2005 Jun 06
Ten undergraduates from the Indian Institute of Technology, India's premier technical university network, are visiting UW for summer internships that will combine research with exposure to one of Canada's premier technical universities. According to CS Director Johnny Wong, "The internship program is an important opportunity for students to work with leading researchers on cutting-edge problems, and we are excited to sponsor them to come here."
The UW connection was forged several years age when Professor Tamer Özsu, a database researcher, began working with colleagues at IIT Bombay to identify a few of the brightest to work with him and his Ph.D. students. Each year, the research they have done together has resulted in publications, with the interns listed as co-authors, an important feather in their caps. The students typically rank in the top 30 out of 200,000 IIT students, placing them at the pinnacle of a highly competitive system.
This year, Professors Srinivasan Keshav, Jay Black, and Grant Weddell became interested and are all sponsoring students. According to Professor Keshav, there are gains all around: “This is a great way to expose students to new ideas and ways of thinking, to Canadian culture. Also, since we're bringing students from different IITs within India, they're getting to meet each other. Finally, it gives us as faculty a chance to forge relationships with the faculty there.”
Further information: Faculty members interested in sponsoring IIT students may talk to Professor Keshav at extension 4456.
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Tel: 519-888-4567 x33293
Fax: 519-885-1208
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