Re: two math phds


"Marc Olschok" <sa796ol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Aldar C-F. Chan <aldar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>[...]
>> Even though I know professors in Germany need to get two PhDs
>> in different programs in order to get tenure,[...]
>
> Indeed? Which planet?
>
> Marc

It is actually called habilitation instead of PhD. I don't know how much
it differs from the first one but one needs to write a second thesis on
probably
other areas to get tenure in Germany. Go to the site and check it

http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Professor

A couple of months ago, when reading the IEEE Spectrum, I learnt that the
German system seems to tend to abolish this system.

I recall that in the 70's when the program of computer science emerged, many
people who already had a PhD started a second one in CS. One famous example
is Andrew Yao, the Turing Award winner in 2000.


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