Your students are your legacy 

Sometime this year I was clearing the pile of journals and magazines that had built up for months and years. I found an article by David Patterson on advising students. I liked it, and it can be found in the ACM digital library: Patterson, D. (2009). „Viewpoint: Your students are your legacy“. Communications of the […]

Using time registration in an academic environment 

„Your most valuable resource is time – that is true even today.“ It was one of the days I attended a lecture on complexity theory held by Prof. Lengauer, and he reminded his audience of how important it was to use our time as students (and after graduation) wisely. Of course, wisely meant that we should […]

Back to teaching 

This month I had my first teaching opportunities in Gjøvik. Since I started in my new job after beginning of the academic year, I have no formal teaching obligation before next spring. Two weeks ago I got an SMS message while having breakfast. Nils called in sick and asked if I could jump in for […]