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Google Intern Insights 2014 - Meet Mira Leung
June 12, 2014
From Google Glass to Project Loon, Adwords to Docs, our interns have the opportunity to work on some of Google’s most cutting edge and innovative projects. Interns also work across sales and other business functions, bringing a fresh perspective to the work done at Google. To show you just how much of an impact interns make and to highlight their unique experiences, we’re bringing you a special blog series: Google Intern Insights. Make sure to look out for the different interns being featured on the blog throughout the summer!
For our second installation of Intern Insights, meet Mira Leung. Mira is a Software Engineering Intern working on the Analytics Team in the Irvine Office. When Mira is not coding or TAing CS courses at the University of British Columbia, you can find her reading, listening to music and spending a lot of time figure skating - she was the youngest athlete on the 2006 Canadian Winter Olympics Team!
Tell us one fun, outlandish fact about you!
I competed in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in figure skating, and was the youngest athlete on the Canadian Olympic Team.
What inspired you to apply for this internship, and what made Google appealing to you as a potential intern?
Google is well known for having great engineering, so I've always wanted to learn from and be one of their software engineers. I also love how they value Googley-ness in their people and products, which makes for an awesome work environment.
What team are you working on at Google? Can you provide us with a high-level description of your summer project?
I work on the Analytics Config Services team, which is part of the backend of Google Analytics. The mechanism that my team currently uses for master election is being decommissioned, so my project is to re-implement leader election with a different service.
What’s the best part about working with your manager? What about your team?
The best part about working with my manager is that she helps me with my technical development, even outside of my project scope. She not only explained to me my project domain, but also the motivations that led to certain design and architectural decisions. This helped me better understand my project realm and make better engineering choices.
My team is very welcoming and supportive. It's been great getting to know them all, and I really like the team spirit we have.
We all know Googlers and interns love the food and the other benefits. Outside of some of the well-known perks, what’s your favorite part about working at Google?
One of my favorite things about working here is getting to learn about new architectures, systems, and tools. I think it's fascinating to see the different ways of doing things at Google, and to weigh the trade-offs of various choices. I also love applying my knowledge in a practical setting every day while building products and solving problems. There's no feeling like the satisfaction of getting tests to pass with an optimal and efficient implementation. :)
Another terrific aspect about working here is GoogleServe, where Googlers get to take part in community projects for local charitable causes. I recently participated in a GoogleServe at Second Harvest Food Bank, and it felt wonderful to give back to the community.
What’s something you’ve accomplished during your internship (thus far) that you’re most proud of? Or something you’re looking forward to working on?
I'm happy about the current iteration of my project, because I've been able to bring together all the new concepts I've grasped so far at Google into a basic, functioning version of the final product. I’ve learned so much along the way that I can apply to the rest of my project. I'm really excited about my next step, which is to get the current version of my project to run on Google's systems.
What does “being Googley” mean to you?
My interpretation of being Googley is putting the user and their best interests first, paying attention to details, coming up with efficient and optimal solutions, and improving continuously. It also means collaboration over competition and being ethical, and I feel that this results in amazing products. I think that passion for what you do, creativity, trying new things, and lifelong learning are Googley traits as well, and I love working in an environment that values these qualities.
If you could give one piece of advice to potential student applicants, what would it be?
Be passionate. This will power you through your internship, especially since you are given a lot of responsibility and independence on your project. I think that great passion leads to great work, so if you love computer science and great engineering, then you should definitely apply.
Best meal at Google so far?
Yam noodle chap chae with wood ear mushrooms and tofu, followed by root beer froyo! Yum. :)
Outside of being a Google intern, what are some fun things you do outside the classroom/office throughout the year?
I’ve volunteered on our school’s CS Student Development committee and TA’ed a couple of CS courses. I also like listening to music and enjoy reading books. And of course, I love figure skating.
What is something that you’ve learned thus far about working on a team and/or in a professional environment?
Teamwork is very important in helping you work efficiently and improve your skills. My team has introduced me to a lot of new tools and systems that have helped me streamline my workflow, and code reviews are really polishing up my coding style.
