IBM Research AI Residency Program

IntroductionIBM’s Brain-Inspired Computing team at IBM Research - Almaden has built a first-of-a-kind modular, scalable, non-von Neumann, ultra-low power, cognitive computing architecture (TrueNorth) and associated end-to-end software ecosystem. We are building state-of-the-art digital neuromorphic chips and systems (large-scale and mobile) to solve real-time sensory problems.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesIBM Research AI Residency Program:The IBM Research AI Residency program is a 13-month program that provides opportunity for scientists, engineers, domain experts and entrepreneurs to conduct innovative research and development on important and emerging topics in Artificial Intelligence. The program aims at creating and investigating novel approaches in AI that progress capabilities towards significant technical and real world challenges. AI Residents will work closely with IBM Research scientists and are expected to fully complete a project within the 12-month residency. The results of the project may include publications in top-AI conferences and journals, development of prototypes demonstrating important new AI functionality, and fielding of working AI systems.Trust in AICausal Modeling, Fairness, Explainability, Robustness, Transparency, AI EthicsNatural Language Processing and UnderstandingQuestion & Answering, Reading Comprehension, Language Embeddings, Dialog, Multi-Lingual NLPKnowledge & ReasoningKnowledge/Graph Embeddings, Neuro-Symbolic ReasoningAI Automation, Scaling, and ManagementAutomated Data Science, Neural Architecture Search, AutoML, Transfer Learning, Few-Shot/One-Shot/Meta Learning, Active Learning, AI Planning, Parallel and Distributed LearningAI & Software EngineeringBig Code Analysis and Understanding; Software Life Cycle including modernize, build, debug, test and manage; Software Synthesis including refactoring and automated programmingHuman-Centered AIHCI of AI, Human-AI Collaboration, AI Interaction Models & Modalities, Conversational AI, Novel AI Experiences, Visual AI and Data VisualizationWhen:Starting dates as early as September 2020 (AI Residencies are 13-months in duration)Where:IBM T. J. Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights, NY)IBM Research AI and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab (Cambridge, MA)IBM Almaden Research Center (San Jose, CA)Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Experience in creating and leveraging AI techniques, such as machine learning, natural language processing, and knowledge and reasoning

Experience with machine learning tools and frameworks, such as Theano, Tensorflow, Caffe, Torch

Expertise and experience in programming in one or more of these languages: Java, Python, C, C Advanced skill level in solving analytical problems using rigorous and quantitative approaches

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Computer Science, Applied Mathematics or related technical fields

Advanced skill level in creating and leveraging AI techniques, such as machine learning/deep learning, natural language processing, vision, speech, audio, knowledge and reasoning, causal modeling, explanability, fairness, robustness, distributed learning, and HW acceleration.

Experience communicating your research in technical communities, such as publications in NIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, IJCAI, AAAI, KDD, or similar

Experience analyzing large scale data from a variety of sources

About Business UnitWith more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents, IBM Research brings together hundreds of researchers who possess unparalleled industry expertise to address some of the world's most challenging problems. Join us as we do pioneering work in areas such as cognitive computing, augmented intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain, to name a fewYour Life @ IBMJoin us as we do pioneering work in areas such as cognitive computing, augmented intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain, to name a few.About IBMThe IBM Research Division conducts scientific research and develops technologies and processes for use with IBM products and customer applications. IBM Research has produced leading contributions to the technology underlying IBM's product portfolio, as well as to the world of science and the entire IT industry. For more information please visit www.research.ibm.com.The World is Our Laboratory: No matter where discovery takes place, IBM researchers push the boundaries of science, technology and business to make the world work better. IBM Research is a global community of forward-thinkers working towards a common goal: progress.Location StatementFor additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.