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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Brian Adams
- Jeffrey Zane Anderson
- Alysia Appell
- P. Darcy Barnett
- Carl M. Beaird
- Cherryl Beeman
- Betsy Bennett
- Nick Bennett
- Jonathan G. Blattmachr
- Mary Bonar
- Ron Bousquet
- Margaret L. Brandeau
- Judith R. Brown
- Denise Cammarata
- Cora L. Carmody
- Jessie Caruso
- Jack Cassidy
- Shane Chalke
- Judith E. Chapman
- Samson Cheung
- Yves Chiricota
- Megan Christensen
- Andrea Cook
- James L. Cooley
- Mary K. Cooney
- Jeff Cooper
- Joe Corrigan
- H. Michael Covert
- Sarah Cullen
- Allison DeLong
- Janet P. DenBleyker
- Mark Derwin
- Susan J. Devlin
- J. Wanzer Drane
- Arnitra Duckett
- Paula Duckett
- Yawa Duse-Anthony
- M. Scott Elliott
- Katie Evans
- Helaman Ferguson
- Rol Fessenden
- Kathie Flood
- Sara Ford
- Richard D. Fuhr
- Holly Gaff
- Marshall B. Garrison
- Allen Gibson
- Ruth Gonzalez
- Douglas A. Gray
- Cynthia Carter Haddock
- Charles R. Hadlock
- Charles Hagwood
- John F. Hamilton
- William D. Hammers
- Jeff Hand
- Carl M. Harris
- Mary Hesselgrave
- Jerry W. Highfill
- Matthew D. Janssen
- Richard Järvinen
- Captain C.J. Jaynes
- Denise Ann Johnston
- Patricia H. Jones
- Marcia P. Kastner
- Sherra E. Kerns
- Gary Kim
- Greg King
- Kay Strain King
- Karen M. Kneisel
- John Kuchenbrod
- Janice A. Kulle
- Kimberly A. Kuntz
- Michael H. Kutner
- Donna F. Lawson
- Christopher M. Legault
- Loren Mernoff Lewin
- Mike Lieber
- Peter A. Lindstrom
- Dan Loeb
- Tammy M. Lofton
- Valerie Lopez-Zinzer, A.S.A
- Christopher M. Luczynski
- Chad Magers
- Carol J. Mandell
- Carla D. Martin
- Patrick Dale McCray
- Jennifer E. McLean
- Juan C. Meza
- Michael G. Monticino
- S. Brent Morris
- William D. Murphy
- Michael J. Murray
- Deenanne Kay Myers
- Joan Peters Ogden
- Edna Lee Paisano
- #Amanda Peterson
- Bruce A. Powell
- Marla Prenger
- Edward H. Preston
- Fred L. Preston
- Diane R. Purcell
- Amanda Quiring
- Laura Readdy
- Brian D. Repp
- Mark A. Reynolds
- Nancy K. Roderer
- Peter Rosenthal
- David S. Ross
- Edward Rothstein
- Christine Rutch
- Bonita V. Saunders
- Julie Scarpa
- Jeffrey A. Schneider
- Joel Schneider
- Deborah A. Southan
- Mitchell Stabbe
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Courtney Stephens
- Robert L. Stewart
- Mary Kay Esworthy Stiles
- Kathy Haas Stukus
- Lisa M. Sullivan
- Elizabeth Sweet
- Julie S. Tarwater
- Debra W. Taufen
- Frederick C. Taverner
- Mark P. Terry
- Jill L. Tolle
- Lisa M. Tonder
- Jane Turnbull
- Sue E. Waldman
- Rodney B. Wallace
- Martha Weeks
- Benjamin E. Weiss
- Faedra Lazar Weiss
- Michael D. Weiss
- Gary L. Welz
- Dan C. White
- Paul Willoughby
- Sandra L. Winkler
- Sarah Adams Yeary
- James W. Yen
- Joyce W. Yen
- Yvonne Zhou
- Yaromyr Andrew Zinkewych
- Paul Zorn
- Appendices
Ron Bousquet
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Brian Adams
- Jeffrey Zane Anderson
- Alysia Appell
- P. Darcy Barnett
- Carl M. Beaird
- Cherryl Beeman
- Betsy Bennett
- Nick Bennett
- Jonathan G. Blattmachr
- Mary Bonar
- Ron Bousquet
- Margaret L. Brandeau
- Judith R. Brown
- Denise Cammarata
- Cora L. Carmody
- Jessie Caruso
- Jack Cassidy
- Shane Chalke
- Judith E. Chapman
- Samson Cheung
- Yves Chiricota
- Megan Christensen
- Andrea Cook
- James L. Cooley
- Mary K. Cooney
- Jeff Cooper
- Joe Corrigan
- H. Michael Covert
- Sarah Cullen
- Allison DeLong
- Janet P. DenBleyker
- Mark Derwin
- Susan J. Devlin
- J. Wanzer Drane
- Arnitra Duckett
- Paula Duckett
- Yawa Duse-Anthony
- M. Scott Elliott
- Katie Evans
- Helaman Ferguson
- Rol Fessenden
- Kathie Flood
- Sara Ford
