Education
Graduation Project September 1998 to December 1998
I am a university student in Uppsala (Sweden). I study Mathematics and computer science and I've just begun to write a small paper on my undergraduate project. In this project I will study the three famous geometrical problems (the quadrature of the circle, squaring the cube and the division of an angle into three equal parts. The ancient Greek mathematicians dealt with this problems but with the tools they mastered they couldn't prove this constructions to be impossible. The most famous problem, the squaring of the circle was proved to be impossible by a German mathematician Lindemann in 1830. But in my paper I will follow this problem the history and finally I will us modern algebra to prove them
University Studies September
1994 to December 1998
In Sweden a student interested in mathematics and computer
science can choose between the university and the civil engineering program.
I chose to study at the university, because as a student you have the ability
design your own way to the master degree, that is you can always enroll
to the courses that interest you the most. As I now am done with the regular
classes and begun with my undergraduate project I can now offer you a complete
list of the courses I've taken.
Military Service September
1993 to June 1994
In Sweden every man is obligated to do a certain amount
of time in the Swedish defense. I spent my time as a cook. I wouldn't say
that it was the best time of my life, but we had some laughs.
Senior Height School August
1989 to June 1993
Just before I started senior height my parents got themselves
new employment in Mozambique, so the whole family took the plan down to
Maputo in Mozambique. There, in Maputo, I started to study natural science
at the Swedish school. We stayed in Mozambique for almost three year but
eventually we returned to Sweden where I completed my exam. Most of the
learning I did during this time in Mozambique didn't take place behind
the bench, but rather from meeting people from all over the world (Maputo
is the most mixed city I ever have a chance to visit). I improved myself
in both english and Portuguese.
Work Experience
SI-leader August 1996 to December 1998
During my time as a student I have worked as a teacher in a project called SI-project (read Supplemental Instruction). This project is connected to the first courses in mathematics at university level. My job is to lead a group of students to gain results for the self. To understand this method of teaching you must know that the students at this level are stuffed with new material every day, so they need to treat the new information fast. What most of the students does is simply that they point in their course literature and ask their teacher to explain the problem. We think that this isn't the best way to develop a mathematical understanding, we would like to see that the students, when they encounter a difficult theory, would sit down together and with guidance of their literature and lecture notes they would work their way through this theory. Now if they still don't manage to get the right understanding, they usually just need a little push in the right direction to finally understand it. Now you perhaps realize that my job is to create a good atmosphere in the group of students and also try to guide them to seek for the information themselves. This takes time, but when time passes I can clearly see that they adapt to this new way of studying. The SI-method was developed in University of Kansas City and is applied on courses which has known to be very difficult for the students, like Calculus and the first course in algebra.
Ericsson Infotech AB Jun 1997
to august 1997
This is perhaps the most productive summer holiday work
I have had. The task was that the company needed a project room connected
to the internet, now there are some different platforms on the market already
so my task was to evaluate a program call LiveLink form Open Text. I order
to make a correct evaluation I needed to understand what Infotech's project
management program was all about. Next step was to find out whether LiveLink
could be modified in such way that it suited Infotech's demands. During
this job I learned allot about the way a modern company works with project
management. I also spent many hours thinking about how people should work
online and how a distance school could be implemented.
Ericsson Infotech AB Jun 1996
to august 1996
The summer of 96 I worked in the computer service department,
with different tasks like, installations and support. While I was do this
jobs I was connected to there helpdesk. I left the summer with a deeper
insight in the computer network area and the theory behind computer communication
was now something I mastered.