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<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><font size="3"
face="Calibri">Professional development presentation for MIT
Postdocs, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for
Research<font size="3"> </font>(grad<font size="3">u<font
size="3">ate students welcome)<font size="3">:</font></font></font><br>
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<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><strong><font size="3"
face="Calibri">Transition from Academia to Industry –
Introduction to Hurdles </font></strong></span></p>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:
white"><strong><font size="3" face="Calibri">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 size="3" face="Calibri">Date and Time:
Monday, May 20, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm</font></b><br>
<b><font size="3" face="Calibri">Location: </font></b><a
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target="_blank"><b><font size="3" face="Calibri">Singleton
Auditorium, Building 46-3002</font></b></a><b><font
size="3" face="Calibri"> (Dept. of Brain & Cognitive
Sciences)</font></b></span></div>
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href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dElSM1pCSkZ0NFlJMXUzYlZWVUVscVE6MA">Pl<font
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"
face="Calibri">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 size="3"
face="Calibri">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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