- Richard D. Fuhr
- Holly Gaff
- Marshall B. Garrison
- Allen Gibson
- Ruth Gonzalez
- Douglas A. Gray
- Cynthia Carter Haddock
- Charles R. Hadlock
- Charles Hagwood
- John F. Hamilton
- William D. Hammers
- Jeff Hand
- Carl M. Harris
- Mary Hesselgrave
- Jerry W. Highfill
- Matthew D. Janssen
- Richard Järvinen
- Captain C.J. Jaynes
- Denise Ann Johnston
- Patricia H. Jones
- Marcia P. Kastner
- Sherra E. Kerns
- Gary Kim
- Greg King
- Kay Strain King
- Karen M. Kneisel
- John Kuchenbrod
- Janice A. Kulle
- Kimberly A. Kuntz
- Michael H. Kutner
- Donna F. Lawson
- Christopher M. Legault
- Loren Mernoff Lewin
- Mike Lieber
- Peter A. Lindstrom
- Dan Loeb
- Tammy M. Lofton
- Valerie Lopez-Zinzer, A.S.A
- Christopher M. Luczynski
- Chad Magers
- Carol J. Mandell
- Carla D. Martin
- Patrick Dale McCray
- Jennifer E. McLean
- Juan C. Meza
- Michael G. Monticino
- S. Brent Morris
- William D. Murphy
- Michael J. Murray
- Deenanne Kay Myers
- Joan Peters Ogden
- Edna Lee Paisano
- #Amanda Peterson
- Bruce A. Powell
- Marla Prenger
- Edward H. Preston
- Fred L. Preston
- Diane R. Purcell
- Amanda Quiring
- Laura Readdy
- Brian D. Repp
- Mark A. Reynolds
- Nancy K. Roderer
- Peter Rosenthal
- David S. Ross
- Edward Rothstein
- Christine Rutch
- Bonita V. Saunders
- Julie Scarpa
- Jeffrey A. Schneider
- Joel Schneider
- Deborah A. Southan
- Mitchell Stabbe
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Courtney Stephens
- Robert L. Stewart
- Mary Kay Esworthy Stiles
- Kathy Haas Stukus
- Lisa M. Sullivan
- Elizabeth Sweet
- Julie S. Tarwater
- Debra W. Taufen
- Frederick C. Taverner
- Mark P. Terry
- Jill L. Tolle
- Lisa M. Tonder
- Jane Turnbull
- Sue E. Waldman
- Rodney B. Wallace
- Martha Weeks
- Benjamin E. Weiss
- Faedra Lazar Weiss
- Michael D. Weiss
- Gary L. Welz
- Dan C. White
- Paul Willoughby
- Sandra L. Winkler
- Sarah Adams Yeary
- James W. Yen
- Joyce W. Yen
- Yvonne Zhou
- Yaromyr Andrew Zinkewych
- Paul Zorn
- Appendices
Summary
I graduated from Potsdam College in May 1989 with both undergraduate and graduate degrees. I immediately began working for Hewlett-Packard as a software development engineer.
Working in software development, it was easy to see how my education in computer science would apply to my daily work. What wasn't quite so obvious was how my mathematics background would contribute. Within my first six months, it became apparent that what I learned in the realm of mathematics might even be more important than what I learned in computer science.
My first major project was to assist in the extension of a basic information retrieval system. Much of this work involved investigation of current research on advanced information retrieval techniques. This meant that I would read a series of articles submitted to technical journals and combine concepts from various articles into our own information retrieval system. I found my mathematics training very useful in understanding the technical details of many of the articles. Also, many articles contained algorithms which were often incomplete or inaccurate; having the mathematical knowledge to notice these inaccuracies proved invaluable.
But what I found most useful about my mathematics training was not simply the facts I learned. Rather, it was that it taught me how to learn. I was able, with little or no supervision, to pick up a journal, or a textbook, or a manual, and get the information I needed to be productive.
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- 101 Careers in Mathematics , pp. 22 - 23Publisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 2014