Cambridge Residency Programme: AI Researcher

For our Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK) location, we are seeking highly motivated AI Resident candidates in the area of Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with applications in Gaming and Creative media.

The successful applicant will work alongside prominent researchers and experienced engineers on driving machine learning technology that leverages our unique data sets and multi-node GPU clusters. This will include developing new insights in areas such as generative models (world models, diffusion, autoregressive), imitation learning, multi-modal representation learning, training and fine-tuning large vision-language models.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a recent graduate or an early career researcher to join a collaborative and interdisciplinary team and generate high impact in the form of product transfers and publications. We have an ambitious agenda, and we are passionate about learning and solving problems together. Working with the world's best researchers and research engineers at Microsoft Research, this role gives you the opportunity to contribute to open research challenges in learning to control embodied AI whilst broadening your area of expertise and continuing to grow into an established research leader.

When submitting your application, include your CV with a list of publications as an attachment. You may also include links to examples of your published work

Responsibilities

· As a part of the team, you will be working with world-class researchers, engineers and design experts, to create novel generative AI capabilities that support creative processes in Gaming and beyond.

· Collaborate to implement and evaluate new approaches, both conceptual and practical, within existing or new emerging cross-company collaborations.

· Contribute to deliver the team’s goals by generating novel ideas, implementing prototypes, running experiments, utilizing multi-node GPU infrastructure, and rigorously evaluating all ideas with an open mindset.

· Share knowledge and learn from others, participating in design decisions, presenting your ideas, doing pair programming, reviewing code, etc.

· Help to continuously improve our ways of working and the quality of our work, giving constructive feedback, understanding other points of view, suggesting new processes, etc.

· Distil insights into effective communications, such as research papers and presentations, or other forms of communications (for example blog posts) to reach technical and general audiences.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

- Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, or a related area.

- Research experience in deep learning, including understanding state-of-the-art model architectures, data pipelines, and methods of evaluation.

- Research experience in at least one of the following or related areas: Generative models (world models, diffusion, autoregressive models) and controllability, 3D computer vision (Gaussian splatting, NERF), multi-modal representation learning, reinforcement learning, training and fine-tuning large multimodal (including but not limited to vision-language) models.

- Hands-on knowledge of deep-learning frameworks, including knowledge of how to implement, train, and evaluate deep learning models.

- Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

- Doctorate in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, or a related area, OR equivalent experience.

- Experience scaling deep learning workloads to maximise responsible utilization of multi-node GPU clusters.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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