Industry Internships on Smart Applications and Virtual Infrastructures

This MITACS Accelerate program will support a internships for graduate students in the areas of
services and applications using next generation communications, Internet, and cloud computing. The
interns will be placed in Canadian telecom and networking providers and vendors and will undertake
research projects defined jointly with these partners. The program will prepare graduates to work and
industry and will foster collaboration between universities and industry. The program will strengthen
the Canadian industrial base in information and communications technology through the preparation of
highly qualified manpower with expertise in the design and operation of globally competitive ICT
infrastructure and the creation of innovative and disruptive products, services, and applications.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ben Liang;Alberto Leon-Garcia;Tho Le Ngoc;Hans-Arno Jacobsen;Paul Chow

Student:

Partner:

TELUS (Scarborough, ON);Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC);Allstream Inc;Cisco Systems;Juniper Networks

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University; University of Toronto

Program: