Sun Collaborates For Three Main Reasons

1. To define and create the future of computer and information technology.
   
2. To transform key university research outcomes into future products and competitive advantages for Sun.
   
3. To recruit and hire the best students; and to encourage student internships at Sun.

What Technology Collaborations Are of Interest to Sun?

Sun is interested in research ideas and technologies that will have commercial importance in one to five years and will help provide education to Sun's own research directives in our engineering and product groups.

Current areas of interest include Java[tm] technology, Security, Internet, Networking, Software Management & Quality, High Performance Computing, Compilers, Multimedia, Communication, Computer Architecture, Parallel Database, OpenSPARC and OpenSolaris.

Here is a sample of successful collaborations:

University of California-Los Angeles ~ Embedded Network Sensing
Carnegie Mellon University ~ CMU Parallel Data Consortium
University of British Columbia, Vancouver ~ Self-timed Circuits in Synchronous Processors
University of Michigan ~ NFS for Linux
North Carolina State University ~ Java Based Self Organizing Media
University of California, Santa Barbara ~ Quantum Logic Operation
Bologna, Italy ~ Power Estimation for Advanced Microprocessors
Melbourne, Australia ~ Economic Based Brokering and Scheduling Grid Technology
Uppsala, Sweden ~ HPC Efficiency on Parallel Processors
NASA World Wind on the Java Platform

Who Do We Collaborate With?

Sun collaborates with faculty, research directors, and principal investigators at universities, national labs and nonprofit research organizations.

Graduate Students and Undergraduates should discuss any collaboration ideas with their faculty advisor. The faculty advisor should communicate directly with Sun.

Students interested in employment or an internship should contact Sun's College Recruiting Group.

Submitting a Research Idea

Faculty and research directors who have an idea for collaboration should complete the Research Idea submission form.

Thank you for your interest in Sun.