| Personal Data | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Karl Jakob Nordström |
| Born: | April 11, 1972 |
| Citizenship: | Swedish |
| Work phone: | +1 617 258 9654 |
| Fax: | +1 617 258 8682 |
| Mobile phone: | +1 857 399 6454 (USA), +46 (0)70 742 21 98 (Sweden) |
| E-mail: | jakobn at-sign mit dot edu |
| Webpage: | http://people.csail.mit.edu/jakobn/ |
| Education | |
| 2008 | PhD in Computer Science at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) |
| 2001 | Master of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics at Stockholm University |
| 1999-2003 | Russian studies up to finished C-level (equivalent of one and a half year's full-time studies) at Uppsala University and Stockholm University |
| Autumn 1999 | Russian studies one month at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia |
| Summer 1998 | Russian studies one month at Russian Educational Centre in Moscow, Russia |
| Summer 1993 | Karolinska Institute Biomedical Research School |
| 1993 | Higher Certificate (studentexamen) from the Natural Sciences Programme with extended music education at Stockholm Music Upper Secondary School |
| 1992 | Diploma in Choir Conducting with extended Music Theory from Tallinn Music Upper Secondary School, Estonia |
| Military Service | |
| 1997/1998 | Military interpreter at the Swedish Armed Forces Language Institute (Försvarets tolkskola). Graduated as the best student of the 1998 class |
| Employment | |
| 2008-present | Postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2002-2008 | Research Assistant position sponsored by the President of KTH (one of 5-7 "Excellence PhD positions" awarded yearly based on undergraduate record) |
| 2000/2001 | Master's thesis project in Computer Science at Prover Technology AB |
| 1998-present | Interpreter and translator between Russian and Swedish/English. Engaged as interpreter for among others HM the King of Sweden, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament and the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces |
| 1996-1999 | Teaching Assistant at the Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University |
| Language Proficiency | |
| Swedish: | Native language |
| English: | Excellent oral and writing skills |
| Russian: | Excellent oral and writing skills |
| Estonian: | Good oral and writing skills |
| French: | High grades from Upper Secondary School but as for now dormant skills |
| Other Merits | |
| 2009 | Ackermann Award for outstanding dissertation in Logic in Computer Science from the European Association for Computer Science Logic |
| 2006 | Danny Lewin Best Student Paper Award at the 38th ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC '06) |
| 2006 | The 2006 Meritorious Achievement Award at KTH Computer Science and Communication (KTH CSC) |
| 2004-2007 | President of the Graduate Students' Council at KTH CSC and PhD student representative in the Board and the Executive Group of KTH CSC |
| 2002-2005 | President of the Swedish Association of Military Interpreters |
| 2001-2002 | Secretary of the Swedish Association of Military Interpreters |
| 1994-1999 | Leader of the vocal ensemble Collegium Vocale Stockholm |
| 1992 | 4th place in the Swedish Upper Secondary School Mathematics Competition |