OpporTunities

​Here are some tidbits for undergraduates, graduate students, and beyond.

Opportunities 

• Be sure to check out the M.S. in Applied Data Science & Analytics program at Howard University
  
• OAI Thought Leadership Lecture Series
• Looking for data science graduate programs?

Finding Opportunities

• NSF REU: These are paid Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Typically you re given a nice summer stipend, food and lodging. These have become competitive so apply early! You may browse by discipline, geographic area, etc.
• NSF Mathematical Sciences Institutes: There are eight institutes funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Most of them have a plethora of opportunities for undergraduates, graduates, postdocs, faculty, teachers, and many more. Check out their calendar and apply for funding! 
• Finding a Career in Numbers: Has various tidbits on how to pursue a career that requires mathematical skills.
• American Mathematical Society (AMS) Career Information
• Mathematical Association of America (MAA) student resources
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) student information

Tutorials

​How to Study/Learn

• How to Be a Successful Student
• How to Study for a Math Exam
• Learning How to Learn (free) Coursera course

[Free-ish] Online Courses 

• Datacamp
• edX
  • Check out the universities here
• Coursera​​

Calculus Notes, Stewart's Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 8th Ed.

• Exam Review Notes for Calculus III: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV
• Notes on Differentiation, Integration Techniques, and Series

How to Calculate an End of Semester Average

Study Tidbits

• ​Job Search Writing from The OWL @ Purdue: How to prepare an application, search letters, resumes and curricula vitae (CV)
• Khan Academy has awesome videos and tutorials
• Paul's Online Notes: Covers Algebra, Calculus 1-3, and Differential Equations (and has great cheat sheets in reduced format!)
• Purplemath
• Patrick's Just Math Tutorials​​

Computational Resources

MATLAB

• MATLAB Student edition
  • Check to see if your institution has a subscription because it may be free for students and faculty   
• Octave (free 'equivalent' version)
• Textbooks on MATLAB by Cleve Moler
• MATLAB trainings and tutorials 

Hanging with Cleve Moler

(Free) LaTeX Downloads

• LaTeX Installation
• MacTeX (Mac OS distribution)
• MiKTeX (Windows distribution) 
• TeX Live (GNU/Linux distribution) or if you have Ubuntu
• Texmaker (a nice editor that works on all operating systems.)

(Free) Statistical/Computing Software

• jamovi (similar to SPSS)
  
• Julia
• Python via Anaconda (includes Spyder, Jupyter Notebook, +)
• R (engine)
• RStudio (graphical front-end for R)
• SAS for students (free software for academics)
• Tableau for students