Academic Vacancies

Vacancy: Tees Valley Climate Change Partnership (UK)

2006-06-28T15:40:00.000+07:00

The Tees Valley Climate Change Partnership was formed in 2005 by 5 local
authorities, the Environment Agency, Renew Tees Valley and Scottish
power. It is a three year project aimed at the creation and delivery of
a Climate Change Strategy for the sub-region.

In year 1 a Climate Change Strategy and baseline analysis has been
completed which will go out to consultation at the end of June. We are
now seeking a highly motivated individual to move the project forward in
years 2 and 3 during which organisations must be engaged and committed
to agreement of targets and to take action accordingly.

Applicants should be graduates with a good degree in a relevant subject
and be familiar with the key drivers behind the climate change agenda.
The post is offered on the basis that 2 years of funding to October 2008
are currently secure.

CVs should be submitted by e-mail to david.lacey@tadea.com no later than
Friday 7 July 2006. Interviews will follow by the end of July and the
successful candidate is expected to be in post by 1 September for a
short hand-over period.

..........additional information...........

Tees Valley is one of the European hubs for the biofuels industry with a
second biodiesel refinery being built in the the next 5 years, along
with a bioethanol plant and a rapeseed crush to produce domestic
biodiesel. We have a Fleet and Fuelling project which is focused on
driving the alternative fuel market in the Tees Valley.

The post is both exciting and challenging. It was the first of its kind
in the UK and has been so successful the NE Regional Assembly has
replicated the position at the regional level.

The coordinator would work independently for most of the time, and
therefore we require strong communication, analytical and research
skills, in addition to a certain level of flare where candidates can
demonstrate a level of lateral thinking.

For an individual who is passionate about climate change and the
opportunities that it brings this would be an ideal post. The company
are fantastic to work for with a great work ethic . The successful
candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in projects with the
CPI Fuel Cell Application Facility, Government Office North East, One
North East (Regional Development Agency), Environment Agency, Rural
Communities Council, Regional Assembly, CarbonNeutral Northeast, DTI,
DEFRA and many more.

If any applicant would like to discuss any elements of the job with me,
please e-mail - victoria.johnson@tadea.com

Victoria Johnson
Climate Change Officer
Tees Valley Climate Change Partnership
18b Manor Way, Belasis Hall Technology Park
Billingham, TS23 4HN
direct +44 (0) 1642 373044
mobile +44 (0) 7900 680841
fax +44 (0) 1642 564221

various math jobs

2006-06-28T10:30:00.000+07:00

http://www.math-jobs.com/0309.html
uk: 2 EPSRC funded Postgraduate Scholarships (3.5 y, available from 25 Sept 06; first class degree in mathematics (single or joint honours); able to work in a small team; desirable: exp with Maple or MatLab; project: Symmetric Variational Problems) / University of Kent / deadline July 31

http://www.math-jobs.com/0051.html
ae: Supervisor, General Education, Math Curriculum Development (Bachelor Maths, Masters Maths, Maths edu, Educational mgmt, PGCE or eq; high level of computer literacy; 5+ y teaching exp in mgmt role, proven exp in area of Maths curriculum & assessment, exp of teaching computer literacy & of teaching adults desirable) / The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT)

http://www.math-jobs.com/0395.html
ae: Program Supervisor - Communication Technology (professional graduate degree rel discipline; 5+ y practical working exp; proven acad leadership incl dvlpmt of programs of study in Appl Communications; exp in curriculum design, dvlpmt of new programs; specific knowledge of media related SW) / The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT)

http://www.math-jobs.com/0383.html
de: W3-Professur fuer Visualisierung (exp in mehreren der folgenden Gebiete: wiss Visualisierung grosser Datenmengen, Informationsvisualisierung & Visual Analytics, geom & num Methoden der Visualisierung, Graphikhardware-basierte Algorithmen, Perzeptions-&Kognitionsaspekte

