Nils Damm Christophersen

Academic Interests

My background is in applied mathematics and statistics particularly within digital signal processing. In addition, I have a long term interest in innovation and entrepreneurship in the university sector. 

Higher education and employment history

Employment

• 2006 – 2009      Board member at the University of Oslo
• 2003 – 2004      Dean of studies, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• 2000 – 2006     Group leader Digital signal and image analysis (DSB). 
• 1998 – 1999      Head, Department of informatics
• 1997 – 1998      Visiting scientist, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
• 1991 –               Professor, Department of informatics, University of Oslo
• 1988 – 1989      Visiting scientist, Institute of Hydrology, UK
• 1986 – 1991      Adjunct professor Department of informatics, University of Oslo
• 1978 – 1991      Research scientist, Center for industrial Research/SINTEF, Oslo
• 1975 – 1977      Associate professor, Department of physics, University of Oslo
• 1972 – 1975      Research scientist, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

Education:

• 1983 Dr. Philos.  (PhD) (environmental modeling of impacts of acid rain), Center for Industrial Research (SINTEF)/Department of informatics, University of Oslo
• 1972  Cand. real. (M.Sc.) in cybernetics, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment /Department for Physics, University of Oslo

Honoraria

• Highly cited scientist as defined by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) - http://highlycited.com/ (archives 2001 list)
• Awarded the University of Oslo Innovation prize for 2016 - http://www.uio.no/om/tall-og-fakta/uio-priser/universitetsstyrets-priser/innovasjonsprisen/index.html
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CV with list of publications

http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~nilsch/CV_Nov_2016.pdf