Microsoft Research Intern - Systems Scalable Reliable AI Agents 

United States, Washington 

996006993

We are looking for Research Interns who share our passion for building reliable, safe, and efficient Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents that can perform useful tasks for users. Recent progress in generative AI promises powerful agents; however, there are still many
systems research challengesto build reliable, safe, and efficient systems around the agents. We aim to tackle some of these challenges by exploring various topics at the intersection of systems and AI, such as:

• Developing agents that can efficiently handle complex tasks
• Formally modeling and verifying agent behavior
• Securing an agent's execution, with a guarantee that the agent is isolated and is performing only the tasks it is authorized to
• Guaranteeing agent's task execution reliability (i.e., no failure), safety (i.e., no unintended side-effects), and efficiency (e.g., minimizing interactions with expensive backends such as an LLM)
• Evaluating an agent on multiple dimensions: its accuracy, efficiency, reliability, safety, etc.
• Designing and building tools that can facilitate the rapid development of such agents

• Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science or a 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.

• Experience of building scalable and reliable systems.
• Demonstrated ability to develop original research agendas.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other researchers and product development teams.
• Proficient interpersonal skills, cross-group, and cross-culture collaboration.
• Ability to think unconventionally to derive creative and innovative solutions.

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