The Department of Mathematics has the pleasure of inviting you to the career course customised for the PhDs from our Department.
Program:
The schedule is only a suggestion - the exact time for each activity will depend on how the day develops. We suggest that you try to make time to take part in the whole program.
10.00 Welcome and introduction: We take a look at where our alumni work today, if they are happy with their jobs and salaries, and if they think that their UIO education was relevant to the work they do today - Professor Nadia Larsen and Research Adviser Elisabeth Seland. (Presentation - pdf)
10.30 Is there life after PhD? A few of our graduated PhDs/alumni share their experiences about the road from disputation to employment.
- Fredrik Meyer, Consultant, Expert Analytics (Presentation - pdf)
- Torkel Haufmann, Research Manager, SINTEF (Presentation - pdf)
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David Ruiz Banos, Associate Professor, UiO (Presentation - pdf)
- Erika Lindstrøm, Research scientist, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) (Presentation - pdf)
- Martin Tveten, Research scientist, Norwegian Computing Center (NR) (Presentation - pdf)
11.15 Panel discussion: Our alumni welcome questions from the audience. You will have a chance to ask them everything you want to know about life after PhD graduation.
12.00 Lunch
12.45 Planning a career in academia? Grants and possibilities by Elisabeth Seland, Research Adviser Department of Mathematics (Presentation - pdf)
13.30 Wondering what gaps there are in your CV to qualify for your dreamjob? Send us your CV before the course, and we will give you feedback on your CV at the end of the course.
*To prepare for the course you may wish to find your existing CV and e-mail it to talebu@math.uio.no ahead of the course. There will be given feedback to all CVs sent in within 12th of October, at the end of the course.
Registration deadline: 12th of October 13.00 pm.