---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jason Ellis <jasone@us.ibm.com> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:53 PM Subject: [TIER] IBM Social Computing Group Seeks Intern for Developing World Research To: tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu IBM SOCIAL COMPUTING GROUP SEEKS INTERN FOR DEVELOPING WORLD RESEARCH The Social Computing Group at IBM Research in New York is seeking smart, energetic students for internships in summer 2011. Our group has been building and studying new forms of social software for over 10 years. Past intern projects have focused on topics such as: social visualization, task proxies, social networking, virtual worlds, and more. Many have resulted in publications in top conferences, patents, and new features in IBM products. Our current focus is designing, building, and evaluating mobile social applications for the developing world, so students with interest and experience in related areas are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants should be enrolled in a PhD program and have experience in computer science and/or human-computer interaction. Focus areas include mobile telephony, crowdsourcing, social media, social networks, microfinance, low literacy UIs, and mobile multimedia. Interested students should forward a CV and cover letter to jasone@us.ibm.com Find more on our group at http://socialcomp.com/ --- Jason B. Ellis, PhD - jasone@us.ibm.com IBM TJ Watson Research Center Social Computing Group http://jellis.org _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier