Research Intern –MultimodalFoundation Modelfor Vision
Sony AI is seeking research interns to joinus. Our teammainly focuseson fundamental and applied research, with a focus on buildingnext-generationfoundation modelsforvisionin a responsible manner. The role of a research intern is to developefficient and effectivemethodologiesand prototype solutions. You will work with aproductiveteam of world-class scientists and engineers to tackle the most challenging problems in foundation models and generative AI, includinglow-cost yetpowerfulvision foundation models(VFM), vision-languagemodels(VLM),unified models,automaticmodel compression, optimization anddeployementoncloud andedge. You will see your ideas not only published inpapers, butalso improve the experience ofbillionsofcustomers.
Roles and Responsibilities
Conduct fundamental and innovativedevelopmentinlow-cost yetpowerfulvision-languagemodels(VLM),unified models,automaticmodel compression, optimization anddeployementoncloud andedge.
Design or implementstate-of-the-arttechs onmodel compression, inference speedup,deployementonharwares, tool automation.
PoC forvariousvision+text,generationrelevanttasks(VQA, captioning,understanding,etc) andhardwares.
Contribute to library and tool development to support business; orPublishinfluential research in top-tier conferences and journals.
Required Qualifications and Skills
Currentlyhas, or isin the process of obtaining, a master/PhD degree in computer science or related field.
Beveryself-motivated and capable of proposing and implementing innovative ideas.
Solidpresentationand communication skills to internal and external audiences.
Publications orexpertiseincompact foundation modeldevelopment anddeployment.Influential open-source projects orpaperpublicationattopconferences, e.g., CVPR, ICCV, ECCV,NeurIPS, ICML,ACL,etc.
Better to have front-end development experience.
Solid coding skills inPython,Pytorch, etc.
Working Location
Location flexible (Tokyo,Europe ,US)
The target hourly rate for this internship is $50.00per hour. The individual will be paid hourly and eligible for overtime.
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