Google sponsors a few trips to Europython 2012 (students only)

[Stefan Hoth (Berlin GTUG)]

Hey guys,

for the students loving Python Google cooked up something really interesting:

Google is excited to announce conference and travel grants for the EuroPython 2012 Conference, taking place in Florence, Italy, from July 2-8, 2012.

We are offering the winners:

• Free registration for the conference
• Up to 1000 EUR towards travel costs

To be eligible for a conference grant, the candidate:

• must be a Bachelor, Master or PhD student/graduate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a technical field related to the conference subject.
• will graduate in 2012 or graduated in 2011
• must have a strong academic background with demonstrated leadership ability
• must attend the core day(s) of the main conference

Skills and experience in the following areas are preferred:

• Scripting/Coding skills and experience in one or more of the following languages: C, C++, Perl, Python, Java, Shell, or PHP
• Unix/Linux systems, Systems administration, Operating systems
• Network programming and/or developing/designing large software systems
• Analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Data structures, algorithms and complexity analysis

Deadline for registration: 12 June 2012

https://services.google.com/fb/forms/europython2012/