Silvija Seres

Contact Information


Address in Norway: Lonnaasen 19A; 1362 Hosle; Norway

Telephones:
+47 6712 5691 (Norway home)
+47 4801 1322 (Norway mobile)
Email:
silvija.seres@x.y where x=gmail and y=com

Other

Some personal info: I was born in Yugoslavia on the 28th of June, 1970. I grew up in a quiet town called Novi Sad, which features the oldest beach on Danube, the most enjoyable fortress from Hapsburg monarchy, and three ruined bridges. Novi Sad was a great place to grow up in. So was Vojvodina - it is flat and agricultural, but beautiful, friendly, slow and culturally confused in a charming way. I was a Hungarian minority in this area, but it never mattered. Yugoslavia was in general a good place to be, from what I could see of those 17 years I've lived there, and from what I've learned about life by living in other places. But that's changed.

My family lives in Oslo, Norway. I have lived there from 1988 to 1997, and then again from 2004 until now; I studied and worked and skied and slowly became Norwegian. Norway is beautiful and very kind; probably one of the very few places on Earth where the majority of people seriously believe in fairness and equality. It is also a paradise on Earth in the summer, an absolute must see. As for the winter: it is still beautiful, but you really have to be fond of the snow to enjoy the many months of it.

Between 1997 and 2002 I was at Oxford University, where I did a PhD. I also worked as a lecturer and a tutor at the Department of Computer Science and at Oriel College and some other places as well. My academic publications from this period are here. I finished my PhD in April 2001.

Oxford has an amazing architecture and even more amazing set of people. Lots of interesting traditions, dinners and gowns. During my PhD, I spent several months as a visiting researcher, working for Digital Corporations System Research Centre in Palo Alto, doing development on algorithms and web software; working on a research project at the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing; and as a professor, managing an academic programme at Dar al Hekma, the first private female university in Saudi Arabia. Around this time, I have been awarded a Prize Fellowship at Magdalen College at Oxford Univeristy, a true aesthetic and academic paradise if there ever has been one. It was a wonderful setting for intellectual work, with inspiration around every corner (and there are many corners in old colleges in Oxford).

In January 2003 I did a one year MBA program at the school Insead in France, and I spent this year partly in Fontainebleau and partly in Singapore, between the two Insead campuses. Insead was a highly rewarding and intense experience, much recommended.

I have been back in Norway since 2004, working as a Vice President of Product Marketing in the software company Fast Search & Transfer. Some of my publications from this period are here. Since April 2008 I have been working for Microsoft as a Director of Business Management.

I also serve on several company boards, including the Norwegian Lottery and Statkraft. In the past I have served, among others, on the board of directors for Opera Software and ProfDoc public companies.

Andreas and I have two sons, Sander and Thomas. Both were born on May 8, Sander in 2007 and Thomas in 2009.

The photo-links below are intended for my friends scattered around the world. Most of them contain large images and may take some time to download.