, innovative Display- & Interaktionsmethoden, Anwendungen der Visualisierung) / Universitaet Stuttgart / deadline July 20

http://www.math-jobs.com/0005.html
au: Head of School - Mathematics and Statistics (seeking to appoint a leading academic to a Senior Research Leadership and Executive Management role) / University of South Australia / deadline July 31

http://www.math-jobs.com/0434.html
jm: Principal (distinguished record of acad & administrative achievement, strong capacity to provide leadership & vision to the Campus, building of confidence & support among staff & students as well as the private & public sectors) / The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica / deadline August 1

http://www.math-jobs.com/0033.html
uk: RCUK Academic Fellowship - Exabyte Informatics (5y; backgrnd in AI, machine learning & data mining, stats, algorithms, & discrete maths, and research experience in at least two of these areas; £27,929-38,685) / University of Bristol / deadline August 4

http://www.math-jobs.com/0152.html
uk: PhD Position - Computer Vision (3y; strong background in mathematics; proficient in C/C++ and Matlab programming) / Heriot-Watt University; Edinburgh / candidate should be a UK national

http://www.math-jobs.com/0453.html
ca: Discrete Optimization Scientist (PhD in combinatorial optimization or equivalent; familiar with both heuristic & complete search methods for a range of problems; exceptional mathematical skills; programming exp) / D-Wave; Burnaby, BC / deadline July 14

http://www.math-jobs.com/0451.html
ca: Graph Theorist and Algorithm Developer (PhD in applied graph theory, discrete maths, or equivalent; exp with Maximum Clique or closely related NP-hard problems; track record of algorithmic exp; programming exp) / D-Wave; Burnaby, BC / deadline July 14

http://www.math-jobs.com/0117.html
uk: Research Fellow - Evolutionary Optimisation (Theory) (PhD in evolutionary optimisation; good knowledge of software engineering; Strong mathematical backgrnd and excellent computational skills are essential) / University of Birmingham / deadline July 7

http://www.math-jobs.com/0279.html
uk: Senior Research Assistants/Research Fellows (3y; PhD in relevant discipline (Comp Sc, Eng, Maths or Economics); advantage: exp in one or more of: multi-agent systems, auctions, game theory, decision theory, adaptive systems, &/or machine learning; £23,457-28,850) / University of Southampton / deadline July 17

http://www.math-jobs.com/0412.html
uk: PhD Studentship (3y, start Oct 06; high degree of mathematical skill in vector analysis and calculus; project: implement fluid dynamics on a software simulation of the perspex machine) / Reading University

http://www.math-jobs.com/0303.html
uk: Software Developer for Grid Systems (-2y; good degree level qualification in relevant discipline; very good practical knowledge of software eng and of Perl; exp of at least one of: C, Java or Python; £22,774-25,633) / University College London / deadline July 7

Associate Professorship in Meteorology

2006-06-28T10:24:00.000+07:00

Here the link with further information
http://melding.uib.no/doc/Ledige_stillinger/1150877512.html

Math Vacancies

2006-06-27T09:39:00.000+07:00

http://www.math-jobs.com/0381.html
in: SQL & Database Management Specialist (Masters degree in Computer Applications from good institute; exp in use of various Business Intelligence packages like COGNOS & Business Objects; superior interpersonal & communication skills; exp in SAS is desirable not essential) / Deloitte; Hyderabad, AP / Candidates based in India only; NO AGENCIES!

http://www.math-jobs.com/0380.html
in: Operations Research Modeling Analyst (Strong academic qualification & backgrnd in Maths or Eng (pref Masters in Industrial Eng) from US universities, IITs or IIM in India; exp in solving Linear programming & knowledge of optimization methods & solving; OR packages like Lindo, Solver desirable) / Deloitte; Hyderabad, AP / Candidates based in India only; NO AGENCIES!

http://www.math-jobs.com/0446.html
us: Quantitative Analyst (Minimum Undergraduate degree in math, eng, computer science, physics, finance, economics; Unix/Linux, C++, Perl, Excel) / Bank of America; Atlanta, GA / candidates must be already authorized to work in the U.S.; deadline August 22

http://www.math-jobs.com/0138.html
uk: Applied Researchers (min 2:1 honours degree in a single or joint degree subject such as Appl Maths, Physics or other numerate/technical discipline, with emphasis on problem solving; strong team worker with exceptional communication skills) / GCHQ; Cheltenham / deadline July 19

http://www.math-jobs.com/0453.html
ca: Discrete Optimization Scientist (PhD in combinatorial optimization or equivalent; familiar with both heuristic & complete search methods for a range of problems; exceptional mathematical skills; programming exp) / D-Wave; Burnaby, BC / deadline July 14

