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A geophysicist taking the Earth’s pulse, thanks to the new Master programme: Hansruedi Maurer, Professor at the Institute of
Geophysics, and his team take seismic test measurements at the Nagra rock laboratory on the Grimsel Pass in the Bernese Oberland.
Germany and France, for academics in nuclear engineering.”
He expects this trend to continue in the next few
years, so this nuclear expert forecasts: “No one completing
this course with a good grade will remain unemployed.”
Another new programme is the result of a partnership between
ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. The course
in “Neural Systems and Computation” has been running at
ETH for six months and is led by Richard Hahnloser, Professor
for Systems Neurosciences at the Institute of Neuroinformatics
at ETH and at the University of Zurich. 16 students
have so far signed up for the course and eleven new
applicants joined them in autumn 2008. The students
come from a wide range of technical backgrounds, extending
from psychology and mathematics to electrical engineering.
At the end, graduates will be awarded a Master
degree, the “MSc in Neural Systems and Computation”.
Although the initial experiences have been very positive,
there is still room for improvement in terms of the administrative
cost, says Richard Hahnloser. The course offers a
useful qualification, especially for students wishing to work
in research, while those graduates wanting to enter industry
will find possible career options in, for example, sensor
technology.
Expanding Neuroinformatics
Information on the programmes: www.master.ethz.ch
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