Data-Driven Cross-Lingual Dutch LLM Pretraining Internship

TNO; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 6,700 - 7,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly internship allowance €615

Travel allowance

Jong TNO membership

Professional internship environment

Job summary

TNO invites you to join a research internship focusing on cross-lingual transfer in European sovereign foundation models, with emphasis on Dutch, English, and German data interactions. You will work under weekly supervisor meetings with MSc AI students, contribute to a reproducible Dutch-focused replication of the ATLAS BTS methodology, and run experiments on bilingual data mixtures.

The internship offers a structured learning environment, access to advanced resources, monthly allowance of €615

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in MSc Artificial Intelligence or adjacent field.
• Strong analytical and scientific writing skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Extend ATLAS BTS methodology to Dutch and reproduce a Dutch-focused BTS baseline.
• Run small experiments with Dutch-English-German data mixtures and evaluate on Dutch/English test sets.
• Document reproducible methodologies and produce clear results for thesis deliverables.

Education

MSc Artificial Intelligence or adjacent fields

Job description

TNO invites you to join a research internship focusing on cross-lingual transfer in European sovereign foundation models, with emphasis on Dutch, English, and German data interactions. You will work under weekly supervisor meetings with MSc AI students, contribute to a reproducible Dutch-focused replication of the ATLAS BTS methodology, and run experiments on bilingual data mixtures.

The internship offers a structured learning environment, access to advanced resources, monthly allowance of €615