Intern Research Scientist, NLP, Conversational AI - NEON

Mountain View, CA

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Title: Intern Research Scientist, NLP, Conversational AI - NEON 
Company: Samsung Research America (SRA) 
Lab: NEON 
Location: Mountain View, CA 

Lab Summary 

We are NEON, a subsidiary of Samsung dedicated to creating Artificial Humans who interact with you in ways indistinguishable from the real world. Our NEONs (Neo humaNs) draw inspiration from the most natural of interfaces: interaction with another human being. Bringing together a world-class R&D team of researchers, developers, and engineers, that are building production technology at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence, machine learning, real-time computing, conversational agents, computer graphics, design, and more. 

NEONs hold the potential to advance our digital world while preserving the elements of human interaction that are meaningful to all of us. If you share that dream – if you want to make the visions you saw in Her, Blade Runner, and more into tangible reality – and are passionate about taking such ideas into handcrafted renderings, we would love to hear from you! 

Position Summary 

We are seeking collaborative and exploration-minded research interns with both strong experience and a keen interest in taking fundamental research into new product innovation. We expect our researchers to have a deep understanding of their respective fields and help us to push the current state-of-the-art by working together to distill and apply insights into practical applications. As part of our team, you will both guide research and play a key role in developing and scaling the technology for a wide user base. 

Responsibilities 

  • Research, design, and build data-driven conversation models with emphasis on realism and natural flow.  
  • Conduct research into conversational AI algorithms with respect to product goals. 
  • Evaluate and improve the quality of a human-NEON conversation.
  • Work with engineering and product leaders to help identify and prioritize new research opportunities.
  • Collaborate with world-class research institutes inside and outside Samsung to advance the state of the art in the field.
  • Share your research with the community in the form of patents and publications at top-tier venues. 

Requirements 

  • Pursuing a Ph.D. in Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning or a related field or equivalent practical experience and training
  • Deep knowledge and hands-on expertise in at least one of these areas: text summarization, question-answering systems, information retrieval, sentiment analysis, speech recognition, speech synthesis, or conversational AI
  • Familiarity with transformers, Large Language Models (LLMs), and their applications
  • Strong publications record at top-tier research venues such as ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, CVPR, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI, ICML, or SIGGRAPH
  • Ability to write efficient, clean, and reusable code in Python
  • Fluent in one of the popular Deep Learning frameworks such as Pytorch or Tensorflow 

A Little Extra! 

  • Prior experience in commercializing machine learning research into a product
  • Ability to write efficient and clean code in C++ 

Additional Information

Work Hours

Incumbent must make themselves available during core business hours.

Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers, and reach with hands and arms.

EEO Statement

Samsung is committed to encouraging a diverse workplace and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Tags: ASR Conversational AI Deep Learning EMNLP Engineering ICLR ICML LLMs Machine Learning NeurIPS NLP Python PyTorch R R&D Research Speech synthesis TensorFlow Transformers

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Country: United States
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