Industry Speaker Event: Matthew Sherman’s “Data Gaps in the Music Industry”

Matt Sherman, CEO of Str3amcore Labs, was invited to speak with our students. This talk surrounded how data flows within the music industry and is broken into 3 parts (History/Context, Problem, & Solution), followed by a Q&A. Additionally you will learn about Matt Sherman’s background as well as future collaboration between Str3amcore and USC’s MDS students.

Industry Speaker Event: Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo “Mathematics of AI Safety Approaches”

On October 17, 2025 we welcomed our Industry guest speaker, Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo. Simon received his PhD in Mathematics in 2012. He is the founder of Euler Circle, a mathematics institute dedicated to teaching college-level math classes to high-school students. He has done research in several areas of mathematics, including number theory, algebraic geometry, combinatorics, probability, and game theory, and he has published books on cryptography, algebraic topology, transition to proofs, and ergodic theory.

  • Who recruits at USC?

    • Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Alibaba, Meta, Uber, American Express, Chevron.

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    USC Career Center

    • Meet with a career advisor
    • Attend events to build your network
    • Investigate industry trends
    • Strategize your job search

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    Trojans to Trojans (T2T) Initiative

    Participate in the Trojans to Trojans (T2T) Initiative, designed to help new grads and current students connect with USC alumni who are eager to provide you with career advice. The Trojan Network, USC’s exclusive mentorship and networking platform, makes networking within the Trojan Family easier than ever!

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  • Mathematics Graduate Student Association (MGSA)

    • Directed Reading with Undergraduates
    • Dinners, socials and game nights
    • Industry panels with guest speakers, including program alumni

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    Charlotte’s Web

    A group for women and non-binary people interested in mathematics at USC.

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    Math Coding Group

    Meetings are a zero-stress, no deadline, completely flexible way to try to develop essential coding skills. People from various skill levels join and have worked on learning github, web scraping, object-oriented programming, etc. Students have solved leetcode problems and have completed in several machine learning competitions.

    If interested, please email Hunter Hewitt (hchewitt@usc.edu).

     

    Other Student Organizations

  • Susan Sath Vaswani
    Graduate Advisor
    Email: sath@usc.edu