Human-Centered AI Research Intern: Causal Reasoning in LLMs

Toyota Research Institute; Los Altos (CA); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Hybrid in-office

Job summary

Toyota Research Institute is offering a paid 12-week PhD research internship in California, focusing on adaptive behavior systems and causal reasoning in LLMs. The role involves collaboration with ML researchers and social scientists to test and improve causal reasoning in language models.

The position requires a PhD student in AI/ML or related fields, strong publication experience, and hands-on Python and PyTorch skills.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. student in AI/ML, CS, data science, or related field.
• Publication record or demonstrated research experience in causal inference.
• Hands-on experience with LLM evaluation, prompting, or fine-tuning.
• Experience with Python and DL frameworks like PyTorch.
• Interest in human-centered research with experiments and user studies.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform research and publish in a relevant venue.
• Take ownership of the project from inception to validation of the developed methods.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with researchers to leverage generative AI to understand human behavior.

Skills

Python

LLM evaluation

Causal inference

Prompting

Communication

Teamwork

Research

Education

PhD student in AI/ML or related field

Tools

Python

PyTorch

Job description

Toyota Research Institute is offering a paid 12-week PhD research internship in California, focusing on adaptive behavior systems and causal reasoning in LLMs. The role involves collaboration with ML researchers and social scientists to test and improve causal reasoning in language models.

The position requires a PhD student in AI/ML or related fields, strong publication experience, and hands-on Python and PyTorch skills.