PhD Internship: LLM & Diffusion Model Research in Zurich

Global South Opportunities

Zürich

Hybrid

CHF 20,000 - 29,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Apple in Zurich, Switzerland invites doctoral researchers for a Computer Vision and Machine Learning Research Internship focused on LLM efficiency. The role involves advancing AI research, developing methods, and collaborating with leading scientists and engineers.

The internship emphasizes on-device ML, runtime efficiency, and diffusion models, with a strong publication track record and experience in Python and ML frameworks. Start as soon as possible, six-month duration recommended.

Qualifications

  • Working toward a doctoral degree in CS or related field.
  • Proven ML research with publications at NeurIPS/ICLR/ICML/COLM.
  • Strong Python and multi-language software engineering experience.
  • Ability to work on complex systems and multi-GPU experiments.

Responsibilities

  • Identify promising research questions and review existing literature.
  • Develop new approaches and implement prototypes.
  • Conduct large-scale experiments and analyse results.
  • Prepare and submit research findings to leading conferences.

Skills

Python
Software engineering
Research experience
Publications

Education

PhD in Computer Science / Engineering / Data Science / Applied Mathematics

Tools

PyTorch
TensorFlow

Job description

Apple in Zurich, Switzerland invites doctoral researchers for a Computer Vision and Machine Learning Research Internship focused on LLM efficiency. The role involves advancing AI research, developing methods, and collaborating with leading scientists and engineers.

The internship emphasizes on-device ML, runtime efficiency, and diffusion models, with a strong publication track record and experience in Python and ML frameworks. Start as soon as possible, six-month duration recommended.

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