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The Device Vision Team at Huawei UKRD in London is looking for Research Interns with experience in VLMs. The team is committed to solving challenging computer vision problems and developing efficient, ultra-low-power solutions that enable the next generation of smart devices to function as a universal AI assistant.
The research intern will conduct academic research with us for a minimum of six months. They will aim to advance the state-of-the-art in VLMs with top-tier conference publications and will collaboratively work with other team members on related research and applications in the company.
Key Responsibilities:
Leading and participating in cutting-edge research projects, focusing on VLMs.
Devising, prototyping and patenting innovative solutions in collaboration with product teams.
Build benchmarks/baselines using public datasets.
Publish research papers at top-tier CV/ML/AI conferences and/or journals
External engagement: drafting academic publications and patents.
This job description is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The jobholder will carry out any other duties as may be reasonably required by his/her line manager. The job description and personal specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of Huawei Research and Development UK Limited.
Person Specification:
Required:
PhD in Computer Vision or related field (Machine Learning, Computer Graphics)
Hands-on experience with VLMs
First-author papers published in top-tier conferences including CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, Siggraph (Asia), etc.
Strong coding skills: able to quickly prototype in Python
Excellent communication and writing skills
Desired:
Passionate about building a universal AI assistant
Experience working in the industry and collaborating with product teams
Experience with PyTorch profiler, Gradio, etc. Hands on experience with VLMs