| Personal Data | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Karl Jakob Nordström |
| Born: | April 11, 1972 |
| Citizenship: | Swedish |
| Phone: | +46 (0)70 742 21 98 |
| E-mail: | jakobn at-sign di dot ku dot dk |
| Webpage: | http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/ |
| Education and Degrees | |
| 2015 | Docent degree (habilitation) in Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 2008 | PhD in Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 2020-present | Professor at Lund University (part-time affiliation) |
| 2019-present | Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen |
| Autumn 2018 | Visiting Scientist at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley |
| 2015-2019 | Associate Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 2011-2015 | Assistant Professor at KTH |
| 2008-2010 | Postdoctoral researcher 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 |
| 1998-2011 | 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 and Commissions of Trust | |
| 2020 | Research project 2 grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark |
| 2018 | Member of the Young Academy of Sweden |
| 2017 | Consolidator Grant from the Swedish Research Council |
| 2012 | Breakthrough Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council |
| 2011 | Starting Independent Researcher Grant from the European Research Council |
| 2010 | Junior Researcher Position Grant (forskarassistenttjänst) from the Swedish Research Council |
| 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 the KTH School of 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 |
| 1994-1999 | Leader of the vocal ensemble Collegium Vocale Stockholm |