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Student's IBM internship

18 June 2008

Saguna with her PhD supervisor Associate Professor Arkady Zaslavsky.

A PhD student from the Faculty of Information Technology has flown to Delhi, India to undertake an internship at the IBM Research Laboratory.

The 2008 Summer Internship Program in Computer Science, Mathematical Science and Service Science, Management and Engineering gives students the opportunity to work with the IBM research team on challenging problems that range from leading-edge exploratory work to prototyping real-world systems and applications.

Saguna is currently completing her postgraduate studies at Monash's Caulfield campus after completing her undergraduate degree in India.

She has recently commenced her doctoral thesis Context Awareness and Mobile Computing which aligns with her work at IBM.

Saguna said the internship would be invaluable to her PhD work.

"This internship will be crucial in my understanding of how one of the world's biggest research labs undertakes research projects and develops new technology," Saguna said.

Saguna said her Monash studies would help her to achieve her goal to become a leader in her field.

"I learned that with an open and curious mind along with hard work, you can overcome all obstacles and succeed," Saguna said.

"Research has taught me to work independently and to persevere no matter what comes your way."

Further information about the internship program visit the IBM website.