From the head of department
 Last Friday, Thomas
Gjesteland did an excellent job when he held a
speech on behalf of the new doctors at UiB during
the graduation ceremony in Haakonshallen, see the posting
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During the
spring semester of 2012 a record number of new
PhDs was awarded at UiB. Also 2012
is likely to be the year with the highest number of PhDs. This applies also
to our faculty. But, there is also a good reason to issue a warning. The
forecast for the next few years shows that the number of new PhDs at our
faculty will go down as a result of fewer available positions. The
supervising capacity at IFT is increasing which probably is the case at the
faculty as well. It is critically important that the Ministry of Education
has proclaimed increased research funds to the natural sciences,
technological sciences and profession studies. The Ministry has also reported
the need for several
more candidates. This need will be satisfied
through increased number of PhD scholarships.
Foto: Thor Brødreskift
Regards,
Geir Anton
All are
welcome to the seminar which will be based on a conversation between Bent Sørensen (Roskilde) and Sven Kullander
(Uppsala):
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The risk associated with the energy supply and
energy systems
Friday September
14 at 09:00, Auditorium B at Auditoriefløyen,
Allégt. 55. Coffee and cakes from 14.00.
As many of
you know, Harald Godø Gjerdahl and his family will soon be moving to Oslo. Jan Halvard Valderhaug will be
responsible as we are waiting for someone to be hired as the financial
consultant at our department after Harald’s
departure. As the present financial consultant, he will be responsible for all
tasks except from those that are related to travel expenses and timesheets.
Travel
reimbursement forms and timesheets should, until further notice, be delivered
to Kristine Indahl Helle.
Kristine has the responsibility for exams and lecture schedules at the
department whereas other educational tasks will be handled
by Terje Finnekås and
Hanne Israelsen.
All
employees at UiB should have completed course in
fire protection, both in theory and in practice. This is required by law. This fall, a 2-hour course will be
arranged; 1-hour theory and 1-hour practical fire
fighting. These courses will be at the Studentsenteret. The relevant dates are as follows:
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27.09 Seminarrom B, at 09.00-10.00 theory
10.00-11.00 practical fire
fighting
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25.10 Seminarrom B, at 09.00-10.00 theory
10.00-11.00 practical fire
fighting
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22.11 Seminarrom B, at 09.00-10.00 theory
10.00-11.00 practical fire
fighting
We will be
sending a collective registration list from the department. Due to high
demand for these courses, we need to set an internal registration deadline.
The registration deadline will therefore be on Monday 10.9 at 12.00. The
registration should be sent to Grete.
NTVA, in collaboration with Tekna,
CMR and BTO, invites to evening seminar in Bergen:
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Research based innovation: Future businesses?
Tuesday September 25 at 16.00–21.00 at VilVite-senteret, Thormøhlensgate
51 Marineholmen, Bergen:
Moderator:
Randi E. Taxt, Deputy BTO
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16:00
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Welcome
Jan S Johannessen, Board member and
head of the program committee in Bergen, NTVA
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16:00
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Will an
innovation report lead to more innovation?
Marianne Harg, President of Tekna
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16:20
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Innovation
from research based technology
Christopher Giertsen, Director of business
development, CMR
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16:40
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Guiding
Good Ideas – Join to create tomorrow’s businesses!
Anders Haugland, CEO, BTO
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17:00
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Sustainable
eco-system for innovation – experiences at NTNU
Johan E. Hustad, Vice Rector of
innovation and external relations, NTNU (Not yet confirmed)
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17:20
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Break
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17:50
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Statoil’s
role as innovation engine
Per Sandberg, Director
of innovation, Statoil: (Not yet confirmed)
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18:10
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Innovation
– opportunities and barriers from a corporate standpoint
Ivar
Horneland Kristensen,
General Secretary, Tekna
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18:30
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Why do the banks take responsibility for innovation?
Erik M. Throndsen,
The regional business director in Hordaland,
Sparebank1 SR-Bank
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18:50
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Summary
Geir Anton Johansen, NTVA/ Head of
Department of Physics and Technology, UiB
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19:00
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Dinner
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The
target groups are especially leaders at research institutions, industry,
funding agencies, banks and finance as well as politicians, researchers and
others who are interested in this important topic. Registration until 15.00, Thursday September 20 for those who would like to participate in the dinner.
MNF490
– Theory of science and ethics will begin on September 24. More
information on the course can be found here.
 We would like to congratulate Spiros Kotopoulis, Anthony Delalande, Olav Rune Godø and
Michiel Postema who
have authored the text-book Micro-acoustics in marine and medical reserach.
Abstract:
Acoustic
imaging has existed for almost 100 years. It is the most popular imaging
modality in earth science, biomedicine, and fisheries. In living organisms,
sound fields interact with microstructures, creating typical acoustic
responses. These so-called acoustic fingerprints enable the identification,
characterisation, discrimination and quantification
of, e.g., species, tissue types, and diseases. Under specific
conditions, acoustic signals can be used to manipulate or even disrupt
microstructures and to impact natural vocalisation
in terrestrial and marine animals.
Yet,
despite our vast knowledge on the propagation of sound, little is
understood about the interactions of sound with microstructures in
biomaterials or how sound effects an animal response.
The 1st
workshop on micro-acoustics in marine and medical research brought together
research professionals with particular expertise on this topic and with
diverse backgrounds including agricultural engineering, cell biology,
marine biology, electrical engineering, gastroenterology, and astrophysics.
The workshop was organised by the University of
Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR). It took place at the IMR
and the research vessel G.O. Sars, located in
Bergen, Norway, on the 7th and the 8th of December, 2011. The outcomes are
presented in this book. Each chapter treats a marine or medical application
of the evolving field that we dubbed micro-acoustics. To prevent confusion
with surface-acoustic-waves research (microacoustics),
we added a dash.
Although
the workshop had been initiated to exchange ideas and to define future
perspectives, the most important finding was that marine and medical
acoustics research communities can mutually benefit from close
collaborations.
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BaBar
Collaboration: Eigen G, Stugu B, Sun L et al.: Lees, J. P.; Poireau,
V.; Tisserand, V.; et al.: Study of (B)over-bar -> X(u)l(v)over-bar decays in B(B)over-bar
events tagged by a fully reconstructed B-meson decay and determination of
vertical bar V-ub vertical bar PHYSICAL REVIEW
D Volume: 86 Issue: 3 Article
Number: 032004 DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.86.032004
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ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen
G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig
W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B,
Rosendahl PL, Sandaker
H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B,
Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Search
for the decay B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-) with the
ATLAS detector PHYSICS LETTERS B
Volume: 713 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 387-407 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.06.013
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ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen
G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig
W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B,
Rosendahl PL, Sandaker
H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B,
Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Search
for new phenomena in final states with large jet multiplicities and missing
transverse momentum using root s=7 TeV pp
collisions with the ATLAS detector JOURNAL
OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS Issue: 11
Article Number: 099 DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)099
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