Curriculum Vitae

Linda Stougaard Nielsen

Address:

Widenacherstrasse 7
8908 Hedingen
Schweiz

Email:	webreg@mailcan.com
Phone:	+41 1 400 1929
Mobile:	+41 78 798 1777

PERSONAL DATA

Birth Date:	11th January 1972
Nationality:	Danish, holder of Swiss B-permit

WORK EXPERIENCE

2006 - p.t. Senior consultant

Employer: aragost ag
Field: Application Development Consultancy

2007: Java Web Application Development for Roche Diagnostics

Development of hospital information system web application with Java, Cocoon, and Oracle

2003 - 2006 Statistician and Software Developer

Employer: Helbling Technik AG, Aarau, Switzerland
Field: Consultancy in Industrial Engineering

Development of web applications with .NET, C#, MS SQL
Stand-alone ticketing system
Patient and medical data management system with real-time interface to monitor patients, control the monitoring, visualise and analyse data
Real-time interface to camera and development of mathematical algorithms to capture treatment area on nail (C# windows app, uEye camera from IDS)
Constructing algorithm to describe, evaluate, and classify pressure curves measured from pipetting system (prototype in MatLab, final version in C#, Statistics with R)
Design of test plan and analysis of experiments of spectacle-lenses produced using a new technique
Reviewing the mathematical algorithms and their implementation in an on-loom fabric inspection system
Acquisition: Writing several offers for multi-discipline projects (Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, Optics and Sensor technology)
Project management and customer contact. Presentation, documentation.

2002 Mathematician and Software Developer

Employer: Wafina, Waser Finanz AG, Zug, Switzerland
Field: Financial Engineering

Built a C++ library for pricing finance instruments and computing key financial figures.
Developing an Excel Toolbox, a collection of applications for teaching as well as practical use in the financial sector. Collaboration with IFZ (Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Zug).
Developing a Client/Server Portfolio Management and Risk Management system in Java. Responsibilities in particular: Building interfaces to Bloomberg, FrontArena, and to the C++ pricing library mentioned above. Implementing Value at Risk and Stress Testing.
Organising and lecturing in the seminar Financial Risk Management held by Wafina and IFZ.

2001 Postdoctoral position

Employer: StocLab (Laboratory for Computational Stochastics) and MaPhySto (Centre for Mathematical Physics and Stochastics) University of Aarhus, Denmark
Field: Computational Stochastics

Pilot project on Beowulf computer cluster (parallel programming) visualising the results using advanced 3D tools for exploring the use of such powerful tools in Science.
Led a project group with people from Computer Science and Statistics.
Wrote a technical report and gave a lecture in the series Computers in Science at Univ. of Aarhus.

1997 - 1999 Research Assistant

Employer: StocLab and MaPhySto, University of Aarhus, Denmark (full time 1998)
Field: Spatial Statistics

Research: Started the project, which later became my Ph.D. project.
Assumed PR responsibilities: Designing and producing logos, web sites, brochures, etc.

1994 - 2000 Teaching Assistant

Employer: Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark (part time)
Field: Statistics and Probability Theory

Taught Statistics and Probability Theory on introductory as well as advanced level for students from Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Biology, and Geology.
Also instructed SAS and UNIX

SKILLS

Statistical software:	Splus/R, SAS
Mathematical software:	MatLab, Maple
Operative systems:	UNIX/Linux, Windows, MacOS, DOS
Programming languages:	C#, Java (Sun Cert. Programmer), C++
DBMS:	MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle
Web technologies:	HTML, CSS, XML, SOAP, Javascript, MS ASP.NET & IIS, JSP & Servlets, Apache Tomcat, Cocoon, Rhino

Languages

Danish: Mother tongue (understanding Norwegian and Swedish)

English: Fluent

German: Fluent reading and conversation, good writing

EDUCATION

2007	Writing good and solid code, 6 half day workshops at Roche
2005	Moderation, 3 day course at Helbling
2005	Project management, 3 day course at Helbling
2004	Umgang mit Kunden (customer relations), 3 day course at Helbling
2003	Struts developer course I, 2 day course by aragost ag
2003	Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform 1.4 (score 92%)
2002	Financial Risk Management, 4 days course at Institut fur Finanzdienstleistungen, Zug. Assisted in teaching 1 day

1999-2001 Ph.D. in Spatial Statistics

StocLab (Laboratory for Computational Stochastics), Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark statements of thesis).

Thesis title: Point process models allowing for interaction and inhomogeneity (see attached
Held talks at international conferences and workshops in Canada, Australia, and Europe.
Publications in international scientific journals (see list of publications below).
Joined the Spatial Statistics group at University of Western Australia for 1 year.

1995-1997 MS in Statistics

Department of Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Passed with highest possible marks.

1991-1994 BS in Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics

Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Top marks.
Took additional courses in Philosophy, History of Science, and Economy.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Secondary work, education, and travelling

2006	Travelled around USA and Canada in a private plane for 2 months.
2004	Travelled around Southern Africa in a private plane for 6 weeks.
2000	Travelled around Australia in a private plane for 10 weeks.
1995	Backpacked 2 months through Russia and China.
1994	Half a year at School of Handwork in Skals, Denmark.
1993	Built a tandem from two bikes and rode it from Denmark to Switzerland.
1990 - 1991	Worked one year as waitress at a mountain conference hotel in Norway.

Association work

2007 - 2008 Member of executive committee for the choir Nota Bene.

1997 - 1999 Member of executive committee for the choir Bel Canto.

1996 - 1999 Established a social club for Statisticians at the University.

1996 - 1999 Established a cultural society, KuFo, at the Institute of Mathematics. Chairman and PR responsible. Wrote a series of articles and designed the logo and event posters.

1994, 1995 Student representative for the Statistical Department at Open University for high school students.

1994 Chairman of student's council at School of Handwork in Skals, Denmark.

FURTHER INTERESTS

Hobbies include travelling, snowboarding, photography, choir, pottery, golf, and bridge.

DOCUMENTS

References: Furnished upon request
See www.stougaard.org/linda/uni for talks and publications.

This page was last modified on April 16th 2007

Danish:	Mother tongue (understanding Norwegian and Swedish)
English:	Fluent
German:	Fluent reading and conversation, good writing

2007 - 2008	Member of executive committee for the choir Nota Bene.
1997 - 1999	Member of executive committee for the choir Bel Canto.
1996 - 1999	Established a social club for Statisticians at the University.
1996 - 1999	Established a cultural society, KuFo, at the Institute of Mathematics. Chairman and PR responsible. Wrote a series of articles and designed the logo and event posters.
1994, 1995	Student representative for the Statistical Department at Open University for high school students.
1994	Chairman of student's council at School of Handwork in Skals, Denmark.