Cambridge Research Intern - AI Infrastructure & Machine Learning
Microsoft
Cambridge Research Intern – AI Infrastructure & Machine Learning
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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Overview
The AI Infrastructure team at Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK) is dedicated to fundamental and impactful Machine Learning research. Our broad mission is to solve challenging problems from multiple areas, including - Test-time reasoning in large-language models, or - The future of AI cloud infrastructure. We have an internship opportunity covering a wide range of topics in these areas. We are seeking an ML PhD students to join us in Cambridge summer/autumn 2025. You will joining a welcoming and highly collaborative environment and work on creative and challenging problems during your internship.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
· Be enrolled in a PhD program in Machine Learning, Statistics, Computer Science (or related discipline).
· Deep experience in one or more of the following: LLMs (training, inference, architectures, chain-of-thought, prompt-tuning), Natural Language Processing, Quantization methods, Reasoning, Knowledge Representation, ML Optimization.
· Interns are expected to be physically located in Cambridge UK.
Other Requirements:
· A subset of the following:
· Strong communication skills, especially scientific writing and communication.
· Publications in relevant conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR), or high-profile scientific journals.
· Ability to code in Python, as well as familiarity with Git and code reviews.
· Ability to work in an interdisciplinary collaborative environment with people from different technical backgrounds.
Responsibilities
As part of an ambitious collaborative project, you will:
· Research and Develop novel Machine Learning models and algorithms.
· Design, implement and evaluate machine learning experiments.
· Write and present your findings in technical documents or papers