Research Intern, Collaborative Intelligence

Is it you we're looking for?

Are you a highly motivated researcher who is enrolled in a PhD program at a top university in a relevant subject like Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or Statistics? Do you aim to work in a diverse research environment among some of the world's leading researchers? Are you an excellent communicator who thrives on a multi-disciplinary team? If so, keep reading.

Imec USA is looking for a PhD student intern for an exciting new research program on Low power distributed and collaborative artificial intelligence (AI) leveraging on-device learning at our Berkeley location in California, for Summer 2021.

What you will do

• Develop novel multi-agent learning algorithms and mechanisms that help solve a global task by sub-dividing the task amongst agents and collaborate amongst each other to solve the task.
• Develop training environments, tasks and domains in which collaboration and cooperation are crucial for success, learnable but non-trivial.

Key Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in PhD program in a top university in a relevant discipline such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or Statistics.
• Experience with:
  *Developing novel multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithms for cooperative AI
  *Deep knowledge of Deep Reinforcement learning algorithms and literature
  *Good knowledge of game-theory and mechanism design.
  *Designing, implementing, and training DL/RL algorithms in state of the frameworks such as Pytorch and tensor-flow
• Experience working in R&D environments with successful publications, patents or both is preferred
• Can present your research effectively at conferences and in other technical forums.
• Highly motivated to work in a research environment
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

What we do for you

In exchange for your talent, passion and expertise, you will join an ambitious organization, with challenges there for the taking.  You will have an assigned mentor to guide you through this highly valuable, hands on learning experience. You will work with top researchers from imec and from our industry partners.

About imec

Imec is a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. We leverage our world-class infrastructure and global ecosystem of partners across diverse industries to enable groundbreaking innovation in application domains, including healthcare, smart cities, mobility, logistics, manufacturing, and energy.

Imec USA, Nanoelectronics Design Center is an R&D center facilitating collaboration between imec’s Belgian headquarters and U.S.-based semiconductor and system companies, universities, and research institutes. This opportunity is based at our newest research center in Berkeley, led by long-term technology pioneer and visionary Jan Rabaey. Here, we dive into mid-to-long-term outcomes of technological evolutions. We are currently focusing on developing novel architectures for machine learning and artificial intelligence and system technology co-optimization exploration.

At imec, we believe that talent grows technology, and technology grows talent. Our informal and progressive working environment offers a range of possibilities to take the initiative and grow in responsibility.

This is imec, find your place in it. 

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