Almaden Research Center

This month I started my internship at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. The lab is an amazing place to work, set on top of a hill in a wildlife preserve and next to a state park. The center houses researchers from multiple disciplines including physical/natural sciences (physics and chemistry), computer sciences, and behavioral/social sciences. The lab is very similar to an academic setting with an open work culture and daily research seminars and discussions. I am working in the services research group, in which it seems a large portion of the interns work. I’ll be here until the end of September and expect this to be an extremely rewarding experience.