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RISE Internship at TU Berlin
Prof. Volker Markl
[email protected]
Database Systems and Information Management Group
http://www.dima.tu-berlin.de/
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RISE 2013 at TU Berlin
■ Analysis Pipelines for Benchmarking Big Data Systems
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Ref. Code: Berlin_EN_2182
Suggested starting date: May 15, 2013
■ Implementing a DSL for Machine Learning on top of a MassivelyParallel Data Processing System
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Ref. Code: Berlin_EN_2200
Suggested starting date: May 15, 2013
■ GPU-assisted model optimization in PostgreSQL
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Ref. Code: Berlin_EN_2221
Suggested starting date: June 01, 2013
■ Using Compiler Techniques for Database Query Optimization
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Ref. Code: Berlin_EN_2408
Suggested starting date: May 15, 2013
■ Large Scale Data Mining with Iterative Data Flows
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Ref. Code: BerlinGermany_EN_2414
Suggested starting date: May 16, 2013
■ Starting dates may be adjusted to your needs, but have to be
between May 15 and early July
■ All projects have a duration of 2-3 months
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Conditions and Application
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Terms:
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Monthly scholarship of 650€
Allowance of 160€ for a Rail Pass
Health insurance as well as accident and personal liability insurance
Requirements:
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You are currently enrolled at a university/college in the United States, Canada or the UK as a
full-time student
You are an undergraduate who will have completed at least two years of a degree program by
the time of the placement
Proof that you will be registered as an undergraduate at your university/college for the
academic year 2013/2014
VISA Requirements:
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British Citizens: no visa required
U.S. and Canadian citizens: no visa required if you stay 90 days or less
Others: please check with the German Federal Foreign (see www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/)
Application Process
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Visit the RISE website http://www.daad.de/rise/en/index.html
Register at the website and log-in
Search the database for topics that suit your interests
Prepare and submit your application online
 Details are described here: http://www.daad.de/rise/en/11638/index.html
■ Application Deadline: January 31, 2013
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Why TU Berlin?
■ Berlin: Capital of Germany, culturally vibrant city
■ Politics, arts, history, entertainment, nightlife, it’s all here
■ TU Berlin is one of the largest science Universities in
Germany, home of excellent researchers,
12 Nobel Prize winners
□ Wernher von Braun, inventor of rocket science, designed the rocket
that brought mankind to the moon
□ Dennis Gábor, Nobel Prize for invention of holography
□ Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize for the first electron microscope
□ Konrad Zuse, built the first completely programmable floating point
computer
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Backup Slide: Application Process II
■ Required materials for online application:
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completed application form
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full curriculum vitae/résumé
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up-to-date official university/college transcript(s)
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as a supplement to this transcript, a list of courses you will have completed by
the time the internship begins
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a letter of reference from a senior academic in your field of study from the
university you are enrolled at
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a cover letter in which you state your motivation to apply for this particular
project (projects)
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a certificate of enrollment (after having been accepted for a scholarship, you have
to submit this document as well as hard copy as well)
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