http://www.math-jobs.com/0451.html
ca: Graph Theorist and Algorithm Developer (PhD in applied graph theory, discrete maths, or equivalent; exp with Maximum Clique or closely related NP-hard problems; track record of algorithmic exp; programming exp) / D-Wave; Burnaby, BC / deadline July 14

http://www.math-jobs.com/0288.html
us: Data Analyst/Sr (BA/BSc in economics, finance, stat, math, OR; 1+ y exp in programming SAS; SAS, SQL, AF, PROC Report; $68-95K) / Kaiser Permanente

http://www.math-jobs.com/0378.html
us: Data Consultant/Sr (BA/BSc in economics, finance, stat, math, OR; 7-10 y exp; SAS, SQL, AF, PROC Report; $68-95K; position functions both as consultant and as a high-level SAS programmer) / Kaiser Permanente

http://www.math-jobs.com/0108.html
de: Entwickler/Statistiker (m/w) (akad Ausbildung in Math od Stat od zumindest ein Studium mit Schwerpunkt in Math, Stat od Informatik; qualifiziert in stat Methoden, exp mit Modellierungstechniken; Kenntnisse SAS Programmierung, System Analysen; Kenntnisse in Web-basierten Anwendungen (z.B. JAVA, Dot. Net.); sehr gute Englischkenntnisse in Wort&Schrift) / ACNielsen; Frankfurt am Main

GRE Preparation Website

2006-06-06T19:44:00.000+07:00

For GRE preparation purpose, I have created new website...

http://www.gre-preparation.info

Please kindly visit :)

GRE Score

2006-05-30T20:20:00.000+07:00

I have posted message to a yahoogroup regarding GRE score statistic for some universites in US. Hopefully this will help you consider which universities that match with your GRE score. I forget from where I got those statistic. Maybe from here.

GRE>1600 (or V+Q>1050) TOEFL>213 GPA>3/4
CSUN, FDU, Widener, Bridgeport, North Texas, Cal State Chico, NDSU

GRE>1700 (or V+Q>1100) TOEFL>213 GPA>3/4
SJSU, Bradley, Texas A&M Kingsville, Western Michigan, FIT, with Good
TOEFL or GPA SJSU, Portland State University....

GRE>1800 (or V+Q>1200) TOEFL>213 GPA>3/4
Wayne S.U., IIT Chicago, Texas Tech University, U-Houston, Dayton, ,
Mississipi State, With Good TOEFL/GPA West Virginia, New Mexico State,
Utah State, UT-Arlington, UT Dallas, U-Kentucky, UM-Rolla (above
1850), Auburn (above 1850) NJIT, Toledo...

GRE>1900 (or V+Q>1250) TOEFL>213 GPA>3/4
SunySB, LSU, Boston University, U Utah (Competative), Arizona, ASU,
Cincinnati, Clemson, SUNY Buffalo, Tennessee Knoxville, Washington
S.U., UMBC, Worcester Poly, Syracuse, Oregon State (EE may be tough)..

GRE>2000 (or V+Q>1300) TOEFL>250 GPA>3/4
North Carolina S.U., Michigan S.U., Iowa State, USC, UM Ahmrest,
University of Illinois Chicago, Texas A&M, V Tech.

GRE>2100 TOEFL>250 GPA>3/4
UCSD, RPI, U-Washington, U Virginia

Above are Universities for mid range GRE scores. For High Scores TOP
30 Ranking Universities may be Used.
Search your University. You may get results if your choice is in our
database. You may get results on University's location, Weather...

*213 is minimum for TOEFL and score below this may not be acceptable
or student may face visa rejection.
*Above table is general and there may be deviations.
Also scores in sections of GRE are assumed to be V>400 Q>650 A>550(old
GRE, 4 for New GRE).
**60/65%(or 1st Division) are for India, UK.
**80/100 are for China. 80/100 for Taiwan. 4/5 for Japan etc for few
other countries ask Counselors**John/Miku. for details go to GPA
section.
**For Engineering Students GRE (Q) and TOEFL is most important.

University of Massa-Ahmrest/Oregon State U./U Arizona/V Tech highly
prefer toppers (like top 5%).

