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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