2008 Summer Internship Program in China

WEBSITE:

www.infowarelab.com

Brief organization profile:
Include size of organization, industry, current endeavors, locale.

InfowareLab Information Technologies, Inc., is a high-tech company founded by Min Zhu, a well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist. The InfowareLab team consists of more than 250 talented individuals with diverse experiences in Internet business, global economy and high-tech R&D.
InfowareLab is an innovator in web business and technology, and offers Marketing Infoware, a complete suite of marketing services including software, data and expert built on top of a SaaS platform. Through multiple customer interaction channels, business intelligence, expert consulting, specialist services and marketing data center, it empowers the entire lead generation and marketing process with low cost and high efficiency.
InfowareLab is located in the famous beautiful city—Hangzhou，Zhejiang Province, which is well known  as the Silicon Valley Heaven in China.

City, Country:

Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

2

Work Hours:
(June 23 – September 12, 2008)

8 hours per day from Monday to Friday

Housing availability?

√

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:  RMB2000-3000

Dress code:

casual

Department:

Web Applications Dept/ Product Marketing Dept

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

1. J2EE Engineer (Web Apps Dept)
Design and implement web application programs.

2. CRM after-sale support Engineer (Product Marketing Dept)
1) 1-2 hour workshop with online meeting (use English) for basic training of the functionality and implementation plan.
2) Do the implementation and get the service up and running for new customer in short time.
3) Migrate CSV format data CRM system.
4) Besides basic support via email, he/she can do live phone support

Local language level needed
(please check one):

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

√

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

Strong learning ability, can quickly grasp new knowledge.
Good communication skills and teamwork.
Ability to produce reliable & careful work.

J2EE Engineer position should have system development experience, master technology such as java, jsp, severlet，and javascript

WEBSITE:

https://www.cybernaut.com.cn

Brief organization profile:
Include size of organization, industry, current endeavors, locale.

As one of China’s pioneering enterprises, Cybernaut Venture Capital Management orients its investments towards high-tech enterprises and restructuring companies. We focus on the following industries: data communication, health services, financial, educational and other innovative service industries.
Cybernaut was founded jointly by NEA, one of America’s biggest venture capital firms specializing in start-ups, and Min Zhu, the founder of the U.S. company, WebEx.
Cybernaut has capital resources from NEA, experience from successful U.S. startups, understanding of the culture and business climate of China, and a global, high-tech outlook. Our mission is to devote all our energy to provide innovative strategies required by Chinese start-ups. Cybernaut not only provides venture capital, but also motivation, cooperation and expert guidance to innovative Chinese entrepreneurs.
We have invested directly and jointly with scores of enterprises in new ventures in China. Some start-ups have come to market in the United States; some have achieved national, provincial or municipal prizes for the advancement of science and technology; some have increased their capital net worth by 10 times.

City, Country:

Hangzhou, China

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

3

Work Hours:
(June 23 – September 12, 2008)

8 hours per day from Monday to Friday

Housing availability?

√

Dormitory

Other

Monthly intern stipend:

Local currency amount:  RMB2000-3000

Dress code:

Business Casual

Department:

Investment Dept.

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

Marketing Analyst
Responsibility：
1）Perform market and industry analysis. Collect, analyze and compile market data, and provide information to contribute to strategic planning.
2）Review business plans, and perform due diligence.
3）Analyze financial reports and valuations.
4）Assist senior partners in research and provide support in their deal sourcing.
 

Local language level needed
(please check one):

X

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

Requirements：
1）good analytical or marketing skills
2）good team-player, as well as individual independence
3)  strong adaptability
We prefer students who have knowledge of marketing, sociology, and economics, and good communication skills.

WEBSITE:

http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

Brief organization profile:
Include size of organization, industry, current endeavors, locale.

Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
About Microsoft Research Asia
Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.
More information can be found here: http://research.microsoft.com/research/china/MSRAOverView.aspx
Research Areas
Research at the Beijing lab focuses on the following areas.

About Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
The Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program launched from 1999, nurtures young research talent for both Microsoft Research Asia and the world’s research community by fostering outstanding Ph.D., master, or bachelor candidates from computer science and electrical engineering studies. During the nine year’s development, over 2,500 students have been experienced the internship at Microsoft Research Asia.
Every summer, hundreds of students across Asia and from around the world begin internships at Microsoft Research Asia.  At MSRA, the research environment is friendly and informal, filled with fun and excitement, yet focused and intense, challenging your curiosity and creativity continuously. Many talented have selected MSRA to be the choice of their summer internship for these reasons.
You will have endless opportunities in local recreation and fun. You will not only have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the excitement of the Olympics Games, you will also have the chance to witness the amazing historic changes taking place around you. You will also have abundant opportunities to visit many historic and ancient sites around Beijing, as well as the chance to travel and see other parts of China. All of these are the distinctive attraction to be an intern at MSRA that you will otherwise not have such unique opportunities.
For more information of internship at MSRA, please visit our web at: http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

City, Country:

Beijing, China

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

1

Work Hours:

40 hours/week

Housing availability?

Y

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

Business casual

Department:

Innovation Engineering Group

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

• You will perform market opportunity assessment, business model development, competitive evaluation, or other customer research or business case development related activities on an ‘internal start-up’ incubation project at Microsoft Research Asia.
• Working in the Innovation Engineering group, you will be assigned to a project team to where you will work with program manager, engineering, researchers, and others in advancing the business side of incubation projects leveraging the cutting edge research of the lab. Projects may be focused on China or other markets in areas including digital marketplaces and mobile commerce.
• The position will report to the General Manager of Incubation and Technology Transfer, MSRA.

Local language level needed
(please check one):

Y

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

• A top MBA student with excellent analytical, communication skills who can work independently and as part of a team.
• A candidate with entrepreneurial passion combined with a keen interest in creating value with software and services to help people realize their potential.

WEBSITE:

http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

Brief organization profile:
Include size of organization, industry, current endeavors, locale.

Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
About Microsoft Research Asia
Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.
More information can be found here: http://research.microsoft.com/research/china/MSRAOverView.aspx
Research Areas
Research at the Beijing lab focuses on the following areas.

About Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
The Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program launched from 1999, nurtures young research talent for both Microsoft Research Asia and the world’s research community by fostering outstanding Ph.D., master, or bachelor candidates from computer science and electrical engineering studies. During the nine year’s development, over 2,500 students have been experienced the internship at Microsoft Research Asia.
Every summer, hundreds of students across Asia and from around the world begin internships at Microsoft Research Asia.  At MSRA, the research environment is friendly and informal, filled with fun and excitement, yet focused and intense, challenging your curiosity and creativity continuously. Many talented have selected MSRA to be the choice of their summer internship for these reasons.
You will have endless opportunities in local recreation and fun. You will not only have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the excitement of the Olympics Games, you will also have the chance to witness the amazing historic changes taking place around you. You will also have abundant opportunities to visit many historic and ancient sites around Beijing, as well as the chance to travel and see other parts of China. All of these are the distinctive attraction to be an intern at MSRA that you will otherwise not have such unique opportunities.
For more information of internship at MSRA, please visit our web at: http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

City, Country:

Beijing, China

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

1

Work Hours:

40 hours/week

Housing availability?

Y

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

Business casual

Department:

Platforms and Devices Center

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

For hardware intern, the roles are:

• Algorithm optimization for hardware;
• Hardware micro-architecture design;

For software intern, the roles are:

• Algorithm design/optimization;
• Parallel programming

Local language level needed
(please check one):

Y

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

For both hardware and software interns:

• Students in Ph.D., and Master’s programs;
• Good communication skills and excellent teamwork;
• Open minded and willing to learn new things;
• Major in computer science, electronic engineering, mathematics, or related areas;

For hardware interns:

• Familiar with Verilog or VHDL;
• Familiar with logic design;

For software interns:

• Research experience in Machine Learning/Data Mining;
• Strong C\C++ programming/debugging skills;
• Strong algorithm background.

