AI Researcher (Co-op)

Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices.

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Company Description

About Huawei

With 194,000 employees and operating in more than 170 countries and regions, Huawei is a leading global creator and provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Integrated solutions span across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services. Huawei is committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

About Huawei Canada

Huawei Canada focuses on fundamental research and development aimed at solving complex technical problems in emerging technologies like 5G, AI, Human Computer Interaction and Autonomous Driving. With ongoing research initiatives with 10 Universities across Canada and strategic collaboration agreements with several Universities, we support Canada’s rich research community.  In 2020, Huawei Canada ranked among the Top 20 corporate R&D investors in the country with a huge 40% increase in R&D investment year over year. Huawei Canada was established in 2008 and now has a total workforce of 1,200 in our six research centers across Canada.

Why work with Huawei Canada?

You will have the opportunity to work on real world problems that impact people across the globe.  Many of our researchers are actively involved in publishing conference and journal papers, inventing patents and solving challenging technical problems. With cutting edge tools, access to highly specialized leaders and researchers, and significant funding, you will be well supported to fulfil your potential and pursue your professional dreams.

Job Description

• Work on optimizing search algorithms with respect to search cost/resources.
• Perform DNN models’ hyper-parameters’ optimization using AI algorithms.
• Evaluate Machine Learning algorithms and models on different tasks and datasets.
• Prepare well-written and good quality report including research results.
• Perform literature review on state-of-the-art approaches related to given tasks.
• Efficient and timely communication/collaboration with other researchers from understanding a proposed method to its code implementation.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a university and registered with school’s co-op program.
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivated, with creative thinking and attention to details.
• Strong software development skills in Python, C/C++.
• Experience with black-box and multi-objective optimization techniques and related python libraries.
• Experience in data visualization using python to create self-explanatory graphs (e.g. Pandas, seaborn, matplotlib, etc.).
• Familiarity with Linux, Dev-ops and dockers, and Github.
• Familiarity with recent Machine Learning and/or Deep learning algorithms.
• Understanding of basic ML methods (supervised/unsupervised learning/reinforcement learning).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in utilizing python’s optimization and search libraries (e.g. NeverGrad, AX, botorch, etc.)
• Deep understanding of heuristic/Bandit algorithms (e.g. Beam Search, MCTS, Multi-armed bandit).
• Experience with machine learning compilers or AutoTVM, Halide, MLIR, GLOW, XLA, TIRAMISU, etc.
• Completed a Machine Learning or Deep Learning course with demonstrated ability to build models.
• Experience with coding in PyTorch, TensorFlow or Keras.

Additional Information

Huawei Canada is committed to providing valuable co-op opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students. Working with us provides you the opportunities to network with the world leading professionals, to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical skills, and most importantly, to experience the cutting-edge technology before everyone else. We have internships throughout the year for you to choose from, co-op work term (8, 12, 16 months) begins September 2022. Join us and together we will pave the way towards a better connected world.

Tags: Autonomous Driving C++ Data visualization Deep Learning GitHub Keras Linux Machine Learning Matplotlib Pandas Python PyTorch R R&D Research Seaborn TensorFlow

Perks/benefits: Career development

Region: North America
Country: Canada
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