14 October 2008

CERN

The openlab student programme is an innovative internship initiative of the CERN openlab. It is a tri-partite undertaking which associates Universities, the Industry and CERN.

It offers the possibility for selected candidates to spend two+ internships months at CERN, to work with CERN experts on advanced information technology domains.  Students are usually under-graduates having obtained a BSc or equivalent diploma. Students from all nationalities may apply, provided their home university supports the application.

In addition to being immersed in technical teams, participants receive training in all aspects of Grids and High Throughput computing from CERN IT Department staff and take part in study tours to regional IT centres of interest.

Willing openlab industrial partners contribute to the funding of the programme and the supported students work on the corresponding  technical activities.

This year, Intel and Oracle participated in the openlab student programme.  The funding of the overall programme was equally divided between Universities, the two openlab industrial partners and CERN.

In total, 13 students participated in the programme, and their home universities were from 19 different countries: Columbia, Croatia, France, Netherlands, Pakistan, Romania, Russia (2), South, Africa, Spain (2), USA (2)

openlab Management