In the midst of marches, protests, turmoil, and battles for equality in the world Ph.D students from all corners of the globe gather together to research and work under one umbrella science.
Among my daily interaction with 2009 IBM Research Interns I can't help but ask myself if science is our common human denominator for peace.
In my young career at IBM Research, I have often seen rise of various social ties among interns, whose countries are so hostile to another, that the rise of these friendship would almost be impossible outside the walls of T.J. Watson Research Center.
I have personally walked the landscape of wars and experienced first hand the cowardice of killing and ethnic cleansing and I am amazed as to how IBM culture assists these students to lock and leave behind the memories of war in their attics.
I am not entitled to speak of the research that our Ph.D students conduct, but I can tell you how personally IBM culture assist me to cross all the barriers and fade away all the war images that plagued my soul for years.
I was honored this year, by two interns, who shared with me their war experiences from their country of origin and all the suffering that they have gone through.
They express such affections and sympathy for IBM culture that is teaching them how to trust and love again.
For someone who has never experienced war and whose mind was never disturbed at night by war images, this note may sound absurd but for those who did, they will understand exactly what our two interns feel. There is nothing in the world like the feeling of letting it go and learning to love and trust again.
The value of IBM Research Internship program, have been reconfirmed by interns' dedicated work and results over the years.
This year all IBMers should stand tall and proud for being able to return the lost creed by nourishing and assisting, these two interns who saw the darkest side of humanity.
Syzana Gjokaj
Intern Program Manager
T.J Watson Research Center
Among my daily interaction with 2009 IBM Research Interns I can't help but ask myself if science is our common human denominator for peace.
In my young career at IBM Research, I have often seen rise of various social ties among interns, whose countries are so hostile to another, that the rise of these friendship would almost be impossible outside the walls of T.J. Watson Research Center.
I have personally walked the landscape of wars and experienced first hand the cowardice of killing and ethnic cleansing and I am amazed as to how IBM culture assists these students to lock and leave behind the memories of war in their attics.
I am not entitled to speak of the research that our Ph.D students conduct, but I can tell you how personally IBM culture assist me to cross all the barriers and fade away all the war images that plagued my soul for years.
I was honored this year, by two interns, who shared with me their war experiences from their country of origin and all the suffering that they have gone through.
They express such affections and sympathy for IBM culture that is teaching them how to trust and love again.
For someone who has never experienced war and whose mind was never disturbed at night by war images, this note may sound absurd but for those who did, they will understand exactly what our two interns feel. There is nothing in the world like the feeling of letting it go and learning to love and trust again.
The value of IBM Research Internship program, have been reconfirmed by interns' dedicated work and results over the years.
This year all IBMers should stand tall and proud for being able to return the lost creed by nourishing and assisting, these two interns who saw the darkest side of humanity.
Syzana Gjokaj
Intern Program Manager
T.J Watson Research Center
IBM CEO Sam Palmisano talks to the New York Times about technology and the economy:
http://www.nytimes.com/200 8/11/06/technology/busines s-computing/06blue.html?re f=technology
http://www.nytimes.com/200
Notes de IBM Research
From Landscape of War to T.J Watson Research Center19 / juny / 2009
Could Technology Save the Economy?10 / novembre / 2008
















