Research Intern - Foundational Models & Agent

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Microsoft Applied Sciences Group incubates disruptive technologies for Microsoft’s next-generation hardware products and works on projects shaping how computers and other devices perceive users and their environments. Operating like a startup within Microsoft, the group collaborates closely with research and product teams to bring new experiences to market. Many projects use machine learning and span the process from ideation through shipping. As a Research Intern, you will design and lead implementation of state-of-the-art language and multimodal models to transform the Windows experience, collaborating with experts across the organization to turn research ideas into products with real-world impact. This is a hands-on role. The 12-week internship pairs interns with mentors. Interns collaborate with other interns and researchers, present findings, and contribute to the research community. Research internships are available year-round and typically begin in summer.

Requirements

Currently enrolled in a Doctoral Degree program in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
Be physically located at the manager’s Microsoft worksite for the duration of the internship.
Submit at least two reference letters, a cover letter, and any relevant work or research samples.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of research experience in an academic or industry research program in Large Language Models (LLMs), multimodal models, agents, and/or reinforcement learning.
Passion for incubating new ideas, solving problems, and building working prototypes.
Experience training and/or fine-tuning large language models, model compression, or distillation to small language models.
Experience with Python and deep learning libraries.
Desire to learn to create reusable software libraries and packages.
Experience with dataset curation, data generation using prompting with state-of-the-art LLMs, and/or model alignment.
Experience with reinforcement learning libraries or formal methods and verification is a plus.
Experience with scientific writing in top-tier conferences or journals, such as ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, or TPAMI.

Responsibilities

Design and lead the implementation of state-of-the-art language and multimodal models.
Collaborate with experts across the organization to help turn research ideas into products with real-world impact.
Work with a mentor and collaborate with fellow Research Interns and researchers.
Present findings and contribute to the research community during the internship.