Thursday, May 25, 2006

Alberta Ingenuity Fund Mathematicians

Alberta Ingenuity Fund
Mathematicians are the new must-have employee in the business world
CanWest News Service
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Corner office occupants beware: The war for talent has a new contender
for the title of hottest new recruit. Mathematicians, it seems, are the
up-and-coming, must-have additions to some company payrolls, now that
math is one of the core sources for innovation in a supercharged,
knowledge-based economy. With algorithms and sophisticated mathematical
modelling techniques driving so much business innovation these days,
math is much more important than brawn, says Alberta Ingenuity
communications director Mary Anne Moser. "Thirty years ago, you'd
snicker thinking a mathematician could be useful, but it's really
changed because the drivers of innovation have changed," she said.

© National Post 2006

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