WEBSITE:

http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

Brief organization profile:
Include size of organization, industry, current endeavors, locale.

Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
About Microsoft Research Asia
Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.
More information can be found here: http://research.microsoft.com/research/china/MSRAOverView.aspx
Research Areas
Research at the Beijing lab focuses on the following areas.

About Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
The Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program launched from 1999, nurtures young research talent for both Microsoft Research Asia and the world’s research community by fostering outstanding Ph.D., master, or bachelor candidates from computer science and electrical engineering studies. During the nine year’s development, over 2,500 students have been experienced the internship at Microsoft Research Asia.
Every summer, hundreds of students across Asia and from around the world begin internships at Microsoft Research Asia.  At MSRA, the research environment is friendly and informal, filled with fun and excitement, yet focused and intense, challenging your curiosity and creativity continuously. Many talented have selected MSRA to be the choice of their summer internship for these reasons.
You will have endless opportunities in local recreation and fun. You will not only have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the excitement of the Olympics Games, you will also have the chance to witness the amazing historic changes taking place around you. You will also have abundant opportunities to visit many historic and ancient sites around Beijing, as well as the chance to travel and see other parts of China. All of these are the distinctive attraction to be an intern at MSRA that you will otherwise not have such unique opportunities.
For more information of internship at MSRA, please visit our web at: http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

City, Country:

Beijing, China

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

1

Work Hours:

40 hours/week

Housing availability?

Y

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

Business  casual

Department:

Theory Group

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

• Develop methodology and tools for program analysis and verification

Local language level needed
(please check one):

Y

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

• Students in Ph.D. or Master’s programs
• Major in computer science, electronic engineering, mathematics, or related areas are preferred.
• Preferred trainings in Logic in Computer Science, such as the first-order logic, temporal logics, automata theory of infinite objects (words, trees) , automated deduction techniques (tableaux, resolution, decision procedures)
• Good communication skills and excellent teamwork.
• Excellent programming/debugging skills

WEBSITE:

http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

Brief organization profile:
Include size of organization, industry, current endeavors, locale.

Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
About Microsoft Research Asia
Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.
More information can be found here: http://research.microsoft.com/research/china/MSRAOverView.aspx
Research Areas
Research at the Beijing lab focuses on the following areas.

About Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
The Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program launched from 1999, nurtures young research talent for both Microsoft Research Asia and the world’s research community by fostering outstanding Ph.D., master, or bachelor candidates from computer science and electrical engineering studies. During the nine year’s development, over 2,500 students have been experienced the internship at Microsoft Research Asia.
Every summer, hundreds of students across Asia and from around the world begin internships at Microsoft Research Asia.  At MSRA, the research environment is friendly and informal, filled with fun and excitement, yet focused and intense, challenging your curiosity and creativity continuously. Many talented have selected MSRA to be the choice of their summer internship for these reasons.
You will have endless opportunities in local recreation and fun. You will not only have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the excitement of the Olympics Games, you will also have the chance to witness the amazing historic changes taking place around you. You will also have abundant opportunities to visit many historic and ancient sites around Beijing, as well as the chance to travel and see other parts of China. All of these are the distinctive attraction to be an intern at MSRA that you will otherwise not have such unique opportunities.
For more information of internship at MSRA, please visit our web at: http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

City, Country:

Beijing, China

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

1 for each field

Work Hours:

40 hours/week

Housing availability?

Y

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

Business casual

Department:

Visual Computing Group

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

Computational Camera: 

• Develop algorithm and software to be used on special hardware built in MSRA.
• Perform lab and field tests
• Write paper (optional)

Code acceleration with GPU:

• Develop algorithm and software for image processing on GPU
• Write paper (optional)

Video Search:

• Develop algorithm and software for content based video search
• Write paper (optional)

Local language level needed
(please check one):

Y

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

All:

• Students in Master’s, and Bachelor’s programs. 
• Major in computer science, electronic engineering.
• Excellent programming/debugging skills.
• Good communication skills and excellent teamwork.
• Open minded and willing to learn new things.

