Student Internships in Green and Sustainable IT/IS

DERI - National University of Ireland, Galway

 

The Domain for Green and Sustainable IT at the Digital Enterprise
Research Institute (DERI: http://www.deri.ie/) of the National
University of Ireland, Galway invites applications for 2011 student
internship positions. The DERI is the largest semantic web research
organisation in the world. DERI's mission is to establish semantics as a
core pillar of modern computer engineering. DERI offers a stimulating,
dynamic, multi-cultural research environment with excellent ties to
research groups worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to join the
efforts within the Green and Sustainable IT domain.  

 

Internships are available on the following topics:

*         Linked Data for Energy Informatics

*         Energy Efficient Buildings (including Data Centers)

*         Sustainable Reporting with XBRL

*         Smart Office Applications


The Person

*	Ability to work in a team based environment developing state of
the art software solutions on time and to specification 
*	Motivated and proactive attitude to take ownership and
initiative in all work assignments 
*	Excellent analysis and problem solving skills 
*	Strong design, development & testing skills 
*	Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
*	Creative Thinking


Essential Skills

*	Good knowledge of software development, including
object-oriented design principles and design patterns with an
understanding of their application in Java 
*	Third level degree in computer science or related discipline
(Exceptional undergraduate will be considered)


Desirable Experience & Background:

*         Industrial experience

*         Knowledge of one of the topic areas

*         Experience with Semantic Web/Linked Data technologies (e.g.
RDF, OWL, SPARQL)

 

The duration of the internships will be for 6 months, shorted and longer
internships may also be considered.  

Application procedure: 

Positions are now open and will be filled as suitable candidates become
available.

 

Informal enquiries about these positions may be made to
ed.curry@deri.org <mailto:ed.curry@deri.org>  

When applying, please use the same email address and put "Research
Intern" in the subject line.

Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter and CV (PDF)