Best intern event you’ve attended?
Orientation week at Mountain View was so much fun! I had a great time getting to know my fellow interns and taking classes. I'm really looking forward to our next event: whale watching at Newport Landing!
Mira’s Host, Ruth Doane, has been at Google since 2007. Before Google, Ruth had a very interesting background, spanning everything from gaming to working on microprocessor design. A yoga class at Google introduced Ruth to the joys of hot yoga, which she enjoys in her spare time, along with ballroom dance. Ruth is also passionate about giving back and serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children. Ruth also knows 100+ digits of Pi. Ruth was compelled to host an intern because of how internships shaped her own career, and has enjoyed her time working with Mira so far.
Why did you want to work at Google?
My background included a few other industries, including running a game startup with my husband, and writing custom software for microprocessor design. I learned from those experiences, but still had not figured out quite what I wanted to be when I grew up.
When did you start working at Google?
I joined Google in 2007, three years after the IPO. At the time, I felt like a latecomer, with so very much to learn in a fast moving environment. Seven years later, there is still much more to learn and do, but I have now been here longer than about 80% of the engineers.
What are you working on at Google?
I work on Google Analytics, which helps web site owners gain insight about what brings visitors to their site and how the site is being used.
Why did you want to host an Intern?
The internships I did when I was in school benefited me enormously. After a few years of watching other people host interns, and taking on more responsibility myself, I finally felt ready to oversee what I hoped would be a great experience for an intern and a big value add to my team.
What’s the best part about your team?
My team takes on interesting modeling and scaling questions, has a role to play in most new Analytics features, and moves quickly while maintaining good code and project health. The best part, though, is the people I work with.
What’s the best part about working with your intern?
Mira picks up complex concepts quickly, comes back with great questions, and is always curious to learn more. I enjoy getting into deep technical discussions with her, and then seeing the way she has synthesized and applied these disparate conversation threads to the work at hand.
What’s your favorite perk to utilize at Google?
I’m a big fan of the food, massage, and fitness programs. I’ve used the latter for everything from bike maintenance workshops to Bollywood dance. I also have fantastic memories from team offsites, like rafting, ziplining, flight simulators, and scavenger hunts. My favorite perk, though, is the way Google seeks to give time and money to do good, and supports me in the same endeavor. There is a ridiculously generous donation match ($6,000 to non profits, with opportunities throughout the year to get several thousand more matched), and a community of people having meaningful discussions about how to direct money most effectively. There are also organized team volunteer events, along with amazing support for the ways I volunteer. I get extra paid time off to volunteer, and Google matches that time with a per-hour donation to the organization!
What does “being Googley” mean to you?
I think being Googley is about the citizenship that makes our open culture possible, and that earns trust from users and from each other. We are empowered in so many ways to be productive, make good choices, and scale up. Whether it is free food, access to computational resources, or transparency from the leadership, we all need to respect the privilege in order to make it work. When we make collaborative choices to steward such information and resources well, rejecting arrogance and entitlement, that is being Googley.
Want to learn more about internships at Google? Check out our
Student Careers Site
. Additionally, follow
Google Students
on Google+ and use the hashtag
#googleinterns
to keep up with Intern Insights this summer.
Posted by Sidnie Davis, Intern Programs Team
Google Games 2014: Snapshot of a Google Games Champion
June 9, 2014
Why are students dressed in shoulder pads and parachute pants furiously building towers out of straws, answering trivia questions, coding their hearts out, and using all of their brain power to solve puzzles? Because it’s The Google Games, that’s why!
The Google Games, Google’s annual invitational competition, was held at 14 locations this year and celebrated the Greats of the 1980s. This year, the Google Games came to Capital City (better known as Washington, D.C.) where students from Howard University, Gallaudet University, George Washington University, and University of the District of Columbia battled it out. This year’s Capital City winner was Gallaudet University’s “Loud Hands,” which consisted of team members Trudaline McNece, Timothy Yu, Luis Figueroa-Montanez, Wesley Layton, and Larwan Berke.
