1. RISE Internship at TU Berlin Prof. Volker Markl volker.markl@tu-berlin.de

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)