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From the Head of Department
Western-Norways only Center for
research based innovation (SFI), Michelsensenteret, had on Tuesday last week a so-called
site visit from the international committee who is responsible for the mid-term
evaluation of the center. The decision regarding the
continuation of the second period will be made by the Executive Board of The Research
Council of Norway in January 2011. The committee had individual meetings
with the researchers, students and the management of the center. This was an
interesting event clearly characterized by what the Norwegian Research Council
was looking for when the SFIs (and other centers) were
established: What is the added value of
a center in relation to get a number of larger projects. Both the industrial
partners and research and educational institutions agreed that it is about
volume, cohesion and long-term operation.
This is
worth some reflections: The volume is closely related to funding that has
cohesion as a prerequisite. Cohesion leads to increased funding beyond the
Norwegian Research Councils grants to the center and in turn, to increased
volume. This is a self-reinforcing effect. We
could maybe get more used to the idea that this does not need to start with
funding, but cohesion? There is a great potential at out diverse department,
also to increase the volume by employing researchers. Permanent positions should
not be the only things that lead to glory!
Other than
that this is a good opportunity to congratulate Prof. Lars Egil
Helseth for his outstanding efforts in establishing Research
School associated with Michelsensenteret: Bergens forskerskole i mlevitenskap (Bergen
Research School in Measurement Science) which was accepted in case 74 during the Faculty
Management meeting October 6.
News and General Information
Open meeting at NTVA
o Bill
Schjelderup, adm.dir., Bergen Energi:
Act local - think
global - ingen dum id
Tuesday
October 19. at 19:00 in Bergen Energis
auditorium in Fantoft, Fantoftvegen
38 (earlier CMR/CMI).
New time:
The candidates for the vacant position in the space physics will be presenting
their research activities
Three of
the four applicants selected by the responsible committee have now been in
Bergen for interviews during which they have also given trial lectures and
presented their respective research activities. There will be a change of time
for the last candidate such that the presentation of the research activity,
which is open for everyone, will be in the periodical room:
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Monday
October 18. at 13:00: Geophysicist Arne snes, Bergen Oilfield Services
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How much can you afford to loose?
As a
student you may experience fire, theft and loss of valuable data both at your
student housing and lecture halls. Fire and safety engineer Tore Reigstad at the Property Department will, in cooperation
with the Bergen Fire Department, give you useful tips on what you can do to
have a safer student life.
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Date
and time: Thursday October 21. at 14:15 Aud 1, Realfagbygget
Studia - Syllabus
Spring 2011
Studias goal is to have correct syllabus in
the shelves at all times. We are therefore dependent on help from the
individual lecturers in order to achieve this goal. We would like to receive
feedback from the lecturers even though there will not be any changes in the
syllabus. In such cases, we would like you to notify us that there will not be
any changes compared to the earlier lists.
Syllabus lists can be sent to Studia, Parkveien 1 or via e-mail to the pertinent person, Erna Egeland. The deadline is November 5 2010. In case there are more students than expected please let us know by the beginning of the semester so that we can order more copies of the relevant books as soon as possible. We can then avoid being sold-out for books. The lecturers who submit their lists before the deadline will participate in a lottery in which 5 gift cards, each worth 1000 NOK, from Studia will be given away.
Applications to the Meltzer Funds (Meltzerfondet)
and the Bergen University Funds (Bergen Universitetsfond)
The application deadline for these
funds is December 1, but it can be a good idea to already work on applications
now.
Meltzerfondet:
Project and travel
funds for researchers. These are funds for scientific projects that are
confirmed by the supervisor and associated with studies or research fellow
positions.
Bergen Universitetsfond: Researchers can apply for funding
dissemination or publishing scientific results, as well as for holding
scientific conferences, workshops.
First-year students: P VEI
(ON THE WAY) October 19 2010
In week 42, the Faculty of
Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the departments will arrange an event
called P VEI. The goal of
this arrangement is to make first-year students think long-term in terms of
M.Sc. degrees and choice of profession, and to make them set long-term goals
during their studies. Read more on P VEI here and see
here
for schedule and program.
Workshop for applicants
The deadline for Marie Curie
Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) is
on December 7 2010 and in connection with this the Norwegian Research Council
will be arranging a workshop on November 8. The purpose of this meeting is to
contribute to general knowledge about the scheme, and mainly to give applicants
insight in to an evaluators standpoint during evaluation of Marie Curie IAPP-applications. This will hopefully give the applicants
a possibility to improve their applications in the course of the month before
the deadline, so that the project proposal can be found worthy of support.
Information on IAPP,
the workshop, contact persons and registration details can be found here.
PhD-news
Trial Lecture
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MSc. Olav Erlend Torheim will be holding the following trial lecture for his
PhD degree:
Er elektromagnetiske felter farlige? (Are the
electromagnetic fields dangerous?)
Friday October
22 at 13:15 in room 292, IFT. All are welcome to
listen!
Publications (ISI)
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Bruvik EM, Hjertaker
BT, Hallanger A: Gamma-ray tomography applied to hydro-carbon multi-phase sampling and
slip measurements FLOW MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Pages: 240-248