Fall 2022 Physics Careers Seminar Series Continues Oct. 21 with Alumnus Dr. Souvik Dutta

The Fall 2022 Virtual Physics Careers Seminar series continues on Friday, Oct. 21 with a talk by alumnus Dr. Souvik Dutta from Veritas Technologies, who will talk about "Why Tech Companies Actually Value Your Physics PhD" at 12:00 noon in 222 Loomis. Details of Dr. Dutta's seminar are given below.

Time: 12:00 noon on Friday, October 21, 2022

Location: 222 Loomis. A Zoom link will also be forwarded to the Illinois Physics Grad Student email list. For a copy of the link, please contact Lance Cooper (slcooper@illinois.edu).

Title: Why Tech Companies Actually Value Your Physics PhD

Speaker: Dr. Souvik Dutta, Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Veritas Technologies

Abstract: I will discuss what transferable skills a PhD teaches us, and how they can be applied to securing and doing well in the Tech/Finance sector. I will talk about how to structure your resumé to maximize receiving interview calls, the general interview process for Tech companies, and will touch upon what the Tech job market looks like in the near future. Finally, I will share some of my own experience in the transition process.

Bio: I did my undergrad studies at IIT Bombay (India) before joining UIUC as a Physics PhD student. My advisor was Dr. Thomas Faulkner, and my thesis work was in a branch of theoretical physics, called the Gauge/Gravity duality. Getting a PostDoc in this field was overwhelmingly competitive, and so I decided to move to the industry. I have been a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Veritas Technologies in San Francisco CA, where I help derive predictive insights from data.

You can see the rest of the Fall 2022 Virtual Physics Careers Seminar series here: https://physics.illinois.edu/calendar/careers-seminar