Lab Summary: Samsung AI Research Center (SAIC) located in Mountain View, California, is currently recruiting outstanding research interns for the Vision Intelligence lab. Our goal is to perform long-term research with potential for direct impact on future Samsung products reaching hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We are focused on pushing the state-of-the-art in multimodal understanding, generation, editing, long-term planning and tool use. Our team is dedicated to developing state-of-the-art generative AI models with a focus on diffusion models and multimodal content generation. We aim to advance foundational AI research and achieve groundbreaking results in image generation, video generation, and 3D generation.

Position Summary: We are looking for Fall Interns (Flexible 3–6 months between September-December). Interns will work on one or more of the following cutting-edge areas:   

1. 3D consistent and user-controllable video generation– Creating algorithms to ensure temporal and spatial coherence in generated videos, with interactive user controls [1,2]. This will involve coming up with architectures and algorithms that ensures plausible physics being correctly represented by generative models.
2. 3D scene reconstruction– Advancing techniques for generating high-quality, structured 3D environments from images, or video inputs. This project will involve efficient [3,4] and accurate scene reconstruction [5,6] while utilizing limited number of images or video sequence.
3. Efficient and accurate inference of diffusion models– Developing novel techniques to accelerate inference while maintaining generation quality of date (images and videos). This will involve coming up with novel algorithms [7, 8], architectures [9] and paradigms allowing faster inference/training of diffusion models.

Interns will have the opportunity to propose ideas for the projects and lead the research that at least roughly follow the topics mentioned above.

Position Responsibilities: 

• Conduct research in deep learning and generative AI, focusing on foundational models for image, video, and 3D generation
• Develop novel architectures and optimization techniques for diffusion models and related generative approaches 
• Implement and experiment with scalable AI models on large-scale datasets using high-performance computing resources
• Collaborate with a world-class team of researchers and engineers, with opportunities to publish in top AI conferences

Required Skills:

• Currently pursuing a PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field
• Strong background in deep learning, diffusion models, and generative AI
• Experience with PyTorch, and familiarity with large-scale model training
• Passion for pushing the boundaries of AI research and solving complex challenges

Special Attributes: 

• Strong publication record in top AI/ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, ICLR, SIGGRAPH) is a plus

Additional Information

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Essential Job Functions

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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