Apply to UM-Rolla if GPA>3.2(65%). Many students take transfer
after 1st Semester.
U. Toledo offers lots of Tuition waiver.
Current aid situation at University of Florida/NJIT is not good.
Current AID situation of U. Buffalo is bad.
TAMU-college station has poor P/T job scene.
Aid at USC is Poor.
Aid Scene at Cincinnati is good.
Aid at Syracuse University is poor P/T jobs r easily available.
Wayne State University has average aid scene (Good Performance in
1st semester may lead to tuition waivers). P/T jobs r readily
available.

How to crack the GRE in 30 days : Part 2

2006-05-24T17:11:00.000+07:00

Regarding to my yesterday posting, right now I continue post the rest of it.. Hope this help you preparing take GRE test.

The order of the sections in the exam can vary. But for sure, you will get the
writing sections up first. Then you may get either verbal or quant: be
prepared to attack whatever comes. After these sections you may get another
verbal or quant or a known "experimental" section which they declare in
advance (which is usually a second essay). If you know FOR SURE that its an
experimental section (they told you so), you could ditch it halfway and go
ahead and get your scores :D Even if you have slight doubts, attempt it properly.

For some reason, whether you get a second verbal/quant or an experimental
section depends on the following: (these are purely based on observation on a
relatively small number of test cases - so it could be wrong!)

1. Season: If you are giving the gre in july-august, for some odd reason, the
    chances of you getting an experimental are much much higer because
    for some reason, the number of applicants in that period are a lot
    more and they dont want to take too much pain.

2. Score:  This is again based on observation on 5-6 guys who gave the GRE in
    the month of jan-feb. Guys who got < 1500 got another quant/verbal
    and guys > 1500 got an experimental essay.

Btw, I got an experimental essay, but even though I knew it was experimental,
I sat for 20 odd minutes and gave it a good shot.

Bottom Line: Dont think too much, give it your best shot.

Also on the exam day:

You would need the following (if i have forgotten something - pls correct me)
- passport
- ID Card (with photo ID) or drivers license with photo
(Your name must match in all of these items)

If you are carrying a jacket, either keep it on all the time or take it off
after your "tutorial" phase and keep it in your locker; they will pain you
if you try taking it off/putting it on in the middle of the exam. I heard from
a guy at the centre that he was giving the GRE again for this very reason; the
administrators pained him because he kept the jacket on the chair or
something, and they didnt like it - so they disturbed him in the middle of a
passage. Poor guy cancelled his scores due to that! Its not too cold inside, but
I preferred keeping it on all the time. (and this was in august)

Another relatively minor point but a friend got quite disturbed by this: keep
the paper that they provide not on your lap, but on the desk - sometimes if
they suspect of any weird form of cheating, they will be closely watching you
and will not hesitate to disturb you in the middle of the exam.

Watches, calculators, writing material are not allowed, might as well keep it
inside the bag right away.

This I have to add because I got feedback that junta are still confused about
the pattern of the GRE: Please get the LATEST edition of Barrons (it doesn't
cost too much - just around 250 Rs. and read the fundae in it. They are
correct.


Words which were not in barrons

Be prepared to find words which were not in barrons and those which you may
never have seen before in your gre; even in the first 10 questions! One would
tacitly assume that since the first 10 questions are "supposed" to be easy,
they definitely have to be easy - but this is not the case. There is a certain
randomness in the system which even allows it to throw really hard or really
easy questions at you. You would be surprised - I found a word "commingle"
which I had seen once in some test before (and vaguely knew the meaning) in
my 4th question and got some ridiculously easy questions towards the end (due
to which I was able to comfortably finish on time). Three of us who gave the
test at nearly the same time found atleast one word which we hadn't seen
before in barrons. (for example, "exemplar" - guessable though, like commingle)

Also be prepared to encounter meaning of words which are different from those
in barrons. Have an open mind to all possible interpretations.

I feel that once you have done Barrons and know nearly all the words - with
perhaps not able to recall meaning of say around 50-100 odd words without
context and have done sufficient number of tests, you are well set for vocab.
One really cant predict which words they will hit you with; so just hope for
the best!


:WORDS:

20% of 500 > 100% of 100. I had seen this in some GRE book and this
actually typifies the attitude one must have while mugging words from
Barrons. It is more beneficial to recognise vaguely some 500 words rather
than mugg up each and every denotation of 100 words. One must remember
that the words list in Barrons is quite old and so isnt quite fully
indicative of the words ETS can ask. I got some 2-3 completely new words
in the first 6 questions itself. So, do mug words from Barrons but dont
break your head in the last week over trying to remember each and every
secondary, tertiary (and so on) meaning of words. More important during
this period is that you learn and practise recognising different
derivative forms of familiar words, recognising words formed with stems
you have already seen, remembering phrases/contexts in which words are
used and trying to test your intuitive 'feel' to completely new words etc.

