Mathematician
Code 2120.5
Mathematicians study and deepen existing mathematical theories in order to expand the knowledge and find new paradigms within the field. They can apply this knowledge to challenges presented in engineering and scientific projects in order to assure that measurements, quantities, and mathematic laws prove their viability.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- statistics
- scientific research methodology
- scientific modelling
- algebra
Skills and competences
- speak different languages
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate mathematical information
- create solutions to problems
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- operate open source software
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- write scientific publications
- evaluate research activities
- manage research data
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage open publications
- integrate gender dimension in research
- perform scientific research
- conduct research across disciplines
- think abstractly
- mentor individuals
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- conduct quantitative research
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- apply for research funding
Transversal competences
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- study the relationships between quantities
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage personal professional development
- perform project management
- mathematics
- think analytically
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- synthesise information
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