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IT and computers

 

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Computers are the ultimate maths machines. In the 17th century the mathematician Gottfried von Leibniz realised that you can calculate anything you want only using 0s and 1s, and he presented the first ever calculating machine to the Royal Society in London.

Today, a world without computers is hard to imagine. You don't need much maths to use them, but to design them and develop the software used by anyone from bankers to artists you do. Scientists, engineers, architects and medical professionals all rely on computer simulations in their work. The people who put these simulations together have to be experts not only in computer science, but also in maths. Every second an enormous amount of information is transmitted over email, the internet and other tele-communication devices. It's maths that makes them work efficiently and keeps the information safe.    


Plus magazine career interviews

Plus magazine interview, computer game designer
Nick Gray has an MSc in maths and now as a computer games designer, working on the Havok physics engine

Plus magazine interview, computer game developer
Andrew Wensley works as a computer games developer for Eidos, the creators of Lara Croft

Plus magazine interview, computer music researcher
Nick Collins is building an artificial musician

Plus magazine interview, audio software engineer
Skot MacDonald combines maths and music in his ideal career as an audio software engineer

Plus magazine interview, IT consultant
Jason Winborn specialises in human resource management software Peoplesoft, and has been working freelance as a consultant for four years.

Plus magazine interview, IT project manager
Bharat Dodia works for an internet company and helps Ford monitor their car production

Plus magazine careers library
A collection of interviews from people in various maths-related careers, showing the wide range of uses maths can get put to in the real world.


Career profiles from scenta

Guy, computer games programmer
 

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The scenta website has lots of information about jobs in engineering, technology and science, and lists current vacancies in these sectors.

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Career profiles from the American Mathematical Society

William Anderson, Software developer

Career profile from the American Mathematical Society complete with details on the kind of maths used.

 


Douglas Cooper, Naval Research Laboratory

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details of the kind of maths used.


Paul Boggs, National Institute of Standards and Technology

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.


Linda Kaufman, Bell Labs

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.


David Lieberman, Institute for Defense Analyses

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.

 


David Ross, Eastman Kodak

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with etails on the kind of maths used.


William J. Satzer, 3M

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.


Candace K. Sleeman, Gorca Systems, Inc

A career profile from the American Mathematical society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.


Timothy G. Trucano, Sandia National Laboratories

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on thekind of maths used. 

 


Career information from the American Mathematical Society