:PRACTICE:

I found that mostly all the practice tests focus mainly on pure vocab i.e
almost all questions are made tough only by giving you weird words i.e.
once you know the primary meanings of the answer choices almost all the
choices are useless and hence can be eliminated easily. But in the actual
GRE and in the PPREP, the most challenging questions were based on
recognising fine shades of usage of generally known words - so the answer
choices are very close. Most often than not, the hardest analogies are the
ones which involve known words only. As you cant possibly mug up all the
meanings of a word, it is necessary that you know different contexts in
which a word is used in every day english. Knowing the context helps a lot
as it gives pointers to a word's meaning as well as its usage. So, try and
do this while studying the words itself. Dont be blind to a word's
connotations and usage. Most of the times, meanings (as given in Barrons)
simply dont give much insight.

:READING COMPREHENSION:

I heard from many people that their primary problem is that they cant
do RC well. As this is the least vocab dependent part, learn to crack it
properly. Improve your reading speed, accuracy and practise properly so
that you dont miss out on any RC question. Time yourself properly and dont
waste so much time on RC that finishing the section itself becomes a
problem.

TOEFL

(I got a score range of 243-300 on the 27th Feb, 06, havent got the essay score yet)

TOEFL is an easier ball game compared to the GRE, and almost everyone who
gets > 1400 in GRE gets an extremely good score in the TOEFL, usually > 290
(not counting the essay section).

All that I did for the TOEFL is to take the two powerprep tests and read the
info given about the exam in the same package, plus I downloaded one sampler.exe
file from the net off the ETS site and did the questions in that as well. (The
listening section, especially)

Aerosol composition research @ Switzerland

2006-05-23T21:16:00.000+07:00

The Paul Scherrer Institut is a centre for multi-disciplinary research and one of the world's leading user laboratories. With its 1200 employees it belongs as an autonomous institution to the Swiss ETH domain and concentrates its activities on solid-state research and material sciences, elemen-tary particle and astrophysics, energy and environmental research as well as on biology and medi-cine.
The Gasphase and Aerosol Chemistry group is engaged in field studies, smog chamber experi-ments and in photochemical transport modeling. The main focus is the assessment and under-standing of the polluted boundary layer gasphase and aerosol composition and transformation.
Within a new project we are looking for a

PhD Student

In aerosol composition research

Your tasks
- Improve the existing experimental set-up for the determination of particulate 14C
- Study different particulate source contributions (e.g. wood burning versus traffic) at different sites in Switzerland and Europe in cooperation with national and international partners. The focus
will be the use of the 14C method but the work and analysis will include other measuring techniques like EC/OC measement methods and aerosol mass spectrometry.
You can find information about the 14C method in Szidat et al. (2006, J. Geophys. Res.) and references therein.
- Presentation of results at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals

Your profile
You have a master/diploma degree in chemistry, atmospheric science, environmental science, physics or equivalent. Preferentially, you are familiar with aerosol science and atmospheric chemistry. You like experimental work but you are also able to analyse your data using statistical methods. You are a motivated team player who likes to work in an interdisciplinary research field. Excellent communication skills in English are required and in German beneficial.

We are looking forward to your application.

For further information please contact Dr André Prévôt, Tel. + 41 56 310 42 02,
e-Mail: andre.prevot@psi.ch

Please send your application to: Paul Scherrer Institut, Human Resources, Mrs. Elke Baumann, ref. code 5501, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.

Ph.D. vacancy : remote sensing / atmospheric research

2006-05-23T20:59:00.000+07:00

Ph.D. Position (65%)
(remote sensing / atmospheric research)

The Remote Sensing Research Group, Department of Geography, University
of Bern - Switzerland offers a Ph.D. position in remote sensing. The
project "Visibility forecast" is a co-operation between the Remote
Sensing Research Group and the Institute for Meteorology and Climate
Research, Karlsruhe. The core of this joined project is to combine
remote sensing data with a nested atmospheric chemistry model to achieve
visibility forecasts.

