Research Intern, Extended Perception Interaction Cognition (EPIC)

Microsoft

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Redmond, WA
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7 days ago
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Apr 17, 2027

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TL;DR · Research Intern, Extended Perception Interaction Cognition (EPIC)

As a Research Intern - Extended Perception Interaction Cognition (EPIC), you will join a team of doctoral candidates and researchers to put inquiry and theory into practice. You will build interactive prototypes and agentic workflows using TypeScript, Node.js, and React to accelerate development. Your daily responsibilities include conducting qualitative and quantitative user studies, storyboarding, and devising multimodal interactions involving touch, pen, and speech. You will work with Large Language Models, Vision Language Models, Stable Diffusion, and real-time models to solve complex Human-Computer Interaction problems. The role requires strong software architecture fundamentals to guide coding agents and validate system behavior. You will contribute to research and development strides by presenting findings and documenting original research contributions within the context of responsive and adaptive user interfaces.

What you'll do

  • Build interactive prototypes using TypeScript, Node.js, and React.
  • Develop agentic workflows and multi-agent systems to accelerate development.
  • Guide coding agents and review generated code to ensure system behavior.
  • Design multimodal interactions including touch, pen, speech, and context sensing.
  • Create responsive and adaptive user interfaces based on interaction design principles.
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative user studies for UX research.
  • Produce storyboards and envision video techniques for experience design.
  • Document research contributions through papers, pre-prints, and public repositories.

What we're looking for

  • Currently enrolled in a Doctorate Degree program in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
  • 1+ year(s) of experience conducting original research in or closely related to Human-Computer Interaction.
  • Ability to document research contributions with publicly available resources like papers, pre-prints, videos, or repositories.
  • Experience building interactive prototypes with TypeScript, Node.js, and React.
  • Experience using coding agents and agentic workflows to accelerate development.
  • Demonstrated programming and software architecture fundamentals to guide agents and validate system behavior.
  • Experience devising multimodal interactions, context sensing, and responsive or adaptive User Interfaces.
  • Experience with storyboarding, envisioning video techniques, and conducting qualitative and quantitative user studies.

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