« Zoom sur les métiers des mathématiques »

(Professions with mathematics)

Booklet realized by 4 french mathematical associations : SMF,

SMAI, SFdS and « femmes et mathématiques »

(January 2007)

Partnership with Onisep(National Office of Information on Education and

Professions)

Our sponsors

• Ministery of National Education• « Haute-Normandie » Region• INRIA (National Institute of Research in Informatic and Automatic)• Rennes Metropolis• Bertin Technologies• Sofinnova• Ilog• Research Federation in Mathematical Sciences (Paris)• Doctoral School in Mathematical Sciences (Paris-center)• INRA (National Institute of Agronomic Research)• Bouygues SA• IMACS

Aim

Show that mathematics

• Play an essential role in many sectors of activity (not usually well known and which does not only deal with research and teaching)

• Offer many possibilities of jobs, even with only 2 years in university (sometimes with only a technical certification)

• Are not reserved to males !

Finally, the mathematical formation (preciness, rigour …) is very well appreciated in industry, services ...

Target

• Pupils, students• Their parents• Their professors and people in charge of their

orientation

Justification of the partnership with Onisep (distribution within secondary schools, high schools, universities …)

Distribution among professors (APMEP)

Editorial : Mathematics are everywhere !

• Omnipresent in industry (aerospace, imaging, cryptography …), in services (bank, insurance, …)

• Math appear in various sectors of activity : study of risks, data protection, polls …

• They interact with our life, every day (transport, telecommunications, medecine, meteorology, music …)

• They contribute to adressing important challenges of the future (energy, health, environment, climatology, …)

• Jobs accessible from two years after high school

Contents : introductive pages

Mathematics are useful with :

- they furnish to other sciences an efficient language and tools (solve equations, derive, integrate …)

- they play an essential role in the development of new technologies which transform our daily life : mobile phones, internet, meteo, smart cards, medical imaging,…

- they help adressing important challenges : energy, global warming, sustainable development…

- they develop rigour, reasoning, intuition, imagination, and (why not ?) dreams …

Contents : introductives pages

Mathematics : for which job ?

- Various sectors of activity :traditional sectors (meteorology …) and transverse sectors (security, fiability-quality, …)

- Jobs with strong added value (high technology, research and development …)

- Jobs accessible from 20 years old (or less)- Many opportunities for the next years (many retired

persons …)

Contents : 20 single sheet « job descriptions »

20 profiles of young people (31,5 ans) who recently started a job with a formation essentially based on mathematics

Level of study : 3 from technical institutes (IUT), 9 from university, 8 from engineer schools

3 with 2 or 3 years after high school, 10 with 4 or 5 years, 7 with a thesis (8 years)

Profiles splitted in two groups :- the « favorite » sectors- the « horizontal » sectors

Pages of formation + lexicum

The « favorite » sectors :• Teaching Math teacher in a secondary school (10-14 years old)

• Medecine and pharmacyStatistical technician in an hospitalEconometrician in a pharmaceutic laboratory (Lundbeck )

• Banks, finance, insurancesHead of data-mining in a bank (Banque Populaire) Head of tradefloor income in Ixis corporate & Investment BankHead of structured products in Morgan Stanley, Actuary in BNP Paribas insurance

• Meteorology and spaceResearcher in meteorology, Astronomer in an Observatory (Grasse)

• TransportsManager of air traffic, Customer analysist in car industry (Renault)

The « horizontal » sectors :

• Fiability-qualityHead of quality and security at «  la Poste » (international mail)Engineer in statistics at UTAC (technical center of car industry)R&D engineer at France Télécom (trafic control in telecommunications networks)

• Decision helpResearch engineer ; industrial risks in EDF (electricity)Manager at Bouygues (decision process in complex environment)

• Cryptography and securityR&D Manager in France Télécom (data protection for multimedia products)Cryptologist in CELAR (french army)

• Imaging and musicConsultant in Medical imaging, Alten groupResearcher in music and acoustics at IRCAM

Where can you find the booklet ?

• Web sites of the 4 mathematical associations :smai.emath.fr smf.emath.frwww.SFdS.asso.fr www.femmes-et-maths.fr

• 2 web sites of Onisep :www.onisep.fr www.onisep-reso.fr

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