Position: Derivation of aerosol optical depth from NOAA AVHRR over land
surface
· Further development of the existing NOAA AVHRR aerosol product (channel 1)
· Algorithm development for a NOAA AVHRR aerosol optical depth retrieval
(channel 2)
· Derivation of Ångström-Coefficients and improvement of aerosol model
· Maintenance of ground based sun photometer

Applicants should have an M.S. degree in a relevant discipline,
preferable in physical geography or meteorology with advanced knowledge
in physics.
Skills in optical remote sensing, meteorology and experience in digital
image processing as well as programming are desirable. Project duration
is 3 - 4 years starting in July 2006. The salary is approximately SFr.
40.000,-- net per year. More information on the group's activities can
be found at http://saturn.unibe.ch/rsbern/. For additional information,
contact: Dr. Stefan Wunderle (swun@giub.unibe.ch).
Submit application to Dr. Stefan Wunderle, Department of Geography,
University of Bern, Hallerstr. 12, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland or via email.

Application deadline: June 15, 2006.

Women are especially invited to apply for these positions.

--
Dr. Stefan Wunderle
Remote Sensing Research Group
Department of Geography
Hallerstrasse 12
CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Tel. ++41 31 631 8553 (direct)
Tel. ++41 31 631 8859 (Secretary)
Fax ++41 31 631 8511

How to crack the GRE in 30 days : Part 1

2006-05-23T12:15:00.000+07:00

For those of you who want to take GRE test, maybe this an useful article. Written by a person, IITian, who got 1600 (perfect score) in GRE test.

For the benefit of the guys who arent well versed with the IITian jargon (and there
seem to be quite a few of them checking out this site recently), here is a
quick glossary:

funda, plural fundae : ideas, concepts, paradigms (derived from fundamentals)
junta : people in general (derived from the hindi word for people)
infi : infinite, a large number

Stuff to get(You wont need more than this..)

1. kaplan (version 6.0)
2. princeton (stuff that has proper tests - new version)
3. 800 tests
4. powerprep (get the latest version from the gre site)
5. essay list from gre site
6. math prep fundae from gre site
7. wordweb - dictionary
8. cambridge tests

Books

1. barrons
2. any essay book which does gre essays
3. if you have time, you may try kaplan or princeton books, but i didnt
have time to do them
4. big book

Fundae

(the time written in brackets is from an optimal schedule, NOT my actual schedule depending on
the time you have, you may want to move this around)

Step 1. Go through words in barrons - 50 lists - mark out words you dont know (5-10 days)
Get some familiarity with the words that you dont know at all, read the sentences and
try to understand them. at times when i wasnt clear with the meaning, i used
www.thefreedictionary.com for additional meanings and sentences.
Also read the fundae on GRE given at the start of barrons so that you dont have any
misconceptions

Step 2. Once a familiarity is achieved with most words start mugging just the words that
you dont know and at the same time start with tests. (8-15 days)

kaplans tests are good at this stage to frighten you (:-)). according to most ppl,
kaplans scores are a strict lower bound on what you may get in the actual test.

big book tests are also very good because they are from the actual gre guys
and would necessarily test the same vocab. keep doing this - there are infi tests
in this book and they wont run out. but make sure that in paper tests you
follow the same attempt once and ditch funda rather than moving around arbitly
in the paper. also paper tests have a different number of questions than the
online test, so make sure you know that and time yourself accordingly.

Step 3. General testing stage (15-30 days)
keep doing tests in this stage, my rule was attempt one math every two verbals
do a few full time tests as well.

if you are done with kaplan, you may want to try princeton, pretty easy stuff
not really at teh level of gre, but practice nonetheless.

you could do 800 tests too, the tests arent great, but its online.
i think cambridge tests are good, but i didnt have the latest cd.

the words that you find are not even there in barrons, write them separately somewhere
for last minute revision.

you should do the tests in barrons as well, they are pretty decent.

Step 4. One week before the exam stage (7 days)
you MUST do powerprep. it gives you an exact feel of the online gre exam
and is really good. do the practice exercises in it as well.

continue with the testing process, and revise the words from barrons. (if you had
the time and the enthu to make flash cards, revise them now)

read the fundae in barrons for both math and verbal to make sure that you know
everything.

also spend some time reading sample essays and discussing them with ppl / showing
your essays to ppl and making them evaluate, stuff like that.

