One came all the way from Karachi in Pakistan, the other one is a born-and-bred Carinthian. What they both share is the conviction of having found the perfect basis for their education and their first as well as their next career steps in Carinthia.
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From Pakistan to Carinthia
Sarmad Shaikh has come a long way from home to realise his professional ambitions. His passion? Wireless communication. Sarmad would like to leave his mark on this field and has specialised in the simplification of signal processing steps that occur especially in the 5G generation of networks. Sarmad Shaikh has been working with these technologies for three years.
At home in the world of international research
Sarmad Shaikh came to Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in November 2015, on a bursary funded by the government of Pakistan and the Austrian Exchange Service. He had previously completed his master’s degree in Electronics Engineering at the Sabancı University in Istanbul, following his bachelor in Telecommunications Engineering at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Islamabad. Klagenfurt am Wörthersee has become his home from home and he has discovered the joys of cycling and hiking. Although he is set to return to Karachi, where he will continue his research, he will always remember his time in Carinthia fondly. On the Carinthian research scene, he has met many people who were appreciative of the fact that one of their colleagues had come all the way from Pakistan to do research and work in Klagenfurt!
Klagenfurt as the starting point of an international career
Mario Lassnig didn’t have to travel that far: He is Carinthian and studied IT at the University of Klagenfurt. He is currently working as a Data Management Coordinator for the ATLAS Institute of High-Energy Physics at the CERN European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. Mario is responsible for team and project management all over the world. His task is to coordinate the employees that are dotted around the globe and support them in building sustainable, efficient systems. He is also an external PhD supervisor at several universities. Mario is aware of the fact that his degree course in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee lay the foundations for his career. He remembers this time fondly as a period when he acquired the fundamental knowledge that is the basis for his success today.
A plea for individuality
In reply to the question what advice Mario would give to students who are planning an international career, he says: “An interdisciplinary degree course can later turn out to be highly advantageous. In my job, I work a lot with people, so if I had my time again I would also attend lectures in psychology or in Japanese studies. I would also advise every young person to foster his or her individuality, to question authority and to sow their wild oats. That’s the only way to change the world.”
