About the Role
Microsoft Research AI for Science is seeking a talented machine learning researcher for an internship to accelerate scientific discovery through AI. The materials team focuses on building foundational AI capabilities for designing novel materials. This internship offers a unique opportunity to develop and implement next-generation machine learning models for materials design within a collaborative, interdisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to and drive an ambitious, high-impact research agenda on machine learning for materials.
- Develop efficient and expressive machine learning models that address fundamental materials science problems.
- Work with domain experts to develop realistic machine learning metrics and benchmarks.
- Prepare technical papers and presentations.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a Master’s degree or PhD program in computer science, machine learning, computational materials science or related area.
- Track record of publications at top-tier conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, Nature/Science or relevant sub-journals).
- Strong coding ability and proficiency in collaborative code development.
- Ability to quickly iterate between ideation, implementation and evaluation of new research ideas.
- Ability to work in an interdisciplinary collaborative environment, through effective communication of technical concepts to non-experts from different technical backgrounds.
- Experience working on generative models.
- Experience working on (materials) science problems.
- Experience with agent-driven research and code development.
Location
- Berlin, Germany
Work Type
- Internship
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Internship
Education Level
- Master's degree
- PhD
About the Company
- Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
- Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.
Equal Opportunity
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
- If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
