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<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">Professional development presentation for MIT
Postdocs, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for
Research:<br>
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<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><strong><font
face="Calibri" size="3">Transition from Academia to Industry
– Introduction to Hurdles </font></strong></span></p>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:
white"><strong><font face="Calibri" size="3">Speaker: Dr. Zoran
Zovnar, MediaTek</font></strong></span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:
white"><strong></strong></span> </div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:
white"><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Date and Time:
Monday, May 20, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm</font></b><br>
<b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Location: </font></b><a
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target="_blank"><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Singleton
Auditorium, Building 46-3002</font></b></a><b><font
face="Calibri" size="3"> (Dept. of Brain & Cognitive
Sciences)</font></b></span></div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">Transitioning from academia to
industry involves multiple challenges, some of them real some
of them perceived. The discussion will zoom-in on typical
challenges of the transition and offer some advice to prepare
you for the hurdles you might face. </font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">Dr. Zoran Zvonar received his Ph.D.
degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern
University, Boston, and after postdoctoral experience at Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, joined the semiconductor
industry. During his R&D career at Analog Devices
(1994-2008) and at MediaTek (2008-present) he has contributed
to multiple generations of chips and software products for
cellular phones. He is MediaTek Fellow and the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow. </font></p>
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Dana Bresee Keeth
Project Manager
Office of the Vice President for Research
MIT, 10-256
tel.617-715-4671
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