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ITI Undergraduate Internship Program, Class of 2012

The Information Trust Institute (ITI), a national leader in combining research and education with industrial outreach in trustworthy and secure information systems, invites undergraduates to apply for Undergraduate Research Internship awards for Summer 2012. Selected students will be supervised by ITI researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who are leading experts in a number of information trust, information assurance, and security research areas.

Interns will work for 40 hours a week, including attendance at two weekly seminars. One of the weekly seminars will be a technical presentation from a University of Illinois faculty member; the other will be a presentation on ethics in the responsible conduct of information technology research and development. Other enrichment events will include sessions on preparing for graduate study and pursuing careers in engineering and computing. At the conclusion of the internship, each intern will present the summer’s work at a poster session and write a technical paper describing his or her research accomplishments.

All interns will receive stipends and housing. For some students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, the support will be provided by National Science Foundation “Research Experiences for Undergraduates” (REU) site funding.

The duration of the internships will be 8-10 weeks. The main program will run from May 21 to July 27; if those dates conflict with your academic calendar, and your ITI faculty mentor agrees to accommodate different dates, other start and end dates may be considered. State your constraints in the application.

Eligibility

Applicants should be undergraduate students at any university, in their second or third year, who have completed some technical course work in computing. Applicants who will have completed their third (junior) year are preferred. Both U.S. and international students are welcome to apply.

Faculty Supervisors

ITI faculty are working in a broad range of areas related to the creation of computer systems, software, and networks that society can depend on to be trustworthy, that is, secure, dependable (reliable and available), correct, safe, private, and survivable. Instead of concentrating on narrow and focused technical solutions, ITI aims to create a new paradigm for designing trustworthy systems from the ground up and validating systems that are intended to be trustworthy. ITI conducts research both on underlying technologies and on a variety of application areas, including electric power, financial systems, defense, and homeland security, among others.

Below is a list of professors who have indicated that they would like to sponsor students this summer, and links to more information to help you choose which faculty members you are interested in working with. Additional names may be added to this list, so check back! On the application form, you will be asked to name the three people with whom you would be most interested in working.

Submission Process and Deadline

The application process for 2012 has closed. The application process for summer 2013 slots will open by January 2013.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Students who are women and/or members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are non-US-citizens (international students) eligible to apply for this internship?
Yes.

Do I need to send reference or recommendation letters with my application?
No. You do not need to provide us with letters. We do need 3 reference names and their email addresses; we will contact them directly as needed.

Do I need to select ITI faculty to work with for this internship?
Yes. We do need this information in order to process your application. It is critical that you specify the names of up to 3 faculty you'd like to work with. Your chances of being selected are very low if you do not do so.

Do I need to provide my academic transcript along with the application?
Your transcript is requested, and may increase your chances of success. However, if you are not able to obtain it, submit your application without it. Note that you can log back into the system to upload additional materials (or make any other edits) until the system closes.

Can I apply to the program if I am a freshman or sophomore?
You may apply but our preferred applicants are junior-level students.

Can I apply to the program if I am a senior?
No. You are not eligible to apply if you will complete your undergraduate studies prior to the start of Summer 2012.

Does the internship provide housing and meals?
The internship program will provide housing.

If You Have Questions

If you can’t find an answer to your questions on this page, contact:

Dr. Masooda Bashir
ITI Assistant Director for Social Trust Initiatives
mnbiti [dot] illinois [dot] edu

The program is supported by the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program of the National Science Foundation under Grant CNS-0851957.