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Microsoft Research works with the world's best researchers, driving advances in the current, rapidly evolving, technology. Together we share the motivation to seek innovative solutions to the world's toughest challenges and improve the lives of people everywhere.
For our Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK, location, we are seeking highly motivated researcher intern candidates in the area of Gaming and AI. We encourage applications from all candidates with a background in Deep Learning (DL), Reinforcement Learning (RL), or a related field, who are excited to tackle challenges that arise in applications of modern machine learning approaches to video games. Working closely with researchers from Microsoft for the duration of 12 weeks, you will advance the state of the art in this space by contributing to the development of novel insights related to evaluation, models and/or algorithms with potential applications to video games.
This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to ambitious research while collaborating with a diverse team and expanding your expertise in this exciting research area within a leading industrial research lab. Key research challenges that we are currently tackling include, but are not limited to, evaluation of multimodal generative AI models, generalization, model architectures, predictive (world) models, imitation and reinforcement learning, and scaling to large-scale data and compute. The focus and scope of each internship considers the team’s direction as well as successful candidates’ experience and research interests.
This posting will be active for 30 days, and all candidates applying within this time are considered on an equal basis. When submitting your application, include your CV with a list of publications as an attachment. You will be invited to submit contact details for a professional reference – these are optional but recommended. For more information about the post, please feel free to email Tabish Rashid at tabishrashid@microsoft.com.
Responsibilities
- In collaboration with your mentor and a diverse team (for example, including designers, engineers, and researchers), contribute to solving an ambitious research challenge and translate your results into actionable insights that are relevant to potential applications in modern video games.
- Write code and contribute to shared codebases to test the new approach or hypotheses.
- Distil the developed insights into effective communications, such as a research paper, prototypes, demos and/or a presentation, to reach internal and external technical and general audiences.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelors (BSc) or Masters (required) or PhD (preferred) program in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Game Development or a related area.
- Ability to carry out research in at least one of the areas mentioned above, demonstrated by at least one journal or conference publication (or demonstratable equivalent experience).
- Strong understanding of state-of-the-art deep learning approaches.
- Hands-on experience in implementing and empirically evaluating deep learning approaches.
- Effective communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Preferred/additional qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Game Development or a related area.
- Ability to carry out research in at least one of the areas mentioned above, demonstrated by at least one journal or conference publication in one of the top publication venues in your research area.
- Demonstrated ability and/or strong motivation to learn to use cloud infrastructure for experimentation is a plus.
What we offer
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
- Industry leading healthcare
- Educational resources
- Discounts on products and services
- Savings and investments
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Generous time away
- Giving programs
- Opportunities to network and connect
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
