Research Intern - Human-AI Systems and Experiences - MSR AI Frontiers

Microsoft

Apr 5

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Data
Redmond

Requirements

We are looking for applicants who have:
A drive for real world impact, demonstrated by a passion to build and evaluate working prototypes (e.g., via user studies).
A demonstrated track record of influential projects and publications in relevant fields and top-tier conferences and journals (such as CHI, UIST, FAccT, AAAI, NeurIPS, ICML).
Coding and hands-on experience working with large foundation models (e.g., OpenAI GPT models, LLAMA etc) and related prompting techniques, frameworks and toolkits (e.g., ICL, CoT, ReACT, Langchain, AutoGen).
A team player mindset, characterized by effective communication, collaboration, and feedback skills.
Required Qualifications:
Currently enrolled in a PhD program with relevant major (e.g., Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing).
Other Requirements:
Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship.
In addition to the qualifications above, you’ll need to submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position. 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
Hands-on experience building or working with systems involving AI or LLMs.
Hands-on experience evaluating working prototypes (e.g., via user-studies).
Experience publishing academic papers at top-tier conferences and journals as a lead author or essential contributor.
Experience working in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

Work on challenging and impactful projects in areas such as human-AI collaboration and teaming, foundation model-based systems, multi-agent systems, next generation AI systems and experiences and responsible AI.
Apply your skills and knowledge to build practical solutions to solve real problems and impact the world.
Collaborate with other researchers and engineers across the company in a supportive and stimulating environment.

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