Internship - Machine Learning Research (recurrent models | generative models | interpretability)

Apple; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Barcelona invites a passionate ML researcher intern to work on next-generation techniques with mentorship from senior researchers.

You will choose a research line, run experiments, and strive for a publication while contributing to Apple products with a commitment to privacy and rigorous scientific standards. The role offers collaboration within an international, multidisciplinary team, exposure to cutting-edge models including recurrent and generative architectures, and the

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related technical field.
• Strong publication record in top ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR).
• Hands-on experience with Python and deep learning toolkits such as PyTorch and Jax.
• Ability to formulate a research problem, design, experiment and implement solutions.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ML research under mentorship toward a publication in a top ML venue.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary and international team of researchers and engineers.
• Deliver research aligned with Apple’s core values, ensuring privacy, rigor, and innovation.

Job description

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Machine Learning and AI

Play a part in the next revolution of machine learning research. Explore new methods, challenge existing metrics or protocols, develop new insightful theories that will change the way we understand machine learning. The Machine Learning Research team led by Samy Bengio, is looking for passionate researcher to investigate the next generation of Machine Learning techniques with particular attention to recurrent models, generative models, interpretability, and alignment. As a member of the MLR team, you will work on some of the most challenging scientific questions, collaborate with world-class machine learning researchers, push forward innovative research agendas and publish ground-breaking research in international conferences.

Description

Are you passionate about advancing the state-of-the-art in ML and pursuing great innovation?As an intern in the Machine Learning Research team, you will receive technical mentorship and guidance from a dedicated senior researcher and will be able to collaborate with a dynamic, multidisciplinary and international team of researchers and engineers. Together with your mentor, you will decide on a line of research that will impact the scientific research community, future Apple products, and society. You will work towards a publication in a top machine learning venue towards the end of the internship and will be responsible for delivering ML research aligned with the core values of Apple, ensuring the highest standards of quality, scientific rigour, innovation, and respect for user privacy.Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Apple is a drug-free workplace.

Minimum Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated expertise in machine learning supported by a strong publication record in relevant conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AISTATS, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICASSP, InterSpeech, AAAI, ACL, FAccT).
• Hands-on experience working with Python and deep learning toolkits such as PyTorch and Jax.
• Ability to formulate a research problem, design, experiment and implement solutions.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• A passion for one of the following areas: RNNs, generative AI, interpretability, or alignment.
• Strong software engineering skills.
• Strong mathematical skills in linear algebra and statistics.
• Knowledge on image diffusion models
• Experience in High-Performance Computing and kernel design

At Apple, we're not all the same. And that's our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we've experienced, and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. We will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations.

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