Computational Camera

• Background in computer vision and graphics is required
• Ability to work with hardware is preferred

Code acceleration with GPU:

• Background in image processing, computer architecture and GPUs is required
• Background in operating systems, computers languages and compilers is preferred.
• Knowledge of Windows and Unix OS is preferred.

Video Search:

• Background in computer vision is required
• Web programming skill is an advantage

Host Organization:

Microsoft Research Asia

WEBSITE:

http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

Brief organization profile:
Include size of organization, industry, current endeavors, locale.

Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program

Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
About Microsoft Research Asia
Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft's fundamental research arm in the Asia Pacific region, conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talents from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art forward and improving the computing experience for information technology users.
Over the past nine years, Microsoft Research Asia has excelled at creating an "academic environment" where researchers are free to pursue areas of science that are of their interest, and that fosters a culture that looks for ways to make an impact on the world of information technology. This culture not only drives researchers to develop groundbreaking technologies and work at the cutting edge of innovation, but has also made Microsoft Research Asia a natural partner for universities and governments in the region.
In the coming years, Microsoft Research Asia will continue to enhance its capabilities and strengthen its expertise while broadening its research initiatives. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsiao-Wuen HON, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, researchers have continued to turn their ideas into reality and advance the state of art in information technology.
More information can be found here: http://research.microsoft.com/research/china/MSRAOverView.aspx
Research Areas
Research at the Beijing lab focuses on the following areas.

About Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program
The Stars of Tomorrow Internship Program launched from 1999, nurtures young research talent for both Microsoft Research Asia and the world’s research community by fostering outstanding Ph.D., master, or bachelor candidates from computer science and electrical engineering studies. During the nine year’s development, over 2,500 students have been experienced the internship at Microsoft Research Asia.
Every summer, hundreds of students across Asia and from around the world begin internships at Microsoft Research Asia.  At MSRA, the research environment is friendly and informal, filled with fun and excitement, yet focused and intense, challenging your curiosity and creativity continuously. Many talented have selected MSRA to be the choice of their summer internship for these reasons.
You will have endless opportunities in local recreation and fun. You will not only have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the excitement of the Olympics Games, you will also have the chance to witness the amazing historic changes taking place around you. You will also have abundant opportunities to visit many historic and ancient sites around Beijing, as well as the chance to travel and see other parts of China. All of these are the distinctive attraction to be an intern at MSRA that you will otherwise not have such unique opportunities.
For more information of internship at MSRA, please visit our web at: http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/

City, Country:

Beijing, China

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

2

Work Hours:

40 hours/week

Housing availability?

Y

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

Business casual

Department:

Wireless & Networking Group

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

• Systems research in the areas of data center networking, wireless networking, mobile devices and systems, mobile internet services, sensor networks.

Local language level needed
(please check one):

Y

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

• Students in Master’s and Bachelor’s programs and major in CS or EE.
• Open minded and willing to learn new things.
• Good communication skills and excellent teamwork.
• Strong experiences and excellent programming skills in C/C++.
• Strong skills and desires to be hands-on and do system research.
• Desirable: strong experiences in TCP/IP and protocol stacks, or kernel programming.

WEBSITE:

http://labs.nec.com.cn/

Brief organization profile:
Include size of organization, industry, current endeavors, locale.

NEC Laboratories is NEC's creative source of innovative technologies. In 1953, NEC Central Research Laboratories was formed in Kawasaki, in the southern suburbs of Tokyo, Japan. In the 1990s, new research facilities were established in Princeton, NJ and Cupertino in the U.S., and in Heidelberg and Bonn in Germany. In 2003, NEC Labs China was founded in Beijing. This worldwide network of laboratories allows us to draw upon our collective wisdom and to grasp the trends and characteristics of major markets around the world in conducting our research and making pragmatic contributions to science and technology.

