I think both are necessary to obtain your PhD. Publishing your research is frustrating, boring, repetitive work. Ideas that are far away from the mainstream are

I think both are necessary to obtain your PhD. Publishing your research is frustrating, boring, repetitive work. Ideas that are far away from the mainstream are often difficult to publish, so intelligence alone won’t cut it, I’m afraid… And if you’re interested in a fully funded PhD position in operating systems/virtualisation/compilers in one of the nicest places in Germany (Bamberg, a UNESCO world heritage site) Germany, please get in touch - hard working and/or intelligent students wanted :). Master degree in CS/CE or a related discipline is required. Teaching is mandatory (5 hours/week teaching load during the semester). Naive English or native German speaker with excellent knowledge of English preferred.