Simon Foldvik
Introduction
Staff AI/ML Research Engineer
Aker Scholar in Mathematics at Balliol College, Oxford (2024–2025)
contact@simonfoldvik.no
Short CV
- Staff AI/ML Research Engineer (Bislab)
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MSc in Mathematical Sciences (University of Oxford)
- Dissertation: Distinction band
- Also admitted to Cambridge Part III
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Aker Scholar (2024)
- Full funding for studies at Oxford (merit-based)
- akerscholarship.no
- Senior Software Engineer (Bekk Consulting)
- Research Internship (Simula Research Laboratories)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant in Mathematics (University of Oslo)
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MSc in Mathematics (University of Oslo)
- Average and thesis grade: A (highest)
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BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science (University of Oslo)
- Average grade: A (highest)
- Recipient of Trygve Tellefsen's Scholarship
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MAT1100U (University of Oslo)
- Grade: A (highest)
- University-level calculus course undertaken whilst in upper secondary school.
Selected Talks
- Master's presentation at the University of Oslo (Dec 2024)
- Smoothing Noisy Signals using Discrete Convolution (Jul 2024)
Lightning talks in data science. Bekk, Oslo.
- Homomorphic Encryption: The Next Pillar of Secure Computation (Oct 2023)
Conference talk with approximately 50 attendees. Bekk, Oslo.
- Summation in Topological Monoids (Mar 2021)
Young People's Analysis Seminar (by invitation).
Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo.
- Studying Mathematics at the University Level (Aug 2020)
Departmental welcome lecture to new students in the mathematical sciences (by invitation).
Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo.
- Distributional Solutions of the ∂̄-equation and the L²-theory of Hörmander (Oct 2019)
Invited speaker on behalf of the Mathematics Student Council.
Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo.
Selected Events Attended
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Abel Young Talents (2019, 2022, 2024)
Invitation-only event hosted by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters for promising young mathematicians, coinciding with the Abel Prize ceremony.
Featured talk: Jim Simons
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Research seminars on PDEs at Queen's College, Oxford (Hilary 2025)
By invitation; led by Prof. José A. Carrillo
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Complexity Cluster Research Workshop at Keble College, Oxford (Feb 2025)
By invitation; featured lecture by Prof. Helge Holden (Chair, Abel Prize Committee)
- Oxford Mathematics PDE Seminar series (Hilary 2025)
Misc
- «Simon skal studere på Oxford» (2024)
Local newspaper interview following my Aker Scholarship award.