What are the responsibilities and job description for the Internship - Trustworthy and General AI position at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories?
MERL is seeking passionate and skilled research interns to join our team focused on developing trustworthy, safe, and robust machine learning technologies towards realizing more capable, general agents. This is an exciting opportunity to make an impact on the field of AI safety and generalization, with the aim of publishing at leading AI research venues.
What We're Looking For:
- Advanced research experience with generative models related to the topics of AI safety, robustness, trustworthiness, and/or more capable agents.
- Hands-on skills for large language models (LLM), vision language models (VLM), large multi-modal models (LMM), foundation models (FoMo)
- Deep understanding of state-of-the-art machine learning methods
- Proficiency in Python and PyTorch
- Familiarity with other relevant deep learning frameworks
- Ph.D. candidates who have completed at least half of their program
Internship Details:
- Duration: approximately 3 months
- Flexible start dates available
- Objective: publish research results at leading AI research venues
If you're a highly motivated individual with a passion for tackling AI safety and privacy challenges, we want to hear from you! This internship offers a unique chance to work on meaningful AI research projects, combined with the opportunity to publish and add to your thesis.
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