Step 5. The day

Chill and attempt questions sensibly.

In verbal, try and finish up the antonyms, anal and sent. comp. quickly enough
so that you can give more time to the comprehension sections. Maybe you can try
this in practice tests: try and quickly review your answer before jumping to the
next question, it helps to reduce careless errors.

In math, i tried to review each answer in the first 15 questions, as a result i
was nearly out of time at the end. be warned, for some reason, the math in
the actual gre is far tougher than any of the ones uve faced so far, but still
easy enough if done properly.

Essays, follow the schedule that uve developed while writing practice essays.
use similar techniques and stuff. for some reason readers in US prefer some
kind of unconventionality, and you may want to try something different, but not
too different. For the argument section there are usually 3 odd flaws, put one
flaw per para and elaborate.

Various jobs from math-jobs.com

2006-05-23T09:31:00.000+07:00

http://www.math-jobs.com/0023.html
nz: Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) (responsible for enhancing University's int'l profile & internationalisation of curriculum, while involved in research in area appropriate to his/her backgrnd; ability to lead a team) / University of Otago; Dunedin / deadline June 30

http://www.math-jobs.com/0288.html
au: Research Associate (2y, from Sept 06; PhD in (theoretical) comp sc or (comp-sc related) maths, or equiv research exp; A$57,895-61,925; project: research into probabilistic/demonic concurrent systems) / University of New South Wales; Sydney / deadline June 1

http://www.math-jobs.com/0398.html
uk: Data Manager/Programmer - Whitehall II Study (3y; degree in a numerate discipline; exp in use of db's such as SAS, including data mgmt & programming; strong backgrnd in computer programming; £33,925-42,335) / University College London / deadline June 16

http://www.math-jobs.com/0378.html
de: Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (2 y (20 Wochenstunden); ueberdurchschnittlicher Hochschulabschluss in einem mathematischen Studiengang; IIa BAT-O; DFG-Drittmittelprojekt "Effiziente Modellierung geometrischer Strukturen in digitalen Bildern: Entwurf und Analyse neuer Algorithmen") / Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universitaet Greifswald / deadline May 29

http://www.math-jobs.com/0073.html
uk: ERP Prize PhD Studentships in Mathematical Sciences (3y, start Oct 06; The Maxwell Institute aims to attract the most talented applicants from around the world) / Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences; Edinburgh / open to students of any nationality; deadline June 30

http://www.math-jobs.com/0014.html
rw: Rector/Vice Chancellor (PhD; Should have risen to position of professor or assoc professor in his/her field of specialization; excellent administrative track record in similar position for a period of 5+ y in reputable university) / Umutara Polytechnic, Rwanda

http://www.math-jobs.com/0272.html
uk: Research Assistant/Fellow - Reliability and Risk Assessment (3y; higher degree in OR, Probability or Stats; Ministry of Defence funded project: Expert Judgement in Safety and Reliability Cases) / Strathclyde University; Glasgow / deadline June 16

http://www.math-jobs.com/0200.html
de: Professur in Informatik (Studium an einer wissenschaftlichen Hochschule; wissenschaftliche Befaehigung, die durch die Qualitaet einer Promotion nachgewiesen wird; besondere Leistungen waehrend einer min fuenfjaehrigen beruflichen Praxis, davon min 3 y außerhalb des Hochschulbereiches; W2) / Hochschule Niederrhein / deadline June 2

http://www.math-jobs.com/0025.html
ie: Postgraduate Research Position in Combinatorial methods for data visualization (start Sept 06; strong background in Maths and Stats, with good programming skills) / National University of Ireland Maynooth / deadline June 30, or until filled

http://www.math-jobs.com/0328.html
uk: One Stipendiary and One or More Non-Stipendiary Research Fellowships (-4 y, from 1 Oct 06; Fellowships in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Mathematical Economics or Scientific Archaeology) / King's College; Cambridge / deadline May 26

http://www.math-jobs.com/0145.html
de: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterstelle (DFG) (2 y; sehr gut abgeschlossenes Studium in Mathematik, Physik oder Informatik; exp in "Bildverarbeitung", "Bildkommunikation", "Computergraphik", "Computer Vision", "inverse Probleme", "angewandte Optik" od "wissenschaftliches Rechnen/Simulation"; C/C++; sichere Beherrschung der deutschen Sprache, gutes Englisch; BAT IIa) / TU Braunschweig / deadline July 31

