Machine Learning Graduate Research Intern

Key Skills

Computer Vision (CV), Data science techniques, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Recommendation Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Speech recognition

Job Description

Comcast’s Technology, Product & Experience organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards. Because our employees are our most valuable asset, we offer a flexible working environment to balance the need to work independently wherever you choose, with days that require collaboration at one of our offices. Our roles primarily reside inside or around one of our Tech Hubs (Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs, Denver, Austin, Silicon Valley, Washington DC/N. Virginia).

Job Description

Are you interested in large-scale machine learning and deep learning? Do you want to work with the billions of queries made with the most advanced voice remote for the TV or help us to reinvent customer service using machine learning? Create new entertainment experiences by analyzing huge multimedia content libraries and thousands of live TV channels? Build the foundation for the digital home by making sense of data from millions of smart cameras and IoT sensorsor improve our customer service solutions using chat bots and reinforcement learning?

If these difficult research problems excite you and you have experience in at least one or more of the following areas -Deep Learning, NLP,Speech Recognition/Audio Analytics,Computer Vision, Data Science, Recommendation Systems, and Reinforcement Learning, we’re looking for you!

Comcast Applied AI& Discovery teamis filling multiple graduate student intern positions for this summer (minimum of 12 weeks, May through September). We are an innovative research group within Comcast’s Technology & Product organization with offices in Washington DC, Sunnyvale CA, Philadelphia, Denver and Chicago that does groundbreaking research to support the development of novel Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based products for Comcast’s more than 30 Million consumers.

• Potential projects will focus on (but are not limited to):
• Multi-domain natural language understanding and conversational dialogue
• Machinelearning to automatically recognize certain audio events as well asspeech
• Bandit algorithms/reinforcement learning to optimize decision-making in the customer service domain and parameter selection for machine learning applications
• Object and activity recognition for home security using cameras and other IoT sensors
• Deep learning for the annotation, segmentation and recognition of broadcast videos and ads
• Personalized recommendations and search for TV
• Regular, Consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

The ideal applicant should currently be enrolled in a university PhD program(strong MSc students are alsowelcomedto apply), with 2+ years research experience in one of the relevant areas and be able to obtain a work authorization in the US. Applicants should also have good programming and software development skills, and be comfortable working in an interdisciplinary, team-oriented, applied research environment. The expected output of an internship is a proof-of-concept implementation leading to a scientific publication and/or a patent application.

We offer internship opportunities acrossallour locations, although Washington DC, Philadelphia, or Sunnyvale, CA are preferred. We feature an informal, open atmosphere, and cultivate a start-up culture with the backing of a Fortune 50 company. To better serve our community, we believe the diversity of our team should reflect the diversity of our customers.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Relevant Work Experience: 0-2 Years

Salary: Base Pay: $55.00

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