Arriving at Tsingua Going to China can be an extremely fun, exiting and interesting experience. However, it comes with some frustrating and tedious moments as well. Everything from getting a bank account to doing the physical examination for foreigners in China, can be difficult if you don ́t speak Mandarin. Be prepared to use a…

I am currently studying abroad at Tsinghua University 清华大学 in Beijing 北京. One month has passed since I arrived here, yet it feels like I have been here for a year already. As a student here in China there are new impressions waiting for you at every corner and every activity you find yourself doing….

Today Liming Dong, Yue Li, and Chengxing Zhong​, who are master students at Nanjing University-China and part of the IPIT exchange program presented at ISSE today (30th of September). This meeting took place at IT bygget – room 454 from 12:15 to 13:15. The title of their presentations are :   Software simulation modelling in practice-challenges of software process data    Challenges of building software process simulation model…

For most execursion members this was their first time in China, and got to experience the country with its amazing culture for the very first time.  No need to say that the chinese culture differs a lot from the norwegian, and this trip has been an amazing opportunity to get a taste of the chinese…

Ekskursjonen til Kina gav oss mange inntrykk, både positive og negative. Av de positive var kanskje måten vi kom oss rundt på av de mest positive.  For å komme oss rundt i Kina, benyttet vi hovedsakelig skinnegående transport. Dette inkluderer alt fra toget innad på flyplassen i Beijing, til lyntoget vi tok mellom Nanjing og…

I started my adventure in finding Tech Startups in Ann Arbor at the beginning of June. Barbara Ericson, Professor at School of Information at UMICH, had been helping me all the way through during this time to get in touch with many of the responsible in the community. It has been thanks to her connections…

Half a day of interesting presentations continues

On every session, we had excellent presentations and discussions …

I am now six weeks into my US adventure and I am loving it! However, I had to do some prep work before getting to this point, and I thought I would share some tips and experiences with you. The biggest struggle was definitely getting my J-1 visa. Starting this process two and a half…