MERL is looking for a self-motivated intern to research on problems at the intersection of multimodal large language models and neural algorithmic reasoning. An ideal intern would be a Ph.D. student with a strong background in machine learning and computer vision. The candidate must have prior experience with training multimodal LLMs for solving vision-and-language tasks. Experience in participating and winning mathematical Olympiads is desired. Publications in theoretical machine learning venues would be a strong plus. The intern is expected to collaborate with researchers in the computer vision team at MERL to develop algorithms and prepare manuscripts for scientific publications.

Required Specific Experience

• Experience with training large vision-and-language models
• Experience with solving mathematical reasoning problems
• Experience with programming in Python using PyTorch
• Enrolled in a PhD program
• Strong track record of publications in top-tier computer vision and machine learning venues (such as CVPR, NeurIPS, etc.).

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