Tuesday, November 30, 2010 – 12:12
Well, I’m home and alive and all is well. One year in Switzerland is now in the past, and it’s time to summarize these exchange studies. 57567 It all begun in September 2009 at Arlanda Airport. 57621 The two-hour flight to Zürich-Kloten landed me in a warm and familiar city, the city where i was [...]
Saturday, August 21, 2010 – 23:27
It is a strange feeling sitting in my room and realizing that this year is almost over. In just a few days Scandinavian Airlines will take me home to the country in the north. But what is “Home”, really? I’ve been pondering this question during these twelve months. Sweden or Switzerland? Both? I’m not sure, [...]
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 – 22:25
Laborführung – Guided tour through the laboratory. 56606 All students taking the Physik IV course (lecture shown in above photo) were offered to see the Physics laboratory where professor Wallraff and his colleagues are conducting their research. We began visiting the superconduction lab. At temperatures around 20 millikelvin, research is performed on superconducting circuits for [...]
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 – 23:52
Aargh, why did the inventor of the Swedish language have to pick the word “termin” to mean “semester” while “semester” in Swedish means “holiday”? It doesn’t make any sense and just opens the possibility for (albeit very funny) misunderstandings: (“The Swedish student cried out after his final exam before the summer break was finished: “Finally [...]
Thursday, November 19, 2009 – 00:19
Like many other places that have competing universities Zürich sports an academic rowing match. Of course, it is the ETH and the University of Zürich that fight for the prize, and takes place on the Limmat river. The ETH and “Uni” are just across the street to each other, and while the relationship seems friendly [...]
Sunday, May 3, 2009 – 23:51
Four years ago I sat down at my computer and browsed for an education. An idea was born. Now I sit at my desk with a thick envelope. Inside there are brochures about Zürich. Maps. A handbook for international students. “We wish to confirm that [...] has been accepted by ETH Zürich”. Semester dates. Looks [...]
Friday, April 3, 2009 – 00:26
The planning for this autumn in Switzerland has begun! Two weeks ago I was nominated for exchange studies at the ETH Zürich, and last week I completed the formal application that was sent to Switzerland. Being nominated, I think that only formalities remain and I am now confident that I will be studying in Zürich [...]
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 – 10:47
Our course in Linear algebra has been very interesting so far with a new world of mathematics unfolding in front of us. The last lecture dealt with vector spaces and subspaces. The abstraction of polynomials that we just started with this morning seems to be a very powerful way of attacking the problem of solving [...]