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Great Minds drive innovation -- and internships

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<script src="http://static.meteorsolutions.com/metsol.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="http://cdnt.meteorsolutions.com/api/multi_track?application_id=6787616a-bec6-48d3-8b3c-0f08ab2bf44a&url_storage_source=hash&query_string_tag_key=mtag&query_string_tag_key=source&query_string_tag_key=src" type="text/javascript"></script><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Winter is still going strong throughout Europe, but students everywhere are beginning to consider their plans for the summer and subsequent semesters. If you are a top student in computer science or a related discipline from Central or Eastern Europe, the Middle East, or Africa, consider applying for a </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.zurich.ibm.com/greatminds/"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: blue;">Great Minds internship</span></a></span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> at IBM Research.</span><br /><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Great Minds initiative is a competition for internship positions at one of the IBM Research Labs in Haifa, Zurich, or Dublin. These positions provide students the opportunity of working alongside world-class scientists in one of the world’s top research organizations. After their internships, the students then bring back to their universities a unique understanding of real-world industry problems, knowledge of advanced IBM technologies, and contacts throughout IBM Research.</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Here’s a look at some of our recent Great Minds interns. These diverse, motivated, and talented students recently completed internships at the IBM Research Lab in Haifa, Israel.</span></div><h4 class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ulas Adiyan </span></h4><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6EDBA6fV-KcBds9NXqEylF9HP07IbFt3guke5X0kLSZMMyJoNeblbmuURx5I4gVggWkhuxILwiYvh_11OeW5B6Llq98_6gASKxdBnCOfI9EjkmONfU_ouVD3C3kzwm4libiOQ3IyVUid/s1600/UlasAdiyan-250.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6EDBA6fV-KcBds9NXqEylF9HP07IbFt3guke5X0kLSZMMyJoNeblbmuURx5I4gVggWkhuxILwiYvh_11OeW5B6Llq98_6gASKxdBnCOfI9EjkmONfU_ouVD3C3kzwm4libiOQ3IyVUid/s1600/UlasAdiyan-250.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ulas Adiyan</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ulas Adiyan is a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering at Koç University’s Optical Microsystems Lab in Istanbul, Turkey. He applied to the Great Minds program, in part, to have the chance to work at one of the world’s leading computer science organizations. </span><br /><br /><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">“Interning at IBM Research is a great opportunity to experience high quality research with highly skilled researchers,” he said.</span><br /><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In Haifa, Ulas worked on the <a href="https://www.research.ibm.com/haifa/dept/vst/amsm.html"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Analog and Mixed Signal Group</span></a> managed by Danny Elad. While at the lab, he helped the team studying terahertz (THz) detectors for computerized imaging. </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">“The area I was assigned to bore some similarities to my studies,” he said. “The THz gap includes a number of serious challenges, such as output power, sensitivity, and integration. We tried to come up with smart solutions to fill this gap."</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ulas also enjoyed the time he spent in Israel, calling it “an amazing place where you can experience a variety of different cultures at the same time.” </span></div><br /><h4><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><div class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Elif Bozkurt </span></div></span></h4><h4><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><div class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></div></span></h4><div class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></div><br /><div class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaKuYrMKpmw9XcWP5ELc-SDfIL_dwgxifvzP6jkXb3w1vtsjLciuxg3b9mn9h3H6hQBtRLXDK7W2te0jTUPIk8I71eFS06x75uBWRayjZ-ECwzHcQIOFj71m554ngxP5S-DZ5iFoNgG-Z/s1600/elif_larger_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaKuYrMKpmw9XcWP5ELc-SDfIL_dwgxifvzP6jkXb3w1vtsjLciuxg3b9mn9h3H6hQBtRLXDK7W2te0jTUPIk8I71eFS06x75uBWRayjZ-ECwzHcQIOFj71m554ngxP5S-DZ5iFoNgG-Z/s1600/elif_larger_photo.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Elif Bozkurt</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Also from Koç University in Istanbul, Elif Bozkurt is a third-year PhD candidate in electrical and electronics engineering. At the IBM Research Lab in Haifa, she was impressed with the experienced scientists, the encouraging research environment, and the locally hosted conferences and lectures, presented by researchers from around the world. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">“I enjoyed working with the scientists in Haifa and have learned a lot from them,” she said. “Supervisors let you be independent and self-directed in your research, while steering you in the right direction through feedback, encouragement, and critique.” </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">At IBM, Elif worked with the <a href="https://www.research.ibm.com/haifa/dept/imt/mst.html"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Speech Technologies</span></a> group managed by Ron Hoory, where she researched how speech signals can help detect depression. She helped her team find depression-relevant cues in speech using speech analysis technologies and machine learning algorithms. </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">“The Great Minds internship in Haifa has been a great resource for me. It was a perfect match for my abilities and interests.”</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOORWzjCHAPSyfs-moaOpSGBdROTqaMtyPIu1K23oLHPS9mItgHxpB5FtR5wUmObcoL92vMPzPhYhJafvWjMSx7LPtngogJuLTKmzKytaaMxtF2-CCficlrTsWXaYZqtD7ONRDkWmkIYOY/s1600/MartinTriska2-250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOORWzjCHAPSyfs-moaOpSGBdROTqaMtyPIu1K23oLHPS9mItgHxpB5FtR5wUmObcoL92vMPzPhYhJafvWjMSx7LPtngogJuLTKmzKytaaMxtF2-CCficlrTsWXaYZqtD7ONRDkWmkIYOY/s1600/MartinTriska2-250.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Martin Triska</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><h4 class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Martin Triska</span></h4><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Martin Triska is a 24-year-old graduate of the Czech Technical University in Prague. Also a long-distance runner, Martin has an MSc in Information Systems and Management from CTU and is currently considering his options for a PhD. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">In Haifa, he worked on the <a href="https://www.research.ibm.com/haifa/dept/services/client.shtml"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Smart Client Platforms</span></a> team, where he helped research mobile technology development.</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">“We investigated how mobile apps could be more easily migrated from one platform to another,” he said.</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">According to Martin, he particularly enjoyed the open investigative approach he experienced at IBM Research.</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">“My experience in Haifa was really different from anything I did beforehand; I could spend a month or two exploring a topic if I needed to.”</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Overall, he says the internship “surpassed his expectations by 110 percent.” </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">“I had a great experience at the Haifa lab. Not just because I worked with really smart people on interesting projects, but the internship offered me the chance to meet people I never would have otherwise, such as top IBM Research leaders.” </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The deadline for submitting applications to the Great Minds program is March 5, 2014. To learn more about this unique internship opportunity, visit the </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.zurich.ibm.com/greatminds/students.html"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Great Minds web site</span></a></span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">. </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: HE;"></span></div>

Great Minds drive innovation -- and internships

Great Minds Haifa intern internship Great Minds drive innovation -- and internships

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