Internships provide an opportunity for exceptionally well-qualified undergraduate and graduate students to take part in research projects at the MPI for Software Systems. Interns are expected to tackle new and challenging research problems in close collaboration with graduate students and faculty at the institute. Successful internships often result in coauthored publications at top academic conferences.
Only a limited number of internship positions are available each year, and admissions are very competitive. Candidates are selected based on their academic achievements (e.g., honors, course grades, prior project experience) as well as their interest and motivation in pursuing original research in different areas of software systems. Selection process might also involve a phone interview with promising candidates.
Selected applicants receive monthly stipends during their stay. They are provided free housing by the institute, and are reimbursed for their travel expenses to Saarbruecken.
Internships typically last for 12 to 14 weeks during the summer. However, we do accept applications throughout the year. We also occasionally offer six month long internships. Interested candidates can apply using the online application form.
Past undergraduate interns:
2009:- Dushyant Arora, BITS Pilani
- Rati Gelashvili, Tbilisi State University
- Ankit Malik, IIT Dehli
- Soumya Mohan, IIT Roorkee
- Gurmeet Singh IIT Guwahati
- Vishal Singhal, BITS Pilani
- Sudeept Sinha, IIT Kanpur
- Vaibhav Goel, IIT Kharagpur
- Ashish Patro, IIT Guwahati
- Pragyesh, IIT Roorkee
- Malveeka Tawari, BITS Pilani
- Tathagata Das, IIT Kharagpur
- Hema Swetha Koppula, IIT Kharagpur
- Prateek Singhal, IIT Kanpur
Past graduate interns:
2009:- Mahdi Asadpour, ETHZ
- Ersoy Bayramoglu, EPFL
- Saikat Guha, Cornell
- Daniel Lee, CMU
- Ivan Beschastnikh, University of Washington
- Dave Levin, University of Maryland
- Rob Sherwood, University of Maryland
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