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A Guide to StudyComputer Security
Abroad
By Yannarak Wannasai
Get to Know Myself
• IT Security Analyst, Global Team,Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
• Nordic Security & Mobile Computing Program Alumnus• Royal Institute of Technology
(KTH), Sweden.• Aalto University, Finland
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Awardee & Country Representative
Agenda• Why Study Abroad?• Sharing My
Experiences• Scholarships• FAQs
Why Study Abroad?
Recognising the need to go abroad
• What is my short-term goals & long-term goal?
• How will this study abroad experience affect my major/minor plans?
• How can this experience help me with my long-term goals?
• How does this study abroad experience enhance my skill sets and professional career?
Why Study Abroad?
TO BECOME
A "GLOBAL CITIZEN" IN TODAY'S INTERCONNECTED WORLD
Studying abroad allows you to:• Develop new perspective on
academic subjects and real-world issues
• Improve your language skills• Experience personal growth• Meet new people, visit new
places• Develop unique skills and
connections
Sharing My Experiences
Broaden My Horizons
Chip Authentication Program
Theoretical Skills• Learning the theories behind the
technologies to understand how they works, rather than how to use them.
• Focusing on not only the result but also the process.
• Knowing where and how to get reliable and correct information.
Practical Skills
• Hands-on Experience on real devices or state-of-the-art devices.
• Cisco and Juniper routers are used in KTH Computer Networking Lab.
• TeliaSonera offered unlimited SMS & Internet SIM Cards together with Ericsson smartphones for KTH students to work on the Mobile & Internet Application course.
• Simulating the real-world scenarios.• ISP Project allow me to simulated how to design,
setup and manage necessary ISP services, such as dynamic routing, DHCP, DNS, RADIUS, VOIP,Firewall, IDS, etc.
• Security in Wireless Network class offer theCTF games.
• Solving real-world problems
Presentation & Communication Skills• Communication skills are key tools for
survivals.• Presentation skills is important for
career success.
Critical & Analytical Thinking
Plagiarism & Cheating is unacceptable.
"Plagiarism is an academic crime. It is punishable by academic death.“
From the movie "Man of the house"
Meeting Your Role Models
Scholarships
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
The program:• promotes the European Union as a center of
excellence in learning around the world;• supports high-quality European
Masters/Doctoral Program each of which is jointly run by a consortium of European universities and brings together students from Europe and across the world;
• offers prestigious scholarships to enable students from around the world to engage in postgraduate study on
in Europe.
NordSecMob Program
• NordSecMob – Master’s program in Security and Mobile Computing offers students.
• Future internet and mobile computing technologies
• Information security• Comprising Five University in Nordic Countries:
• Aalto: Technical Information Security and Network services
• KTH: Communications Systems Design• NTNU: Information Security• DTU: Reliable Software Systems• UT: Mathematical Foundations of
Cryptography
The Scholarship Advantages
• Recognition • Distinguish Your Achievements• Scholarships Provide You with
Financial Support• Scholarships Make Your Resume
Stand Out
FAQs
Where to study?
• United States of America • Carnegie Mellon University• Purdue University• Georgia Tech
• United Kingdom • Royal Holloway, University of London• University of Abertey Dundee
• Europe• ETH Zurich, Switzerland • Aalto University, Finland• RWTH Aachen, Germany• TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Australia• Monash University• Queensland University of Technology
When to study?
It depends on your ultimate goal!!!
• Academic career – probably right after graduation.
• Professional career – may work for a few years before studying abroad.
Planning for Application
• April – June: • Preparing for standardized tests, e.g. TOEFL, IELTS,
GRE
• July – August: • First attempt to take standardized tests.• Information Gathering
• August – September: • Writing CV and Statement of Purpose.• Second Attempts to take standardized tests.• Request for Recommendation Letters.
• October- December:• Apply for the programs.• Third attempts to take standardized tests.
• January – August:• Preparing for studying abroad
That’s all folks!!!
• Any Questions?• About anything at all?