  1. February '97: visting Sonia and Peter in Italy
  2. April '97: traveling in Peru with Andreas' family
  3. Summer '99: working in California at Compaq SRC
  4. Christmas '99: trek to Himalaya
  5. a weekend in Scotland, June 2000
  6. Visiting Christie in Ireland, July 2000
  7. Visiting grandmother in Yugoslavia, August 2000
  8. Celebrating Andreas's MSc at the Isles of Scilly, September 2000
  9. Our honeymoon in Cuba, September 2000
  10. A historical week in Yugoslavia, October 2000
  11. Photos from Sinai, April 2001
  12. Photos from Oxford, May/June 2001
  13. Photos from Yugoslavia, July/August 2001
  14. Our trip around southern and eastern Africa, August/September 2001
  15. Autumn photos of friends and family, October/November 2001
  16. A Swan knocking on our door, November 2001
  17. Early spring images from Oxford, February 2002
  18. Photos from a diving week on Maldives in February 2002
  19. Photos from my teaching job in Saudi Arabia in April 2002
  20. Photos from our Divemaster Course in Jordan in July 2002
  21. Friends in Oxford and Norway during summer 2002
  22. Friends in Oxford during autumn 2002
  23. Working and travelling in China in November 2002
  24. Winter photos from Insead P1 in Fontainebleau, France, in January 2003
  25. Spring photos from Insead P2 in Fontainebleau, France, in March 2003
  26. Summer photos from Sailing in Greece in June and July 2003
  27. Diving photos from a week on a liveaboard Oriana in Sharm during August 2003
  28. Autumn photos from travels based from Singapore, during Insead P5 in November 2003
  29. Travel photos from Bali during the Christmas break of 2003
  30. Trekking photos from Thailand, in Chiang Mai and Bangkok, in January 2004
  31. Winter and spring photos from Norway, from Oslo, Trysil and Tvedestrand, in March/April 2004
  32. Early summer photos from Norway and US, in May/June 2004
  33. Action photos from Norway, from Besseggen and other, in July/August 2004
  34. Seaside images from Montenegro, from Herceg Novi, Kotor, Savina and sailing in the beautiful Bay of Boka Kotorska, in August/September 2004
  35. Diving and sighseeing images from Sudan and Egypt, in December 2004
  36. Working and hiking in Puerto Rico, in January 2005
  37. Winter photos from Norway, in February and March 2005
  38. Easter photos from Oslo, April 2005
  39. Insead reunion at Jo's wedding, in Yorkshire, May 2005
  40. Visiting Paul in New York, May 2005
  41. Back home after grandmother's funeral in Vojvodina , June 2005
  42. Summer breather in Tvedestrand , July 2005
  43. Paul and Elissa's Wedding , London July 2005
  44. A relaxing week in Herceg Novi , Monte Negro August 2005
  45. Titti's Crayfish party , Jar August 2005
  46. Nenad and Asja's Norway visit, September 2005
  47. Deep Blue diving in Galapagos, December 2005
  48. Weekend in Paris with mother, February 2006
  49. Skiing in Trysil, March 2006
  50. Visting Susanne and family in Denmark, April 2006
  51. Reunion with friends from INSEAD in Sicily in June 2006
  52. Summer vacation in Tvedestrand in Norway July 2006
  53. Cycling along Rallarvegen in Norway August 2006
  54. Walking in Sweden in November 2006
  55. Driving in Andalucia in Spain December 2006
  56. Home with Sander in Oslo May 2007
  57. Summer in Tvedestrand in July and August 2007
  58. A few short trips to Dubrovnik in September 2007
  59. More summer in Herceg Novi in September 2007
  60. Sander's baptism in Monastery Celije in October 2007
  61. Beach life on Cook Islands and Fiji in the South Pacific in November 2007
  62. Celebrating the New Year in Trysil in Norway, January 2008
  63. Old photos from highschool Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj in Yugoslavia, 1987-88
  64. Natasa's nun initiation ceremony in Monastery Celije in Serbia, April 2008
  65. Twentieth high-school reunion in Novi Sad at J.J.Zmaj in Serbia, July 2008
  66. Hot summer on the South Coast in Norway, July 2008
  67. Visiting Susanna's family in Denmark, October 2008
  68. Cold vacation in the Canary Islands in Spain, December 2008
  69. Christmas holidays in Oslo and Trysil in Norway, December 2008
  70. Work conference in Las Vegas in US, February 2009
  71. Family and tons of snow in Oslo, February 2009
  72. Old photos of Backo Petrovo Selo, in Vojvodina from around 1920-1950
  73. Family and friends in Serbia, April 2009
  74. Family and friends in Norway, April 2009
  75. Old photos of Becej, in Vojvodina from around 1900-1970
  76. Arrival of Thomas, in Oslo in May 2009
  77. Playing photographer with Sander, June 2009
  78. Summer at home, June 2009
  79. Cottage joys in Tvedestrand, August 2009
  80. Late summer in Oslo, August 2009
  81. Silvija in e24, September 2009
  82. Silvija on TV, September 2009
  83. Early autumn in Oslo, September 2009
  84. Visiting family and friends in Serbia with two babies, September 2009
  85. INSEAD Alumni Norway Harvest Party, October 2009
  86. Autumn colours in Oslo, October 2009
  87. Late autumn in Oslo, November 2009
  88. Thomas' baptism, December 2009
  89. Visits by Ivana and Nenagh, December 2009
  90. Family Christmas, December 2009
  91. Visit by Ivan and family, December 2009
  92. Playing in the snow at -15 Celsius, December 2009
  93. Long vacation in Thailand with two babies, January and February 2010
  94. Sander pearls in Norwegian, 2010
  95. First week in cold Oslo for Michelle, March 2010
  96. Sander and Thomas photos from Fame, March 2010
  97. Early summer and birthdays in Oslo, May 2010
  98. Profile article in Dagens Næringsliv, July 2010
  99. Blueberries in Hønefoss, July 2010
  100. Chilly summer in Oslo, July 2010
  101. Summer photos from Tvedestrand, July 2010
  102. Photos for Die Zeit article, July 2010
  103. Summer photos from Serbia, July 2010
  104. Our 10-year wedding anniversary in Gålå, July 2010
  105. More summer in Oslo, August 2010

    Last updated August 2010.