IBM Blockchain Solutions Summer Intern

Job description

IBM Blockchain Solutions creates business solutions for our clients that leverage blockchain to provide distributed trust in complex business networks. We've been looking at supply-chains as an area with great promise for the applicability of Blockchain. The IBM Food Trust solution, for example, is one of our major initiatives in food supply chains.

The IBM Blockchain Solutions team has a summer internship opportunity on projects at the intersection of supply-chains and Blockchain, for which candidates with a background in operations research would be well-suited. Blockchain can be viewed as a trusted distributed communication platform with secure computation capabilities, that enables visibility and computation across participants in a supply-chain. We are investigating how Blockchain impacts decision-making in such networks - in particular, is there an opportunity to devise new algorithms or more efficient versions of classical algorithms. We're looking for candidates with strong backgrounds in operations-research, optimization and machine learning.

What You'll Do:
You will model supply-chain networks and decision-making problems therein. You will use optimization and learning techniques to create novel algorithms for improving decision making in such networks. You'll communicate with internal and external clients to understand business needs and provide analytical solutions. You'll work in a collaborative environment, partnering with other scientists and engineers of all backgrounds and disciplines to bring analytical rigor and statistical methods to the challenges of supply-chain decision making.

Who You Are:
You are great at solving problems, designing & implementing solutions to complex technical issues.
You thrive on teamwork and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
You have strong technical and analytical abilities, a knack for driving impact and growth, and some experience with programming/scripting in a language such as R or Python.

Auto req ID

208684BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Data Scientist
State / Province

NEW YORK
Primary job category

Data Science
Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Contract type

Fixed Term - Short Term
Employment Type

Full-Time
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

No Travel
IBM Business Group

Industry Plat
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS
EO Statement

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Must have basic knowledge of supply-chain models and optimization and machine learning techniques.
Country/Region

United States
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  Strong backgrounds in operations-research, optimization and machine learning.
Secondary Job Category

Other Data Science
Eligibility Requirements

·  none
Position Type

Intern
Early Professional Track

Data Scientist