We’re bringing you an insider look at this winning team, as told by team captain Trudaline, on what it takes to be the champion of The Google Games.
The Google Games Capital City Champions
How did you learn about the Google Games?
We learned about the Google Games from our professor who strongly encouraged us to join in. We hadn’t heard of it before then, but we immediately agreed to join in since it sounded like a lot of fun! We also always wanted to have the opportunity to demonstrate that deaf students are capable of great things.
What did you think the Google Games would be like prior to your arrival?
We mostly expected the Google Games to be a friendly competition with all the famed Google culture and style. Some of us were extremely nervous if we could take on the challenges, but it turned out that the Google Games were really fun in the end!
Tell us a bit about your experience. What was your favorite part of the Google Games?
The whole experience was great, particularly the trivia section, where we as a team vigorously answered trivia questions. Of course, this was all signed in American Sign Language, so you can imagine that our hands were moving actively the whole time. Our team name, LOUD HANDS, couldn’t have suited us any better than in the trivia section!
What did it feel like when they announced that your team had won the Google Games Capital City?
It felt really great. We were actually very nervous before the results because although we had gotten 1st place in trivia, we came in at a very close 2nd to another team in the other two sections, building and coding, so we had no idea who was going to win. We won in the end so it was all good! And adding the fact that we are deaf, I think a lot of people were surprised at our victory. It was the greatest feeling to be able to show that there are very talented deaf professionals, specifically in coding fields.
Team Loud Hands during the building challenge
What was the biggest challenge you faced at the Google Games?
The biggest challenge was the coding category, because as three of our teammates were new to coding, either solely focusing on IT networking or were beginners, it fell upon Timothy and Larwan to take on much of the coding work. Believe it or not, Timothy completed two out of the four programming challenges all by himself, Larwan took on one himself, and the rest of us collaborated on the last one. In the end, we managed to complete three out of the four programming challenges and would probably have gotten the last one with just a little more time!
What do you think was your team’s biggest asset that helped you to take the 1st place spot?
Everyone contributed greatly in their own ways, but if I had to say so, it would probably have to be Timothy and Larwan’s experience and knowledge in programming that helped out greatly. Timothy was able to contribute a lot of points to our team in the Coding section, Larwan and Trudaline helped a lot in the Building section, and Wesley and Luis also supported us greatly in the Building section. Everyone contributed equally in the Trivia section. In the end, we each brought our own talents in different ways which contributed to our overall win of The Google Games.
All Gallaudet Participants
Posted by Maggie Hohlfeld, University Programs Team
Getting to Know a PhD - Ian Goodfellow
June 3, 2014
Google interns have the opportunity to work on some of Google’s most cutting edge and innovative projects. We also offer a variety of opportunities for PhD students who wish to gain industry experience. Through our Getting to Know a PhD series, we’ll provide a glimpse into some of these opportunities as well as the impactful projects PhD students at Google work on. Today we’re featuring
Ian Goodfellow
, a Google PhD Fellowship Recipient and a former Software Engineer Intern in our Mountain View office, who interned with the Street Smart team.
So Ian, tell us about yourself and your PhD topic ...
I’m a PhD candidate at the
Université de Montréal in Québec
. I’m a member of
Yoshua Bengio’s
LISA lab
where essentially all of us study deep learning. Deep learning is a form of machine learning based on learning hierarchical, distributed models to solve artificial intelligence tasks. My PhD
thesis
is focused on developing new deep learning techniques and applying them to
computer vision
problems like object recognition,
image inpainting
, recognizing occluded objects, and transcribing sequences of characters from photos.
Why did you apply for an internship at Google?
Entering the final year of my PhD program, I was unsure whether I wanted to go into industry or remain in academia. Having spent several years in academia already, I had a good idea of what to expect there, but little firsthand experience in industry. I thought an internship at Google would be a good opportunity to find out whether I like working in industry.
