Research Intern - Foundational Models & Agent
About The Position
The Microsoft Applied Sciences Group incubates disruptive technologies for Microsoft’s next-generation hardware products. The group works on projects that shape how computers and other devices perceive users and their environments, collaborating with research and product teams to bring new experiences to market. Many projects are powered by 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. You will collaborate with experts across the organization and help develop ideas into products with real-world impact. This is a hands-on, 12-week internship. Interns are paired with mentors, collaborate with other interns and researchers, present findings, and participate in the research community. Internships are offered year-round, though they typically begin in the summer.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a Doctoral Degree program in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
- Physically locate at the manager’s Microsoft worksite for the duration of the internship.
- Submit a minimum of 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 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 for 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 and help turn ideas into products with real-world impact.
- Work with a mentor and collaborate with other Research Interns and researchers during the 12-week internship.
- Present findings and contribute to the research community.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
