This initiative opens for a new way to train PhD-students. We have found that a good learning environment is essential for student learning in our bachelor and masters¡¯ programs ¨C now we will develop a similar approach to PhD-studies. We hope this will open up new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration at the Faculty.
The students will receive an initial intensive training in scientific programming, computational science and data science. They will then apply and develop these skills in a research project in their particular science discipline ¨C mathematics, bioscience, geoscience, chemistry, materials science, astronomy or physics ¨C in research groups at the University of Oslo. The researchers involved are experienced supervisors on a top international level, have a track record in interdisciplinary research, and integrate computational and disciplinary approaches.
The first time a Norwegian institution has received a Cofund doctoral training project
The CompSci initiative is an EU Horizon 2020 MSCA COFUND project with a total EU grant of € 2,6 million. This is the first time a Norwegian institution has received a Cofund doctoral project. The initiative is led by Anders Malthe-S?renssen, who is also centre leader for CCSE (Center for Computing in Science Education), which is a Centre off Excellence in Education (SFU). The project provides 32 PhD positions that will announced in two rounds. The first group off phds will start in autumn 2021 and the second in autumn 2022. Many of our excellent researchers are involved as supervisors of the coming PhD Fellows.
The website of the CompSci project provides descriptions of the 48 PhD projects. It also provides updated descriptions of the supervisors involved. Here you get a unique opportunity to read about what some of our top research environments will do in the future - what they think are good projects - and not just descriptions of what they have done. This provides a fascinating insight into some of the research activities at the MN Faculty.
The Faculty's new centre initiative dScience
There is a great need for researchers with deep digital competence both in Norway and across Europe. Such competence provides a combination of skills in a discipline with the digital skills needed to bring new insights and approaches to the research, innovation and education in their fields. It can also contribute to a digital transformation of academia and industry.
The focus on the use of advanced computing and data-driven research is reflected in the Faculty's new center dScience, which will be Norway's largest investment in research and education in data science and computational science. The centre will provide the University of Oslo with a unique position and the power to strengthen research and education both at MN and across the other faculties at the university. dScience will officially start January 1, 2021. Read more about dScience (only in Norwegian).