What was the focus of your internship project?
The focus of my internship project was to develop a neural network capable of
transcribing the address numbers on houses from photos taken by the Street View cars
. By combining the transcription data with the cars’ GPS data, the Street Smart team can then place houses accurately on the map. This system has already been used to transcribe nearly 100 million house numbers. Yaroslav Bulatov had the basic idea for the system and had a prototype working already when I arrived. My role as an intern was to set up the correct equations for maximum likelihood learning and inference in the model, write the code for those features, and tune the configuration of the network to get good performance.
What is working on the Google Street Smart team like?
Fun and exciting. My intern host,
Julian Ibarz
, was very supportive and welcoming and the team lead,
Sacha Arnoud
, had a lot of interest in our project. As a computer vision researcher, Street Smart was an especially interesting place to work because they have assembled datasets of labeled images unavailable anywhere else. The team hosted social events as well, which allowed me to get to know my team on a personal as well as professional level.
What was your favorite part of the internship?
Getting to work with my intern host, Julian. He was good at planning objectives that I could accomplish in just one summer but that also had big impact. He knows the database and high performance computing infrastructure very well. As a PhD student, machine learning people only get to collaborate with other machine learning people most of the time. Doing the internship was a good opportunity to get outside the “machine learning bubble” for a few months and collaborate with people who have a broader skill set. I learned new skills that I could take back to the lab.
What key skills have you gained from your internship?
I gained an intuition of how deep learning models work at scale. Their performance is quite a lot better in this regime. I also learned a lot about the system infrastructure necessary for working with large datasets and distributed high performance computing.
What impact has this internship experience had on your PhD studies?
The project I worked on during my internship was the basis for a
publication
at the
International Conference on Learning Representations
. We were delighted that it was accepted for an oral presentation. The system also went into production a few weeks before the end of my internship. Within a few months, it transcribed the addresses of nearly 100 million houses. My advisor let me include this paper in my PhD thesis since there was a close connection to the subject area. It’s a nice way to close my thesis--I can show that some of the work developed early in the thesis has had a real impact.
I also learned a lot about how to keep large codebases with many contributors organized. This has benefited my lab already. After I returned from my internship I had a lot of ideas how we could overhaul the way the lab develops software. I supervised a masters student, Alassane Ndiaye, who implemented a lot of automated format checking tools that help to keep our libraries much cleaner than they were before.
You are also a recipient of a
Google PhD Fellowship
in Deep Learning, mentored by
Samy Bengio
. What can you tell us about your fellowship experience?
The fellowship was a really great opportunity and gave me the freedom to spend time on things like developing the Pylearn2 open source machine learning library and helping
Yoshua
write a textbook instead of being completely focused on specific grants. Samy gave me a lot of advice about careers at Google, my internship project, and applying for a full time position.
Has your internship experience impacted the way you think about your future career?
One of the main reasons I applied for the internship was to gain experience working in industry to help decide whether I wanted to become a professor at a university or a research scientist at a company. Doing the internship helped me to figure out that a lot of my personal interests are better suited to industry than academia.
You will start working at Google soon. What are you going to work on?
I will be joining
Jeff Dean
’s deep learning infrastructure team. I plan to split my time between collaborating with Street Smart, and improving DistBelief, Google’s distributed deep learning library.
Why should a PhD student apply for an internship at Google? Any advice to offer?
To gain more exposure to industry for your work. The work I did as an intern was covered in publications like
MIT Technology Review
,
Vice
,
Wired
, and
Slate
, and part of a presentation I made during the internship was reproduced in
PC World
and a
keynote talk
by the CEO of NVIDIA. I think the experience raised my research profile significantly.
Another piece of advice is that if you are given a choice between teams, choose the team where you can have the biggest impact. This is probably not a team that is already known for publishing in your field--look for a team that can benefit from your area of expertise but doesn’t have enough people in your subject area on staff yet.
