Data Science Internship Opportunities

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. Are you passionate about bringing the next generation of AI models to run on personal devices? Join our Data Science team within Microsoft’s Israel R&D Center, where we are pioneering cutting-edge techniques in deep learning, model compression, and AI security to deploy models on edge devices.

• Design, implement, and evaluate methods to enable efficient, secure and optimized deployment of AI models on edge or resource-constrained platforms.
• Drive innovation and practical research, iteratively improving solutions based on empirical results, working with large-scale textual datasets.
• Document research findings and contribute to publications, open-source projects, or patent filings as appropriate.
• Formulate approaches to solve problems using well-defined algorithms and data sources.
• Incorporate an understanding of product functionality and customer perspective to provide context for those problems.
• Engage with peer stakeholders to produce clear, compelling, actionable insights that influence product and service improvements that will impact millions of customers.

• Currently pursuing a PhD/ Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field.
• Must have at least three additional semesters of school remaining (graduation date 2027 or later).
• Solid background in machine learning, deep learning, language models and optimization.
• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow and ONNX.
• Research or hands-on experience in efficient model architecture and model compression techniques (quantization, pruning, distillation, etc.).
• Research or hands-on experience with language models (e.g., BERT, LLaMA, GPT).
• Publications in top-tier relevant ML venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, or ICLR).
• Previous industry experience as a Data Scientist / Intern.
• Solid background in machine learning, deep learning, language models and optimization.
• Strong analytical thinking and independent research capabilities.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and writing skills.

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

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