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Summer Research Programs?

Posted by timothy on from the self-directed dept.

aantn writes "I'm currently looking for a science-related summer program. I'm an 11th grade Israeli high school student interested in computer science and robotics. I have a high GPA and take afternoon classes in computer science and mathematics at Israel's Open University. I have several years of experience with C, Python, C#, and Java. I'm actively involved in several open source and freelance projects. Through a program at my school, I will be entering Trinity College's Fire Fighting Robot contest later this year. I enjoy writing and liberal arts, but I'm not interested in a "Learn to Program" or any other "Learn to ______" summer program. I'm looking for something that will be academically challenging and research-oriented. My top choice would be a university research program in either computer science or robotics, but I'm also looking at other science-oriented programs. Does anyone have suggestions for such programs? I'm mostly looking in Israel and the United States, but I'd love to hear about programs in other countries which accept international students. If it's relevant, I have a US citizenship."

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  1. summer programs in israel by mscnln · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://www.scitech.technion.ac.il/index1024.html
    http://www.weizmann.ac.il/zemed/english/float.php?page_name=float&cat=256&incat= (I participated in this, good program, but for graduating seniors only)

  2. google summer of code by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    it's not research-y, but it'd be totally awesome.

  3. Haiku OS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The Haiku project which is making a clone of the BeOS had its own summer of code last year in addition to the google summer of code and probably will repeat this year

    www.haiku-os.com its a cool little OS that is beginning to snowball in potential

    the students that completed their projects were paid well for their efforts

  4. US National Labs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The US National Labs take high school students as interns. Sandia National Labs in particular has research programs on robotics. It is possible for foreign nationals to intern, although it is significantly more hassle for foreign nationals from "sensitive foreign countries" (this DOE list includes Israel.) Still, it is the time of year for finding summer students, so move on it if you're going to.