For more information on our research areas, award programs, people, and publications, please visit
Research at Google
. To learn more about other internships, outreach programs and scholarships, check out our
Student Careers Site
. Additionally, follow
Google Students
on Google+ and use the hashtag
#googleinterns
to keep up with more 'Getting to Know a PhD' and 'Intern Insights' this summer.
Posted by Beate List, Research Programs, EMEA
Google Intern Insights 2014 - Meet Christopher Hocutt
May 30, 2014
From Google Glass to Project Loon to Adwords and Docs, our interns have the opportunity to work on some of Google’s most cutting edge and innovative projects. Interns also work across sales and other business functions, bringing a fresh perspective to the work done at Google. To show you just how much of an impact interns make and to highlight their unique experiences, we’re bringing you a special blog series: Google Intern Insights. Make sure to look out for the different interns being featured on the blog throughout the summer.
We’re starting this series by getting to know Christopher Hocutt, a Bachelors student from Howard University working as a software engineering intern on the Social Team in Mountain View, CA.
Chris is originally from Richmond, Virginia, and enjoys ultimate frisbee. So far at Google, he’s enjoyed the food - especially burritos from Masa - and working collaboratively with his supportive and tight-knit team.
Why did you want to work at Google?
Google is renowned for having the happiest employees and standing by their “don’t be evil” stance. They want to make information accessible and make a change in the world and I want to be a part of that change.
What are you working on at Google?
Currently: Google+
In the future: everything (sorta)
What’s the best part about your team?
My team isn’t too big or too small which allows me to know each of them. They go on frequent coffee and food runs to alleviate the “work tension” and were all extremely welcoming when I joined the team.
What’s the best part about working with your manager?
He’s made it known that anytime I need help, I can go to him. He sits nearby which allows me to beckon and receive help as often as I need it which makes me a more productive worker.
What’s your favorite part about working at Google?
There is free food. Everywhere. All the time. I love to eat and there is always good variety for me to work with.
What’s the thing you’ve accomplished during your internship that you’re most proud of?
I created a meme on an internal thread that got over 230 +1’s after a week! Made me feel pretty successful :-)
What’s your favorite Google moment so far?
My favorite moments have been with the group of friends I made during the first week.
These moments include ping-pong, frisbee, discussing new Glass ideas, etc.
What does “being Googley” mean to you?
Being Googley is: being an innovator, speaking out, being positive, trying to make a difference.
Best meal at Google so far?
I went to Masa and had a burrito with a wheat tortilla and it brought joy to my heart and stomach!
What is one one fact about you?
I’ll always try to be as helpful as my body allows me to be when it comes to donating time/energy to help a cause.
Anything else?
If you’re looking for monotony, Google is not the place for you.
Want to learn more about internships at Google? Check out our
Student Careers Site
. Additionally, follow
Google Students
on Google+ and use the hashtag
#googleinterns
to keep up with Intern Insights this summer.
Posted by Sarah Henderson, Student Development Team
Congratulations to this year’s Google EMEA Students with Disabilities Scholars
May 28, 2014
As part of Google's ongoing commitment to advancing computing and technology, we are pleased to provide scholarships to encourage students to excel in their studies and become active role models and leaders. In partnership with EmployAbility, we are excited to announce this year’s recipients of The Google Students with Disabilities Scholarship.
Please join us in congratulating the following recipients, along with the universities they attend:
Tomer Ashur, KU Leuven, Belgium
Zafeirios Fountas, Imperial College London, UK
Cristian Hanca, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Tim in 't Veld, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Reuben Kirkham, Newcastle University, UK
Thomas Ladyman, University of Southampton, UK
Mark Pavlyukovskyy, University of Oxford, UK
Mikhail Sbitnev, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Nathan Schagen, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands
Azra Tayyebi ,University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Each scholar will receive 7,000 Euros to help them with their studies for the 2014/2015 academic year. All scholars have been selected based on their passion for computer science, academic achievement, leadership, and technical accomplishments.
