Allen Minch

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About Allen Minch

Two of my biggest passions are math and aviation. I would love to have a Summer 2024 internship (and eventually a career) using my mathematical skills to support data-driven operational decision making in an aviation context. I see tremendous beauty in pure math, but I find math most invigorating when applied to real world problems. My courses in statistics (including two as part of my third major in Economics), numerical methods, optimization, and modeling (differential equation and/or probabilistic models especially) have given me a taste of the power of math to describe, analyze, and make predictions from real-world data. I am developing a depth of knowledge in machine learning through a summer REU in the Emory University Math Department and two upcoming fall courses. My intellectual curiosity has led me to spend many hours understanding and exploring beyond what has been required. I am excited that by majoring in both Math and CS, I can develop an understanding of the math underlying tools like optimization, mathematical modeling, and machine learning, as well as the programming skills to bring these mathematical strategies to life. I would love to be able to apply my passion for applied math to questions and problems that arise in the context of aviation operations. Ever since I was a young child, my favorite part of any family vacation has been waiting in airports and being on airplanes. As I have grown older, I have increasingly found the volume and variety of data that airline operations generate very captivating, and I have undertaken a number of small projects of personal interest utilizing airline and airport data to look for patterns and relationships. I am looking forward to another great year at Brandeis, and I hope that next summer brings me my first opportunity to use very interesting mathematics to address challenges that arise in the context of aviation.