30+ conference talks and 20+ scientific papers on Big Data/Data Science and Machine Learning published in Nature, PNAS, Royal Society Interface etc
Research cited in e.g. Wall Street Journal, MIT Technology Review, Science News, Huffington Post, The Nation, Harvard Magazine, White House Report on Big Data, World Bank, Yahoo Finance, Vice Media etc Main research collaborators: MIT Media Lab, MIT Sloan, Harvard, Flowminder. Scientific commitee member at 10+ Data Science conferences, incl. Netmob, MIT.
All visualisations and 3D models beneath are produced by Pål Sundsøy.
Co-authored with Flowminder Published in Global Environmental Change (2016)
Selected Press: Climate and migration Coalition
Experience
My work experience
Invited Speaker, United Nations Big Data conference, 2015 (Abu Dhabi): How Big Data can be used for Social Good and Poverty reduction
NBIM, Systematic Equity Strategies
Lead Researcher & Portfolio Manager
2016-
NBIM is the investment arm of Norway's Central Bank that manages the world's largest sovereign wealth fund with assets of close to $1 trillion USD.
Management of global systematic long-short equity portfolio and programming quant investment strategies and ideas.
Telenor Group
Senior Data Scientist
2007-2016
Working in Big Data Analytics Group at Telenor Group Research towards all business units (Asia, Europe). Collaborating with Data Science teams @ MiT, Harvard, Northeastern. Work Reference (VP Analytics & AI) Work Reference (VP Big Data Analytics)
European Space Agency
Head Engineer
2006 - 2007
Head Engineer in the joint NASA/ESA/JAXA Hinode space mission project. Financed by European Space Agency (ESA) and Norwegian Space Agency. Based at Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway.
World Health Organization
Database Developer
2006
Database Developer in the unit of Health statistics and evidence. Development of database in relation to vital registration systems, and work related to statistical analysis.
Biotechnology, NTNU
Database Developer
2008 - 2006
Research assistant/Database Developer in a cooperation project with the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology.
Physics, NTNU
Student assistant
2006 - 2004
Student assistant in FY2045 Quantum Physics/TFY4250 Atomic and molecular physics.
Education
Just my education
Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2012 : Mapping out large-scale social networks using mobile phone data
University of Oslo
PHD, DATA SCIENCE
2017
Through seven publications this dissertation shows how anonymized mobile phone data can contribute to the social good and provide insights into human behaviour on a large scale. The size of the datasets analysed ranges from 500 million to 300 billion phone records, covering millions of people. Thesis Title: "Big Data for Social Sciences: Measuring human behaviour through large-scale mobile phone data". Download Press Release (PDF, 2 pages) Full Thesis (PDF, 167 pages) Defence Talk (PDF, 23 slides) How mobile phone data can reduce catastrophes and poverty (Interview related to my PhD in Titan (norwegian))
NHH, Bergen
Executive MBA, Finance
2019-2021
3-year Executive MBA Finance program
Part 1 (2018-2020) : Autorisert Finansanalytiker (AFA). Educational program recognised under the international Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) program (the European equivalent to the American CFA program).
Part 2 (2020-2021) : Specialization in Advanced Portfolio Management (investments and securities)
NTNU, Trondheim
Msc Physics
1999 - 2005
Master (Siv.ing) in Physics and Mathematics. Additional studies within Economics & Organizational Psychology after Msc.
Exchange student, one term. Studies within mathematical modelling and advanced quantum mechanics.
Bjerkely Country College
Computer science
1998-1999
MLine of study: Computer programming within C++. Directed study within C++.
Hobbies
Photography
I am a self-learned photographer, written 3 photography books, and my interest in photography started back in 2005. So far I have been travelling in 75 countries, and my favorite is Myanmar/Burma.
Myanmar, or Burma, is probably unlike every other country you will visit. The country is to a large extent undiscovered by tourists, mainly due to the isolation the country has been in for decades and the restrictions that were imposed on foreigners.
My pictures and drone videoes have been covered in several local news outlets. Here is an interview with
Hallingdølen, June 2018 , and a link to some more travel pictures beneath.
Out by the open sea a small town Kalvåg is located on the Island Frøya. This is also the place where half my family is coming from (Sundsøy - Seen at 1:12 between the two bridges). Kalvåg and the exceptional nature surroundings is here captured from the air in 4K resolution.
Filmed, edited and graded by Pål Sundsøy.
Is it possible to build eco-friendly electric guitars from simple recycable waste wood (MDF plates)? Here i am building a couple of electric guitars by combining MDF, Acrylic Paint and Epoxy.
The video shows the building process.