Posted by Efrat Aghassy, EMEA Diversity Scholarships Program Manager
Finalists Announced for the AdMob Student Challenge
May 27, 2014
After several months and countless hours of hard work on the part of our participants, we’re finally ready to announce the 8 finalists for the AdMob Student App Challenge. But first, we wanted to give a heartfelt thanks to each and every student developer who took part in the competition. With over 300 app submissions, we were overwhelmed by the talent, ingenuity and level of participation from student developers all over the world. We hope that the challenge allowed you to push your skills and business acumen to the limit, and that it will inspire you to continue making creative, useful and innovative apps.
Keep in mind, finalists are made up of the top two entries in each of our four challenge regions (North America, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Asia/Pacific and Latin America). From this list,
the judges
will go on to select 1 winner from each region (3 in total) and 1 overall Grand Prize Winner.
But enough chit-chat. Let’s introduce our finalists!
North America:
Stacks Flashcards
, by Centum
Headphone Connect
, by Skytrait
EMEA:
Furious Racing
, by dvbGames
High Explosive
, by Archon Interactive
APAC:
Brain Game
, by nedaRM
India 2014 Elections
, by DV DROID
LATAM:
Match Cube
, by KooKei
Cowardly Dog
, by R2T
Congratulations to all the finalists, and thanks again to everyone who participated! Stay tuned for the announcement of the Regional Winners and Grand Prize Winner soon.
Posted by Sutton Brown, AdMob Marketing Team
Google AdCamp EMEA 2014
May 23, 2014
As applications open for
Google AdCamp EMEA 2014
, guest blogger and future Google Intern Megan Killion blogs about her experience at last year’s Google AdCamp!
Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a healthy obsession with technology. Growing up, Christmas and birthdays were always cause for new gadgets, recently launched games, and remote controlled gizmos. Twenty one years later, not much has changed: I’m still desperately waiting on new devices to be launched, updates to be downloaded and beta versions to be released. I’m also a self-confessed marketing junkie, so I’ll let you take a moment to imagine my face when I opened that acceptance email to Google AdCamp EMEA last July.
Yet never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the opportunities and friendships which would come out of Google AdCamp for me. The AdCamp student programme is four days of pure awesomeness, with the perfect balance between work and play. One thing was guaranteed: no matter the activity, there was always someone new to meet something new to learn. Our days were filled with training and collaboration sessions, our nights with networking and exploring.
I was blown away by every training session. In true Google fashion, everything revolved around the future. We focused on how marketing is evolving for a more mobile and social world, and how Google is helping companies do exactly that. Every session and every Googler (Google employee) left me inspired. I actually came away even more fascinated by the innovation going on inside Google than I was before AdCamp.
On our final day we competed in a team-based advertising competition. This involved developing a creative marketing strategy for an upcoming film release, then presenting our final solution to a panel of sales executives. I’m a big believer in hands-on learning, so being able to showcase everything we had been taught over the week was brilliant! Even better, the exec’s loved my team’s presentation.
If we weren’t learning or presenting, we were busy exploring (or in my case, taking advantage of Google’s impressive snacking options). Every evening our program leaders had an epic activity lined up. My absolute favorite was the treasure hunt which was organized for us on our second night: we got to experience Ireland’s amazing capital city, Dublin, in a hunt that spanned the entire city! Other activities included the best Asian dinner you can imagine, a spot of karaoke and a pizza night (just for good measure!).
As killer as all of this is, the activities are by no means the highlight of the week. There are a lot of things which make AdCamp an unforgettable experience, but the best part of being at AdCamp is the people you’ll meet there. Being surrounded by people who are just as excited and passionate about technology and marketing as you are is truly refreshing. I built real friendships, with AdCampers and seasoned Googlers alike.
I left AdCamp inspired and determined. Four days at Google simply wasn’t enough! My determination has paid off: just a few months later I was accepted into Google’s summer internship programme! Now, as my start date draws nearer, excited doesn’t even begin to explain how I’m feeling. I am so pumped to dive headfirst into my new role, meet more talented people and immerse myself in Google’s culture once again!
