AI Foundations Intern: Innovate in Multimodal AI

IBM; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

IBM Research is seeking an AI Research Scientist Intern to join its Foundations team in Boston. You will explore training algorithms, fine-tuning, RL, and inference-time scaling for multi-modal models and language, code, and other modalities.

You will work on end-to-end research within a collaborative environment bridging science and engineering. You will contribute to foundational research, participate in small mentored teams, and aim to publish results and file patents while advancing IBM's

Qualifications

• Experience with modern ML research and deep understanding of LLMs/VLMs and transformers.
• Proficiency in Python for prototyping and ML system experiments.
• Ability to design, run, and interpret rigorous experiments in ML research.

Responsibilities

• Identify core challenges and design novel prototype solutions.
• Validate approaches through rigorous experimentation and benchmarks.
• Disseminate results through publications and patent filings; mentor teams.

Skills

LLMs

VLMs

Transformer architectures

Python

Experiment design

Publications

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

PyTorch

Job description

IBM Research is seeking an AI Research Scientist Intern to join its Foundations team in Boston. You will explore training algorithms, fine-tuning, RL, and inference-time scaling for multi-modal models and language, code, and other modalities.

You will work on end-to-end research within a collaborative environment bridging science and engineering. You will contribute to foundational research, participate in small mentored teams, and aim to publish results and file patents while advancing IBM's