers. This workshop you will learn what to do in preparation for the fair, what to do at the fair, and what to do after the fair. The fair is an excellent opportunity to connect with employers -- create a strategy that will help you in this competitive employment environment!
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 3rd, 1:30 - 3:00pm
Location: Building 5-234
Registration via CareerBridge<https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>
Cover Letters (sponsored by MIT GECD)
Come learn the essential components of a strong cover letter from a career expert as you prepare for upcoming career fairs.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 4th, 2:00 - 3:00pm
Location: Building 32-144
Registration via CareerBridge<https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>
Life Sciences Night 2016 (organized by swissnex Boston in collaboration with MIT PDA)
Join swissnex Boston for its 6th Life Sciences Night, right on time for the annual MIT European Career Fair. Meet representatives from leading life science research institutions for a networking event with presentations about research and career opportunities in Switzerland. Mingle and connect with representatives from Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), University of Basel, University of Geneva and Greater Zurich Area before and after the presentations. Join us to learn everything about research opportunities in the Life Sciences at top Swiss institutions! http://lifesciences16.eventbrite.com
Date and Time: Friday, February 5th, 6:30 - 9:00pm
Location: List Visual Arts Center at MIT - Building E15
Registration here<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-sciences-night-2016-tickets-20707270002>
Destination Europe
The event will take place on 5 February 2016 in Boston city center and will showcase research career and funding opportunities in Europe for researchers of any nationality, at all stages of their research careers. It will include information and discussion opportunities on European Union programs as well as national programs and initiatives in many European countries.
Participation is free but prior registration is essential.
The full Programme and Registration details are available here: https://destinationeurope-boston.teamwork.fr/en/registration
MIT European Career Fair 2016 (organized by the MIT European Club) extended registration deadline!
The European Career Fair<https://fasmail.harvard.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=xpExdYiBvEW7ZnMYolcx-xSNPFN2_tIIXeSvccGyxzE_mmjbg0F48AaUrBtATSrD5bEQXahJMcw.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fecf.fairsey.com%2f> (ECF) is an annual recruiting event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which is organized by the MIT European Club in partnership with the European Commission, the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives, the German American Business Council, and the German Academic Exchange Service. The Career Fair will be held on Saturday Feb 6th at the Johnson Athletic Center on MIT Campus in Cambridge.
Register and upload your resume by January 28th! Registration at https://ecf.fairsey.com/
Our mission is to connect top-tier US students and young professionals with European companies, universities and non-profit organizations and to inform about career opportunities in Europe. Participating companies are very diverse, ranging from multinational corporations to non-profit organizations in the research/ technology as well as business and consulting sector.
Full-profit companies from recent years are amongst others:
Bayer, Roche, BMW, Shell, Volkswagen, Siemens, McKinsey, Novo Nordisk, Boston Consulting Group, GE, P&G, Total, Audi, Novartis, Allianz, Munich RE, ABB, PNB Paribas, Bosch, IBM, Philips, Generali, ING, Cisco, Merck, BASF, SAP, Sennheiser, Thales Group and many more
Our participating non-profit companies are amongst other:
The European Commission, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Max Planck Society
For more updates follow us on LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAIAAAiIQzwBEUUPf5T1hJeioSQnXMFZfMeEX9o&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile> and Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/ECF.MIT/>.
For questions contact: support_ecf2016 at mit.edu<mailto:support_ecf2016 at mit.edu>
Career Opportunities - Research in Germany
The "Research in Germany" initiative invites students currently pursuing or planning to pursue a graduate and post-graduate careers, and other researchers and scientists to meet more than 30 German universities and research institutions and discover what they have to offer.
In addition to the ECF, we offer a special information session, with expert advisers and consultants from Germany.
Group I: Pursuing Graduate Studies in Germany
Group II: Opportunities for Postdocs, Young Investigators and Junior Faculty in Germany
Place: Hyatt Regency Cambridge
Time: Sunday, February 7, 2016, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
Contact: Dr. Gerrit Roessler, "Research in Germany" Coordinator, German Academic Exchange Service; Email: roessler at daad.org<mailto:roessler at daad.org>, Phone: 212.758.3223 ext 217
Please register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ECF2016
The Information Session will start at 10am with a "Welcome and Introduction" highlighting new developments and job opportunities in Germany for all participants. Participants will then have the opportunity to meet our experts at various round tables.
The topics include:
· Funding Opportunities (PhD, Postdoc, Junior Researcher)
· Junior Research Group Leaders
· Opportunities for Postdocs
· Universities of Applied Science
· Different Ways to a Professorship
· Research Careers in Industry
· Careers in Administration and Management (Alt.-Ac.)
Pathways to the Life Science Industry Webinars
Many PhDs could use practice in the development of advanced cognitive skills and broadened perspectives to effectively contribute in the life science industry. In this webinar series, we present examples of career pathways as we emphasize the integration and application of knowledge regarding products, processes, the regulatory environment, intellectual property, the markets, and financial matters.
Don't miss these unique opportunities to learn about the careers in the life sciences industry that leverage your unique scientific training and place you on a trajectory to leadership.
February 2, 5:00pm - 6:00 pm
An Interview with Regeneron's VP for Human Resources, Ross Grossman
Ross Grossman
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tarrytown, NY
Register Now: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5567185084874129922
March 16, 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Careers in the Life Science Industry
Steve Casper, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Applied Life Sciences
Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA
Register Now: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/546303719542196226
April 6, 12:00 - 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Professional Development for Scientists: Tacit Knowledge and Current Events
James Sterling, Ph.D., Director of the Postdoctoral Professional Master's Program
Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA
Register Now: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2121804926099112962
Ph.D. & MASTER'S Virtual Career Fair
Students, Post-Docs, and Alumni Invited to Attend - Meet Recruiters Live Online - It's easy & efficient! Event FAQ's<https://www.careereco.com/Fair/RenderPage?fairPageId=26ac444e-4e08-46d0-aceb-a59201158e70>
Date and Time: March 2nd
Register Here<https://www.careereco.com/events/gradtalent> (Employer List<https://www.careereco.com/Fair/FairOrganizations?fairId=ccdbb01d-2d75-4cfb-aa82-a555012722b9>)
Just how cute is YOUR baby's brain? We'll show you at MIT!
Come participate in the Saxe Lab's "BabyBrain" studies!
By participating in this research, you help us understand more about how babies' brains are built and develop. This knowledge is important in contributing to a greater understanding of typical development, as well as creating a foundation for future research on atypical development.
To sign up or for more information, contact Grace!
mit.kids.brains at gmail.com<mailto:mit.kids.brains at gmail.com> || (617) 286-6476
kidsbrains.mit.edu
Free affiliate membership with the National Postdoctoral Association: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members
Other helpful sites:
postdocs.mit.edu (Office VPR)
MIT GECD Events<https://gecd.mit.edu/mit-events>
MIT Spouses&Partners Events<http://spouses.mit.edu/mit-events>
MIT Events<http://events.mit.edu/>
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