Google’s University Programmes Team are now accepting applications for the
2014 AdCamp
in EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa)! Up to 45 current students will be selected from across Europe, Middle-East and Africa to participate in the 3-day programme at either Google Dublin or Google Wroclaw from the 17th September - 19th of September 2014. The programme is designed for students graduating in either 2015 or 2016, currently pursuing a Bachelor's or a Master's degree and who have an explicit interest in sales and advertising disciplines.
In order to apply, you must be a current student in Europe, Middle East or Africa and are set to graduate in 2015 or 2016.
Please find the application here
. The application deadline is the 31st of May 2014. All decisions will be communicated to applicants by the end of July 2014.
Posted by Paul Dunne, University Programs Team
Announcing the 2014 Generation Google Scholars!
May 22, 2014
The
Generation Google Scholarship
was established in 2012 to encourage aspiring computer scientists to excel in technology and become active role models and leaders in the field. Every year, high school seniors from underrepresented groups in technology who have demonstrated a passion for computer science, technical aptitude, academic achievements, and leadership amongst their peers are selected as recipients of this scholarship. This year, we have expanded the brand of our Generation Google scholarship to include undergraduate and graduate students!
2013 Scholars' Retreat
We are excited announce the 2014 Generation Google Scholars, along with the universities they attend:
Abril Vela, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor*
Alexandria Vail, North Carolina State University
Alisha Saxena, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Ama Koranteng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Anushree Dugar, Wellesley College*
Asaeli Matelau, University of Utah
Aswini Krishnan, Univeristy of California, San Diego*
Christine Yang, University of Texas at Austin*
Cindy Yu, Stanford University*
Danielle Okezie, Havard College*
Delia Bullock, Columbia University in New York City*
Eliana Lorch, Minerva Schools at KGI*
Frank Ibem, Texas Tech University
Heitor Castro, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jeanine Pearson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Joe Fletcher, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Jordan Kunzika, Dartmouth College
Joshua Thomas, Dartmouth College
Karia Dibert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Katherine Muhlrad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Liezl Puzon, Stanford University*
Liqi Xu, University Of Wisconsin - Madison
Marcelo Rioja, University of California, Los Angeles
Maria Pospelova, Carleton University
Marvin Andujar, Clemson University
Marynel Vazquez, Carnegie Mellon University
Matthew Tesfalul, Harvard University*
Megha Srivastava, Stanford University*
Michelle Collins, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shailee Samar, Harvey Mudd College*
Simone Smarr, Spelman College
TianYi Ma, Queen’s University*
Vaughan Nickerson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Veronica Gunn, University of Texas at Austin*
William Lopez-Cordero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Yekaterina Kharitonova, University of Arizona
*University they will attend in Fall 2014
2013 Computer Science Summer Institute
All scholars will receive a $10,000 (USD) or $5,000 (CAD) award. Current university students will attend the Google Scholars’ Retreat in Mountain View, where they will have an opportunity to attend tech talks, network with other scholars and Googlers, participate in developmental activities and sessions, and attend social activities. Scholars will also participate in a hackathon to create projects related to STEM education and collaborate on ways to actively promote computer science to other underrepresented students in technology.
Current high school seniors will be attending Google’s
Computer Science Summer Institute
this summer, in Mountain View, CA, Cambridge, MA, or in our newest location in Seattle, WA.
Congratulations to this year’s Generation Google scholars, and stay tuned for announcements of our other scholarship recipients in the coming weeks! If you're interested in learning more about our scholarship programs and timelines, please visit our
Google Scholarships page
.
Posted by Azusa Liu, Student Development Programs Specialist
Applications for travel grants to the 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing are now open!
May 20, 2014
As part of Google's ongoing commitment to increase the number of women in engineering, we are excited to offer travel grants to the
2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference
taking place in Phoenix, Arizona from October 8 - 10, 2014. The theme for this year's conference is "Everywhere. Everyone." and will offer incredible opportunities for mentoring, networking, and career development.
Female university students and industry professionals excelling in Computer Science can apply for a travel grant to attend the 2014 Grace Hopper conference.
