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Great Minds initiative
Great minds don't think alike – they innovate
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"Great minds and great ideas are what is driving
innovation in the IT industry. With this initiative we
would like to reach out to the next generation of innovators
and tap into the outstanding research talent in this part
of Europe."
Matthias Kaiserswerth
Director, IBM Zurich Research Lab
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Pitch your vision of the most exciting
IT applications and challenges against the brightest
students in central and eastern Europe, and win
the unique opportunity to do an internship
at IBM's world-famous Zurich Reseach Lab.
The Great Minds initiative is a competition for internship
positions at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, the
European branch of IBM Research, aimed at students
from central and eastern Europe. Its goal is to foster
exceptionally skilled young students of computer science
by giving them the unique opportunity to work alongside
IBM researchers in one of the world's premier industrial
IT research organizations.
The internships will take place in 2009. The
exact starting time and duration will be agreed upon
individually with the winning students,
taking into account their academic commitments and
the availability of IBM staff. IBM will pay the winners'
travel expenses to and from Zurich, as well as compensation
that covers adequately the cost of living in Switzerland.
The Zurich Research Laboratory is running the Great
Minds initiative for the second time. Six
students selected from the applicants to the
Great
Minds 2007 initiative have undertaken their
internship at Zurich. Read here about
their experiences.
The Great Minds winners will bring back to their universities
valuable understanding of real industry problems, knowledge
of IBM advanced technologies, and contacts with IBM
Research.
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Eligibility
The program is open to all full-time students enrolled
in a Master's program in computer science at a recognized
university or college in central or eastern Europe.
The students must have a solid command of the English
language in both written and spoken form.
IBM is an equal-opportunity employer and encourages
applications from men, women, as well as minority
groups. More than 30 nationalities are represented
at the Zurich Research Lab.
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Nomination procedure
Participants must be nominated by a faculty member.
An IBM committee of technical experts will review the
nominations and select the winners at its discretion.
To participate in the Great Minds competition, see
the detailed instructions.
Deadline for submissions is October 10, 2008.
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