Microsoft Research Intern - Extended Perception Interaction Cognition EPIC 

United States, Washington 

390230292

Sought-after skills and topics of interest for this Research Internship include (but are not limited to):

• Generative AI: LLMs, stable diffusion, vision models (LLAVA, GPT4V), ControlNet, and related technologies for interactive applications.
• HCI system building: hands-on builders of interesting HCI systems, techniques, and toolkits, especially when leveraging generative AI, software prototyping with the web stack (javascript, node.js, react).
• Interaction design: experience with devising multimodal interactions (touch, pen, speech), context sensing, responsive & adaptive UIs.
• Experience design: storyboarding, envisioning video techniques, wizard of oz, animations.

• Accepted or currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science and related STEM field.

Other Requirements

• Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship.
• In addition to the qualifications below, you’ll need to submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples. After you submit your application, a request for letters may be sent to your list of references on your behalf. Note that reference letters cannot be requested until after you have submitted your application, and furthermore, that they might not be automatically requested for all candidates. You may wish to alert your letter writers in advance, so they will be ready to submit your letter.

• At least 1 year experience conducting original research in (or closely related to) Human-Computer Interaction, and further be able to document their research contributions with publicly available resources (e.g. by linking to papers, pre-prints, videos, demonstrations, repositories, articles, press coverage, or research proposals in your submitted CV).

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