City, Country:

Beijing, China

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

2-3

Work Hours:

35-40 hrs. per week for 12 weeks from 6/23-9/12

Housing availability?

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

Research casual

Department:

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

Research Areas: 
Our research interest centers on technology, system, and business aspects of gathering, understanding, and utilizing information in large-scale, distributed environments. Key topics of our current work include multimedia information gathering and presentation, information privacy and security, and network technologies for communicating such vast amount of information.

Opportunities to work with us this summer in Beijing:
We invite graduate students and those undergraduate students with demonstrable research capabilities to consider the following internship opportunities with us this summer:

1. Work with our researchers in our research focus areas, and/or
2. Explore and design mobile Internet solutions for today’s young adults.

Local language level needed
(please check one):

×

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

WEBSITE:

www.nokia.com

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Around 100 people are working in the premises of Nokia Research Center in Beijing BDA. Our research areas include mobile services, adaptive devices, UI technologies and interaction solutions.
The team of Interaction Solutions(IS) focuses on the user experience study, audio and speech UI and technologies and natural language processing related applications.

City, Country:

Beijing, PRC

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

1

Work Hours:

8 hours

Housing availability?
None

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

No requirement

Department:

Nokia Research Center/ Beijing

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

Both designers would work on user experience area in the Interaction Solutions team. We had a few research topics and need them to design products and user interfaces. The topics include the premium user group in China, mobile interaction for low-literacy user group, concept design for multi-device users and multi-number users, wizard UI for mobile devices, mobile text entry for local languages and advanced soft UI for mobile devices (focusing on information visualization). The designers could mainly work on the concept design for e.g. the premium user group, users with multi-numbers or mobile devices and new soft UI for mobile device.

Local language level needed
(please check one):

x

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

Interests to design for user experience; interests to understanding users and their differences; Able to utilize design knowledge to create new concepts; Able to visualize the design concepts and describe them; Excellent inter-personal communication skills; Excellent and active team player; A plus with prototyping skills e.g. UI prototype with flash.

WEBSITE:

www.nokia.com

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Service Experiences team(SE) is concepting and implementing mobile and internet services for new growth markets. We are part of Nokia Research Center in Beijing and our highly innovative team has been previously created proof-of-concept demo for Nokia Mobiledu mLearning product, produced over ten patent applications, authoring numerous publications and lately co-editing a mLearning book. Our current focus areas cover future messaging solutions, tourism and location services as well as social networking. In our daily research we try to predict future user needs, understand business opportunities, create new service concepts, conduct service trials and finally verify the achieved user experience and business impact.

City, Country:

Beijing, PRC

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

1

Work Hours:

8 hours

Housing availability?
None

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

No requirement

Department:

Nokia Research Center/ Beijing

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

Embedded programming

• Fast prototyping in mobile environment using different technologies. Solid C++ design, coding and debugging skills and demonstrated experience in developing application software on mobile platforms.

Web service development

• Working on various web technologies from web pages to complex client-server solutions

Concept design

• Designing and visualizing various service scenarios. Writing use cases and creating storyboards.

Local language level needed
(please check one):

x

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

Embedded programming

• Requirements: Java, Linux/Maemo, Python, Symbian and Flash Lite

Web service development

• Requirements: Web portal dev, LAMP web architectures, AJAX, Javascript, DHTML & web services, C/C++ Python, PHP or Perl

Concept design

• Requirements: Photoshop, Flash/ActionScript, Powerpoint

WEBSITE:

www.nokia.com

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Around 100 people are working in the premises of Nokia Research Center in Beijing BDA. We do research of the systems combined from new mobile services, improved user interfaces and adaptive devices.
The Mission of Service Incubation (SI) is exploring Chinese unique business opportunities and incubating a world leading research team.

City, Country:

Beijing, PRC

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

1

Work Hours:

8 hours

Housing availability?
None

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

No requirement

Department:

Nokia Research Center/ Beijing

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

1) designing innovative story as showcase for Nokia pilot services;
2) visualizing visual interaction enabled novel service concepts.