http://www.math-jobs.com/0302.html
in: Faculties in Mathematics and more (at all levels; payscale will not be a constraint) / Compucom Institute of Information Technology & Management; Jaipur, Rajasthan

http://www.math-jobs.com/0118.html
nl: 3 PhDs and 1 post-doc in the area of Logic and Theoretical Computer Science (start 1 Sept 06; expected to perform research related to the mathematical theory of modal logic) / Universiteit van Amsterdam / deadline June 1

http://www.math-jobs.com/0168.html
pg: Senior Lecturer/Lecturer - Mathematics & Computer Science (PhD with 3+ y research & teaching exp/MSc with 5+ y exp ¦ MSc with 3+ y exp; should have qualifications in a computing specialism) / Papua New Guinea University of Technology; Lae / deadline May 30

http://www.math-jobs.com/0422.html
fr: Research Engineer in Bayesian Programming (3-4 y, available now; Master, engineering degree or PhD in computer science; a plus: proficiency in probability or stats, exp of robotics &/or AI; C,C++; fluent in either French or English) / INRIA; Grenoble

http://www.math-jobs.com/0420.html
uk: Great Western Research PhD Studentship (1st/Upper 2nd Class Honours degree computing, electronics, physics, maths or rel engineering subject; sound math backgrnd; C &/or C++; project: Automated Improvement of Film & Video Media) / University of Bristol

http://www.math-jobs.com/0412.html
de: PhD student (m/f) (3 y; BSc/MSc/Diplom in economics, mathematics, physics, system theory or equivalent; good knowledge of mathematical and/or agent-based modelling; skills in computer programming (Delphi or C++); good English skills; TVoeD (13/2)) / UFZ Leipzig-Halle GmbH / deadline June 1

http://www.math-jobs.com/0374.html
ch: Computational Geoscientist (3 y, start Sept 06; PhD comp sc, appl maths, engineering, geophysics, environmental sciences, earth sciences, hydrogeology, or rel field; project: Development of codes for aquifer characterization and stochastic forecasts) / University of Neuchâtel

http://www.math-jobs.com/0303.html
de: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Moeglichkeit zur Promotion (2+ y; sehr gut abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium in Informatik, Mathematik oder Technomathematik; Vorkenntnisse in Bildverarbeitung, Bildregistrierung und mathematischer Optimierung Vorteil; sehr gute Kenntnisse in objektorientierter Programmierung (C++ / Java)) / Universitaet zu Luebeck / deadline May 31

Google Hack

2006-05-21T22:17:00.000+07:00

I would like to share to all of you about Google Hack. It is about a book not a hacking technique. One of the most powerful keyword I learnt from that book is : "intitle:index.of" "file type" "filename".
Lemme give you an example to find an ebook. Let's say we will search that book, go to www.google.com then put key word "intitle:index.of" "chm" Google Hack or you can also type "intitle:index.of" "pdf" Google Hack.

and the result..

Easy right?

If you want to find mp3 file for song that you like just type keyword "intitle:index.of" "mp3" singer or title song...

For example: we search mp3 for song 'Bad Day' from Daniel Powter, by using keyword "intitle:index.of" "mp3" "Daniel Powter" Bad Day, the result is...

Let's try by yourself.
Still confuse? Put your comment below.

PhD Radio Frequency Vacancy @ Denmark

2006-05-19T09:10:00.000+07:00

Posted form my senior who currently as PhD student in Denmark.
Maybe this suite for you.. ;)

The PhD stipend is available within the general study programme
"Wireless Communications". The PhD project is in the area of "On-Chip
Noise Coupling Issues for High Sensitivity, Short Range Ultra-Wide
Band Communication System Implementations in Standard CMOS
Technology".

http://stillinger.aau.dk/vis.php?nr=3127

The PhD stipend is available within the general study programme
"Wireless Communications". The PhD project is in the area of "CMOS
Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communication Systems".

http://stillinger.aau.dk/vis.php?nr=3126

Activation

2006-05-18T20:43:00.000+07:00

Hi.. All :)

I just reactivate for several times. But I still don't have any idea to post here, in Blogspot. Eventually, I know what Blogspot excellent. It supports Google Adsense :D That's way make this blog active again...

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2004-11-28T14:55:00.000+07:00

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