Welcome to the Department of Mathematics!
Program:
*The schedule is only a suggestion - the exact time for each activity will depend on how the day develops.
- 10.00 Word of welcome by the Head of Department, Professor Geir Dahl
- Word of welcome by the Head of PhD Council, Professor Erlend Fornæss Wold
- 10.15 Informal round where you shortly present yourself and your project**
- 10.40 Being a PhD-candidate, from an administrative perspective by Biljana Dragišić, PhD-studies coordinator at the Department
- 11.05 Break
- 11.15 Subject page for mathematics by Karoline Moe, subject librarian mathematics
- 11.20 Being a PhD: An ultimate survival guide by Anton Yurchenko-Tytarenko and Bjørn Skauli, PhD-candidates
- 11.55 Short break
- 12.00 About supervision: advice to new PhD-candidates,
by Associate Professor Tenure Track David Ruiz Baños (presentation),
Professor Kent-Andre Mardal (presentation) and
Associate Professor Kris Shaw (presentation) - 12.30 Lunch serving and mingling
- 12.50 Brainstorming about life as a PhD and lunch, chaired by Anton Yurchenko-Tytarenko and Bjørn Skauli, PhD-candidates
**The meeting will also attend: Research Advisor, Elisabeth Havsberg Seland, PhD and librarian Karoline Moe, Senior Engineer Terje Kvernes and Senior Engineer Lucy Karpen from Department's IT services, Adviser Natalia Utkina, Senior Executive Officer Helena Båserud Mathisen and PhD-candidate representative in PhD-council at the Department of Mathematics, Alise Danielle Midtfjord.
If you already now have questions about the PhD life at our Department or in Norway, feel free to send those to us in advance by using Padlet (anonymously) and we will make sure to address your questions at the meeting.
We look forward to meeting you!
Welcome!