Internal Deadline: TBD10/10/2016
External Deadline: TBD10/25/2016
See: http://www.research.ibm.com/university/awards/faq.shtml
http://www.research.ibm.com/university/awards/phdfellowship.shtml
The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study. These include: computer science and engineering (including cyber security, cloud, and mobile computing), electrical and mechanical engineering, physical sciences (including chemistry, material sciences, and physics), mathematical sciences (including analytics of massive scale data with uncertainty, operations research, and optimization), public sector and business sciences (including urban policy and analytics, social technologies, learning systems and Cognitive Computing), and Service Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME) and Industry Solutions (Healthcare, Life sciences, Education, Energy & Environment). Additionally, IBM Research is paying special attention to the following areas of focus for 2016-2017:
- Technology that creates new business and social valueQuantum Computing
- Cognitive Computing research
- Cloud and distributed computing technology and solutions
- Fundamental science and technology
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A maximum of two nominations per department may be submitted, plus renewals.
Please ensure that the following materials are submitted to Colin Robertson (colinr@illinois.edu, 2252 SC) by Oct. 10:
1) Student's C.V./resume. 3 page limit.
2) A brief description of the student's Ph.D. dissertation. IBM has set a 100 word limit. For internal review, please submit both a one-page statement and a 100 word statement.
3) Faculty Adviser's evaluation. "Include comparisons with peers and recent graduates, and detail what the impact of this student's thesis is likely to be. Also include evidence of outstanding achievement in both academic and research activities (other fellowships, awards, grants, and/or recognition of academic achievement)" NOTE: Last year, IBM has set a 200 word limit on evaluations. However, for the internal review, please submit a standard-length letter.
4) A description of the any of the nominee's special considerations, such as personal attributes, or other (non-CS) accomplishments, etc. NOTE: Last year, IBM has set a 100 word limit.
5) A reference letter from a scientist at IBM. For internal CS @ ILLINOIS review. (If you do not know someone from IBM well enough to request a letter, you may want to reconsider whether or not you should apply.)
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