Sponsorship includes:
Conference registration
Round trip flight to Phoenix, AZ (from within the US or Canada)
Reimbursement for ground transportation to and from the airport and the hotel
Arranged hotel accommodations from October 7-11
A fun event with your travel scholar recipients on one of the evenings of the conference!
Please apply
here
by
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
. The Grace Hopper Travel Sponsorship winners will be announced the week of August 4, 2014.
If there are any questions at all please direct to
ghctravelgrant@google.com
Posted by Desiree Caballero, Student Development Programs Specialist
Congratulations to this year’s Google Lime and SVA Scholars!
May 15, 2014
As part of Google's ongoing commitment to advancing computing and technology, we are pleased to provide
scholarships
to encourage students to excel in their studies and become active role models and leaders. We are excited to announce this year’s scholarship recipients from the
Google Lime Scholarship
(in partnership with
Lime Connect
) and
Google SVA Scholarship
(in partnership with
Student Veterans of America
). All scholars have been selected based on their passion for computer science, academic achievement, leadership, and technical accomplishments.
Photo by Robert Fischer, Google Engineer
Below are the list of recipients, along with the universities they attend:
Google Lime Scholarship
Aneesh Pasricha, Amherst College
Eva Schlinger, Carnegie Mellon University
Morgan Ulinski, Columbia University in the City of New York
Trevor Haskell, Fordham University
Dianna Hu, Harvard University
Julien Gascon-Samson, McGill University
Charles Hill, Oregon State University
Kody Dillman, University Of Calgary
Ivan Brugere, University of Illinois at Chicago
Hamid Hamraz, University of Kentucky
William Grussenmeyer, University of Nevada, Reno
Charlie Magnuson, University Of Victoria
Imran Khan, University of Virginia
Google SVA Scholarship
Katheryn Farris, Dartmouth College
William Perry, Norwich University
Peter Zimmerman, Princeton University
David Patrzeba, Rutgers University
Sherry Shi, Stony Brook University
Andrew Gray, University of Florida
Joseph Raetano, University of Tennessee
Gabriel de la Cruz, Washington State University
All scholars will receive a $10,000 (USD) or $5,000 (CAD) award and will attend the Google Scholars’ Retreat at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Scholars will have an opportunity to attend tech talks, network with other scholars and Googlers, participate in developmental activities and sessions, and attend social activities. Scholars will also participate in a hackathon to create projects related to STEM education and collaborate on ways to actively promote computer science to other underrepresented students in technology.
Congratulations to this year’s Lime and SVA scholars, and stay tuned for announcements of our other scholarship recipients in the coming weeks! If you're interested in learning more about our scholarship programs, please visit our
Google Scholarships page
.
Posted by Azusa Liu, Student Development Programs Specialist
The App Developer Business Kit: a new online guide to help developers build an app business
May 13, 2014
Mobile app growth is exploding, driven by the proliferation of mobile devices. In 2013, annual global revenue for apps reached $27BN, and in 2017 it’s forecast to reach $75BN*. As app developers look to build sustainable app businesses, AdMob has created the
App Developer Business Kit
- a free online guide - to help turn a passion for app development into a reality.
How to start building an app
The first chapter highlights the key principles that everyone should consider when building an app. We look at ways to get funding, tech tips for building apps, and how to earn revenue.
Building a user base
It’s important to have a robust app marketing strategy and to promote it effectively. In this section, we cover ways to attract more users and reach new markets through localization.
Knowing the user
We conducted a survey of five major app markets - US, UK, China, Japan, South Korea. Each market has five categories for which we’ve pulled significant statistics from the study and provided recommendations on how to best use these statistics.
Growing an app business
We address key questions that developers ask: How should I expand my app business? How do I keep innovating?
To find out more, check out the
App Developer Business Kit
on the AdMob website and stay connected to AdMob by following our
Google+
page.
*ABI Report, June 2013
Posted by Henry Wang, Product Marketing, AdMob
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