Subj : Echo
To   : Bo Simonsen
From : Gerrit Kuehn
Date : Tue May 17 2005 11:28 am

Hello Bo!

16 May 05 23:33, Bo Simonsen wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:


 BS> Aha, did you study computer science (It's physics you're writing ph.d 
 BS> thesis in right?) as second subject?

No, actually not.
Hardly anything can be done in a physics lab without the aid of computers 
nowadays. I have four machines in the lab for controlling the experiment and 
data acquisition alone. Of course there are quite different approaches to 
controlling an experiment or evaluating measured data. If I had to rebuild 
things from scratch today, maybe I would go for LabView and MathLab or 
something like that. But I have "inherited" some equipment and software in a 
usable state from colleagues, so I cling to that and extend it with some Java 
software of mine.

 GK>> When will your exam be? Do you already consider going 
 GK>> for a MSc after that?

 BS> Well I just need to take 75 ECTS point of mandatory courses (don't 
 BS> know if you calculate in the same system, but 30 ECTS ~ a semester, 
 BS> if you are a normal student and not a very very intelligent person 
 BS> :-)).

We didn't have a point system when I was studying. I guess it's about to be 
introduced these days to make it easier to change universities across Europe.

 BS> And definately, I'll be taking the M.Sc. if the student grants and 

;-)
The BaS/MaS is something really new here in Germany. I guess this is the first 
year that a new student can enrole for it here in Hannover. We'll have to see 
how this all works out in some years.

 BS> time allows it (I shall not fail many courses before my student grant 
 BS> doesn't fit).

I wish you all the best for it.


Regards,
Gerrit

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