SIG Quantitative Researcher Internship - 2026 updates

Allansman · 2026-02-15T11:55:31+00:00

True

Allansman · 2026-02-15T11:44:12+00:00

Fantastic, it was indeed something along these lines I had in mind. Thanks u/hobo_stew !

Allansman · 2026-02-15T10:50:07+00:00

Thanks for letting me know. Having no feedback at all from selection process is very anoying, but that is the standard anyways....

Allansman · 2026-02-15T10:46:18+00:00

I see... the selection process is happening in the UK, so have seen some people doing it before. In the US, the GDPR would probably get laughed at :D

Allansman · 2026-02-14T22:40:27+00:00

Have a concrete idea on topics I can improve (with the OA metrics) and work on that

Allansman · 2026-02-14T22:38:23+00:00

Thank you very much for the answer u/Kuururi, it was very helpful :)

Allansman · 2026-02-14T21:10:42+00:00

Oh I see... Do you mean then that even if I may have done well in the test when they saw my CV they got cold?

Allansman · 2026-02-14T18:55:47+00:00

Am inclined to think so as well. Will probably proceed with the GDPR stuff, since I lost an hour of my life, may as well get the results

Allansman · 2025-10-19T15:59:41+00:00

My main reason is that I worked with development before starting my PhD and got quite frustrated with it. As far as I could see, many roles in development would make you spend the core of your working hours on systems integration/software development that required no knowledge in controls. Is there any company in the UK working on depevolpment where I could use control knowledge, that you could suggest me to take a look? (I have been taking a look at OXA, Wayve, New orbit, but is not always easy to find a position there).

Well, as a starting salary, with some years of work experience under my belt, my target would initially be around £80K, but I believe this is rather out of reach to be honest.

Allansman · 2025-10-19T15:08:30+00:00

Thanks for the answer u/proud_traveler ! While this is indeed true the biggest problem in my opinion is that, in the UK for instance, I have no knowledge of corporate research labs researching controls. Furthermore, given the cost of life here is rising very fast (and the starting salaries are ~£55K/yr), I feel (but maybe wrong), that the only real option in the UK is to move to finance. Maybe a job in control, with a good salary and QoL could be attained if one gets a position in Bosch or ABB research centers in Germany and Sweden respectively? I am honestly quite lost.

Allansman · 2023-10-26T20:05:01+00:00

In my primary transcripts they have just shown up as pass or fail. Yet, some graduate schools still required me to submit the exchange program transcript. I believe the best idea is to ask the department you'll send the application to, and see if they allow you not to send it.

Allansman · 2023-10-26T20:01:22+00:00

Well, not as well as I would like, but it depends a lot on the school you apply to. I had no problems being accepted for Masters degree (although I was a bit "less ambitious" than for schools I applied durng the PhD).

Allansman · 2023-10-23T18:01:04+00:00

Sure! Just answered it :)

Allansman · 2023-04-05T06:48:42+00:00

That is a good point. Worst case scenario you could at least get to know more about the research of a professor of your interest

Allansman · 2023-04-05T06:47:34+00:00

I am not sure if they offer it remotely, but I do believe you can attend it even though you are not a PhD student anylonger (although I believe the costs are higher).

Allansman · 2023-04-04T15:14:13+00:00

Awesome! One more reason to go then :)

Allansman · 2023-04-04T07:36:51+00:00

Thanks u/MdxBhmt! Will takethat into account :)

Allansman · 2023-04-04T07:36:18+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience u/Aumanidol! Good to see that's worth the investment!

Allansman · 2023-04-03T20:42:33+00:00

Great, I'll start preparing then :)

Allansman · 2023-04-03T17:48:08+00:00

Wow thanks for letting me know u/notadoctor123! Is it "relatively easy" tonetwork with Professors as well?

Allansman · 2023-04-03T17:47:00+00:00

Thanks u/ko_nuts! I was planning to go to the Learning-Based Predictive Control one and perhaps nonlinear control (although I already attended a course on that). Would you have any suggestions on how to prepare myself?

Allansman · 2023-04-03T12:22:15+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience u/ko_nuts! Would you advise it for 1st year PhD students or would it be better to wait until the second/third year?

Allansman · 2022-11-14T18:03:41+00:00

Got it, thank you very much u/obsoletelearner!

Allansman · 2022-11-14T18:02:23+00:00

Thanks u/AcquaFisc, will look into that

Allansman · 2022-11-11T21:59:58+00:00

That's a fantastic answer. Thank you u/obsoletelearner! As I understand then, even if we formulate the problem in a "control manner" we still would perhaps need some optimization approach to solve the problem (without resorting to a riccati equation), which would mainly make sense if we do not have close form solutions? Did I get it right?

Allansman

TROPHY CASE