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The Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Economics
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Stockholm / Kista / Gothenburg / Borås, Sweden
  • Internship Title: Research Assistant
  • Duration: 3-6 months
  • Number of Interns: 10
  • Special Requirement: Interview required; Prefer postgraduate student
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
RISE is Sweden’s research institute and innovation partner. Through our international collaboration programmes with industry, academia and the public sector, we ensure the competitiveness of the Swedish business community on an international level and contribute to a sustainable society. Our 2,800 employees engage in and support all types of innovation processes. RISE is an independent, State-owned research institute, which offers unique expertise and over 100 testbeds and demonstration environments for future-proof technologies, products and services.

As the challenges in society become increasingly complex, innovation alone is not enough. We are a research institute accommodating a wide range of research areas, testbeds and demonstration facilities as well as 2800 problem solvers. Increased competitiveness and sustainable development are built on the ability of companies and organisations to renew and innovate, on their knowledge of global trends and on how well they are able to identify the needs of relevant target groups. There is an increasing need for business intelligence and trend spotting in order to navigate an increasingly complex and dynamic market. This must be combined with structured and systematic innovation work.

Our purpose
RISE’s mission is to work for sustainable growth in Sweden by strengthening the competitiveness and capacity for renewal of Swedish industry, as well as promoting the innovative development of society as a whole.

RISE’s mission is formulated in Swedish Government research and innovation bills as well as any owner instructions issued by the Government.

The Government’s research and innovation bill states that the overarching goal for the research institutes gathered under the RISE AB umbrella is to be internationally competitive and facilitate sustainable growth in Sweden by strengthening competitiveness and innovation in the business Community.

We do this by:
Increasing our own and our customer’s international presence and competitiveness.
Strengthening regional business communities and industrial clusters.
Creating a robust infrastructure for innovation for the benefit of industry and society.
Contributing to innovative, sustainable solutions to social challenges.
Supporting small and medium-sized businesses nationwide.
Internship Tasks
Research in any of the following areas (just name a few):
● The Connected Intelligence Unit at RISE: The Connected Intelligence Unit is part of RISE Computer Science in Kista. The current research focus is on the Internet of Things. Among the group’s key technologies are the Contiki operating system, uIP stack, ContikiRPL, SICSLoWPAN, and lightweight implementation of IPsec and DTLS. The unit conducts projects together with industry and academic partners from Sweden and across the world.
● Networked Embedded Systems group at RISE: The Networked Embedded Systems (NES) group at RISE SICS is a part of the Computer Systems Laboratory. The current research focus is on the Internet of Things. Among the group’s key technologies are the Contiki operating system, uIP stack, ContikiRPL, SICSLoWPAN, and lightweight implementation of IPsec and DTLS. The NES group conducts projects together with industry and academic partners from Sweden and across the world.
● Other research topics will vary according to the research direction, such as Bio-based food packaging using lignin and PHA, Smarter Automowers, The effects of tokenization on language models, Author profiling with limited data, Machine Learning based Sentence Representations, Knowledge representation using Natural Language Processing, etc.

Requirements:
● Relevant knowledge in Biology / Network / Compute / Language…
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing), prefer postgraduate student
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
Members
Companies and organizations.