{"id":1045,"date":"2010-07-25T13:24:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T20:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/synergy.ece.ubc.ca\/karthik\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T17:41:08","slug":"announcements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/students\/announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Graduate Students:<\/strong> I am always interested in recruiting smart and motivated graduate students for my research group. To join my research group, you should have a bachelors\/masters degree in computer science\/engineering, and have performed well academically. Further, you should have the following skills:<\/p>\n<p>1. Good command over the English language (both spoken and written),<br \/>\n2. Excellent programming skills, and experience with developing systems software (e.g., operating systems kernels, compilers, middleware),<br \/>\n3. Research experience in the form of internships, research projects and\/or papers in international venues,<br \/>\n4. Ability to work independently and be self-driven,<br \/>\n5. Some overlap with my research area(s), though this is not crucial.<\/p>\n<p>If you meet the above criteria, please feel free to send me email and include your resume\/CV. However, I am unable to respond to general queries about UBC admission processes etc. Please refer to the following<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ece.ubc.ca\/grad\/admissions\/\"> web page<\/a>. Note that if I admit you to work with me, I&#8217;ll almost always fund you (for both MASc and PhD), unless you receive a fellowship or other means of funding.<\/p>\n<p>You also need to show that you have read this announcement by including the following words in the subject <U>&#8220;Read the announcement on your web page&#8221;<\/U>, and showing how you meet the above criteria. <B>I will respond to your email only if you include this line in the subject. <\/B> Thanks for reading till here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interns:<\/strong> I do not typically take on students for research internships from outside Canada, unless you apply via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitacs.ca\/en\/programs\/globalink\/globalink-research-internship\"> MITACS Globalink<\/a> programme. Note that MITACS has their own selection process and I don&#8217;t have any input into it, so please don&#8217;t contact me unless and until you&#8217;re matched by them to my group. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re studying in a Canadian university but not at UBC, and you want to do a research internship in my group, please apply via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/students-etudiants\/ug-pc\/usra-brpc_eng.asp\">NSERC USRA <\/a>programme. Please get in touch with me before applying though. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, if you&#8217;re at UBC, and you&#8217;re interested in a research internship with me, please feel free to get in touch with me by sending me your CV, informal transcripts, and short description of your background and interests. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Students: I am always interested in recruiting smart and motivated graduate students for my research group. To join my research group, you should have a bachelors\/masters degree in computer science\/engineering, and have performed well academically. Further, you should have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/students\/announcements\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1135,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1045","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5176,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1045\/revisions\/5176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/karthik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}