Internship for analytical student passionate about IT strategy, tech trends or block-chain in Rotterdam
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Industry -Finance and Insurance
Description
Robeco is an international asset management company headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They are offering 3 exciting internships to talented students interested in block chain or emerging technology and technology strategy highly challenging and rewarding internships in their Group Information service team:
Internship 1: IT Strategy and Data Science Intern
Robeco is a data-intensive organization. We have a huge amount of data that we want to turn in to relevant information. Outside an even larger amount of data is available, ready to be turned into profitable insights.;
We strongly believe that old-school Business Intelligence Reporting is dead and that we must invest in the new field of data-science. We are setting up a data analysis and visualization platform that enables Robeco employees to turn data into information without an intervention of the IT department: Citizen Data Science.
In doing so, we run into a number of questions:
- How to make data easily available for everybody (How can we keep the platform simple and reliable?)
- What about data governance (Data is available for everyone, who guards data quality?)
- Regulatory Restrictions (Everything can be done, but is everything legal?)
This task can be split into two main tasks:
- Setting up data science architecture: tooling + processes + documentation + training + ...
- Showing added value of the data science platform by using the platform turn data in to added value for a specific business domain
Internship 2: Future Tech Analysis Intern: Explore the future
Robeco is a technology-intensive organization. Technology is evolving at an ever increasing pace. This places us in a dilemma; we need to keep up but our resources are not unlimited. We must choose wisely in which technology trends we invest. We want to assess cutting-edge technology and decide which technology would be most profitable to add to our technology-toolkit.
This task can be split into two main tasks:
- Creating the simplest-possible-yet-functional technology radar; that helps us assess new technology and match technology with business needs and possibilities.
- Using the radar for a scan of the current technology landscape. Selecting highest-potential technology and apply it at Robeco.
Internship 3: Put BlockChain to work
Some snippets from the news:
- Alaskan 'Judge' wants Pope Francis to endorse the BlockChain
- Europol: No confirmed evidence linking Islamic State to BitCoin
- UBS contributes BlockChain code to HIV research effort
- Visa Europe: The BlockChain is 'No longer a choice'
- Microsoft introduces BlockChain as a service
Without a doubt BlockChain is the most mentioned and hip technology in the financial industry.
The "distribution of trust" paradigm has the potential to fundamentaly change our industry. Robeco is investigating how to harness the potential of BlockChain and how turn it in to workable and profitable solutions
This internship has both a technical and a organizational component.
- On one hand, we want to investgate where in in the value chains blockchain can be applied for Robeco
- Which domains are more viable for BlockChain?
- Which of our application vendors can support BlockChain?
- Which of our external partners can support BlockChain?
- Is there a way to apply blockchain outside of current application landscape and processes?
- On the other hand, we would realy like to see BlockChain in action. We are looking for an intern who is capable of implementing a blockchain or make Robeco participate in a larger blockchain by building a prototype.
- Additional prototype: We would like to experiment with setting up a Decentralized Autonomos Organization (DAO) based on BlockChain technology.;
We are looking for a student in computer science or a related study who is able to apply knowledge into working solutions.
Requirements
Current enrollment in university is required for this position. We are looking for an enthusiastic student in the last phase of university education with affinity financial markets, IT trends and the processing and analysis of data.