Research Intern
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Job Description
About Salesforce AI Research:
Salesforce AI Research is a team dedicated to advancing AI techniques and developing innovative products and applications with a positive societal impact. The team comprises researchers, engineers, product managers, and designers, driving AI innovation across pure research, applied research, and new product incubation, all built on Salesforce’s AI platform. They focus on creating AI that is explainable, transparent, and accountable, aiming to set the industry standard for fair and ethical AI use. Their work encompasses various areas, including AI agents, AI for software developers and operations, responsible AI, AI for knowledge management, mobile AI, multimodal AI, large language/action modeling, and human-AI interaction. They encourage collaboration with companies and customers to leverage their AI solutions.
Job Description: Research Intern
Salesforce Research is seeking outstanding research interns with a strong background in Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, or General Machine Learning. Preference is given to candidates with publications in top-tier conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, CHI).
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with a team of research scientists and engineers on a research project, ideally resulting in a submission to a top-tier conference.
• Explore exciting research and applications outside your area of expertise.
• Focus on pure research that aligns with your PhD focus and contributes to the AI community.
• Present research findings at conferences alongside Salesforce researchers.
Requirements:
• Currently pursuing a PhD or MS in a relevant research area.
• Excellent understanding of deep learning techniques (CNN, RNN, LSTM, GRU, GAN, attention models, and optimization methods).
• Experience with deep learning libraries and platforms (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Caffe, or Chainer).
• Strong background in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, or reinforcement learning.
• Strong algorithmic problem-solving skills.
• Programming experience in Python, Java, C/C++, Lua, or a similar language.
• Internship duration: minimum 12 weeks.
Additional Note: For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Salesforce adheres to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, considering qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
