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Database Systems and Information Management Group

http://www.dima.tu-berlin.de/

RISE Internship at TU Berlin

Prof. Volker Marklvolker.markl@tu-berlin.de

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RISE 2013 at TU Berlin

■ Analysis Pipelines for Benchmarking Big Data Systems □ Ref. Code: Berlin_EN_2182□ Suggested starting date: May 15, 2013

■ Implementing a DSL for Machine Learning on top of a Massively-Parallel Data Processing System□ Ref. Code: Berlin_EN_2200□ Suggested starting date: May 15, 2013

■ GPU-assisted model optimization in PostgreSQL □ Ref. Code: Berlin_EN_2221□ Suggested starting date: June 01, 2013

■ Using Compiler Techniques for Database Query Optimization□ Ref. Code: Berlin_EN_2408□ Suggested starting date: May 15, 2013

■ Large Scale Data Mining with Iterative Data Flows □ 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

■ Terms:□ Monthly scholarship of 650€□ Allowance of 160€ for a Rail Pass□ Health insurance as well as accident and personal liability insurance

■ Requirements:□ 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:

- 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□ 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:□ completed application form

□ full curriculum vitae/résumé

□ up-to-date official university/college transcript(s)

□ as a supplement to this transcript, a list of courses you will have completed by the time the internship begins

□ a letter of reference from a senior academic in your field of study from the university you are enrolled at

□ a cover letter in which you state your motivation to apply for this particular project (projects)

□ a certificate of enrollment (after having been accepted for a scholarship, you have to submit this document as well as hard copy as well)