Research Intern, Foundational Models & Agent

Microsoft

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Redmond, WA
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Intern
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3 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
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May 1, 2027

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TL;DR · Research Intern, Foundational Models & Agent

As a Research Intern - Foundational Models & Agent, you will join a team of doctoral candidates and researchers to advance research and development strides. During this twelve-week internship, you will collaborate with mentors, present findings, and contribute to the research community. Your daily responsibilities involve incubating new ideas, solving complex problems, and building working prototypes. You will specifically work on training and finetuning large language models, model compression, and distillation to small language models. Required skills include Python, deep learning libraries, dataset curation, and data generation using prompting state-of-the-art LLMs or model alignment. The role focuses on the technical problems of Large Language Models, multimodal models, agents, and reinforcement learning. Experience with formal methods, verification, and scientific writing for top-tier conferences like NeurIPS or ICML is also highly valued.

What you'll do

  • Contribute to research and development strides in Large Language Models, multimodal models, agents, or reinforcement learning.
  • Train and fine-tune large language models using deep learning libraries and Python.
  • Perform model compression and distillation to create small language models.
  • Curate datasets and generate data using prompting state-of-the-art LLMs or model alignment techniques.
  • Build working prototypes to incubate new ideas and solve complex research problems.
  • Present research findings to mentors and other researchers.
  • Develop reusable software libraries and packages.
  • Produce scientific writing for submission to top-tier conferences and journals.

What we're looking for

  • Currently enrolled in a Doctoral Degree program in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
  • At least 2 years of experience conducting research in Large Language Models, multimodal models, agents, and/or reinforcement learning.
  • Experience training and/or finetuning large language models, model compression, and distillation to small language models.
  • Experience with Python and deep learning libraries.
  • Experience with dataset curation, data generation using prompting state-of-the-art LLMs, and/or model alignment.
  • Experience of scientific writing in top-tier conferences or journals (preferred).
  • Experience with reinforcement learning libraries or formal methods and verification (preferred).
  • Desire to learn to create reusable software libraries and packages (preferred).

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