Local language level needed
(please check one):

x

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

1) Undergraduate student, whose major is arts & design, mechanical engineering or related;
2) Skills with Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/Flash, familiar with Ulead VideoStuido or other movie maker is a plus;
3) Team working with whole team from where to receive requirement and get feedback.

WEBSITE:

www.nokia.com

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Visual System team(VS), Beijing Systems Research of Nokia Research Center, is working on visual systems and interaction solutions and relevant enabling technologies. Our research work mainly focuses on advanced character recognition technologies, camera user interfaces design and prototyping, and pen/finger interaction on touch screens.

City, Country:

Beijing, PRC

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

1

Work Hours:

8 hours

Housing availability?
None

Dormitory

Other: 

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount:

Dress code:

No requirement

Department:

Nokia Research Center/ Beijing

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

Concept drawing

• Proficient artistic drawing skill. Working in creative way to build sketch models of various objects. Rendering sketch models with diverse styles such as watercolor, painting, colored pencil, charcoal, sculpture, etc.

Computer graphics and animation

• Using computer graphics tools to create the concept drawing database. Making animation of modeled graphic objects.

Local language level needed
(please check one):

x

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

Concept drawing

• Requirements: proficient artistic drawing, caricature and cartoon drawing of human faces and animals is preferred

Computer graphics and animation

• Requirements: 3D Max, CorelDraw, Photoshop

Concept design

• Requirements: Flash/ActionScript, Powerpoint

WEBSITE:

http://research.pal.sap.corp/wiki/Search

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SAP is the world's largest business software company and the third-largest independent software provider in terms of revenues. It operates in three geographic regions – EMEA, which represents Europe, Middle East and Africa; the Americas. SAP focuses on six industry sectors: process industries, discrete industries, consumer industries, service industries, financial services, and public services. It offers more than 25 industry solution portfolios for large enterprises and more than 550 micro-vertical solutions for midsize companies and small businesses.
SAP ERP is the one of five major enterprise applications that makes up SAP's Business Suite. The four other applications are:

• customer relationship management (CRM)
• product lifecycle management (PLM)
• supply chain management (SCM)
• supplier relationship management (SRM)

Other major product offerings include: the NetWeaver platform, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, Duet (joint offering with Microsoft), Performance Management solutions and RFID. SAP offers a systematic approach to enterprise SOA, which is the technical standard that enables various enterprise software applications to exchange data effectively. Through enterprise SOA, SAP is focusing on enabling more flexible business processes as well as creating technical connections between IT systems and building a common language for business.
SAP officials say there are over 100,600 SAP installations serving more than 41,200 companies in more than 25 industries in more than 120 countries.

City, Country:

Shanghai, China

Contact person name & title:

Denise Chu, SoE Internship Program Manager

Email Address:

Denise.chu@stanford.edu

Number of Position(s):

5

Work Hours:
(June 23 – September 12, 2008)

9am – 6pm

Housing availability?

Dormitory

X

Other:  Will provide help on housing information

Monthly intern stipend:

local currency amount: RMB5000-7000, depending on the year in school.

Dress code:

Casual

Department:

SAP Research Center, China

Work description: Please indicate details of the work the intern may be expected to perform during summer 2008. Please be as descriptive as possible. Our experience tells us the students work the best with specific projects.

The intern will basically join a research project and contribute to research prototype design and implementation. The research projects include DBMS, data mining or data warehouse, programming development tool using Ruby,
New application development or SaaS related work.

The qualified interns are required to be mastered in one of the following programming language (Java, C++ or Ruby) and have taken courses on DBMS internal, J2EE, workflow, data mining, data warehouse, stream data management.

Local language level needed
(please check one):

X

Not needed, can perform job with minimum language skills

Fluency in basic reading, writing, and speaking

High levels of fluency needed in reading, writing, and speaking

Additional desired intern qualifications:
Please note any particular skills, education, personality, or other qualities you feel would best fit your organization’s needs.

Senior undergraduate or graduate students.