Research Intern - Foundational Models & Agents at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Nov, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Large Language Models, Multimodal Models, Agents, Reinforcement Learning, Python, Deep Learning Libraries, Dataset Curation, Data Generation, Model Alignment, Model Compression, Distillation, Scientific Writing

Industry

Software Development

Description

Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world's best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Research Interns not only advance their own careers, but they also contribute to exciting research and development strides. During the 12-week internship, Research Interns are paired with mentors and expected to collaborate with other Research Interns and researchers, present findings, and contribute to the vibrant life of the community. Research internships are available in all areas of research, and are offered year-round, though they typically begin in the summer. Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science or a related STEM field. At least 2 years' experience conducting research as part of a research program in academic or industry setting in the area of Large Language Models (LLMs), multimodal models, agents and/or reinforcement learning. In addition to the qualifications below, you'll need to submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples. After you submit your application, a request for letters may be sent to your list of references on your behalf. Note that reference letters cannot be requested until after you have submitted your application, and furthermore, that they might not be automatically requested for all candidates. You may wish to alert your letter writers in advance, so they will be ready to submit your letter. Passion for incubating new ideas, solving problems, and building working prototypes. Experience training and/or finetuning large language models, model compression, distillation to small language models. Experience with Python and deep learning libraries. Desire to learn to create reusable software libraries and packages. Experience using dataset curation, data generation using prompting state of art LLMs and/or model alignment. Experience with reinforcement learning libraries or formal methods and verification is a plus. Experience of scientific writing in top-tier conferences or journals (ICLR, ACL, EMLP, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, TPAMI, etc.).

Responsibilities

Research Interns collaborate with fellow doctoral candidates and researchers to advance their careers and contribute to research and development. They are expected to present findings and engage actively in the community during the internship.