Research Internship, AI for Science at The Allen Institute for AI

Seattle, Washington, United States

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$94,320 – $140,000Compensation
InternshipExperience Level
InternshipJob Type
UnknownVisa
AI, Scientific ResearchIndustries

Requirements

  • PhD student with a strong research background in Computer Science or a related field, with a specific focus on one or more of the team’s active research areas (e.g., Agentic planning, reasoning, learning, and evaluation; Automated and AI-assisted scientific discovery; Data-driven discovery; Human-AI Collaboration, esp Literature Sensemaking and Research Ideation; Human-Agent Collaboration: Proactivity, Long-running agent, Memory and context management; Scientific Literature Understanding, RAG, Multi-doc summarization; Continual learning, representation, and reasoning; Post-training, model tuning, distillation, and specialization)
  • Publication record in AI-related venues (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, CHI, UIST, CSCW, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, SIGIR, ASSETS)
  • Strong software engineering skills, with experience in system building (e.g., React and Typescript) OR deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) OR agentic frameworks (e.g., Autogen)
  • Ability to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time
  • Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand, and exchange accurate information
  • Ability to observe details at close range
  • Ability to work under deadlines
  • Willingness to work from offices in Seattle

Responsibilities

  • Conduct high-impact research and author scientific papers for publication in high-profile computing conferences and journals
  • Collaborate with and learn from a dedicated Ai2 mentor and other team members across Ai2, including scientists and engineers

Skills

AI
Agentic Planning
Reasoning
Learning
Evaluation
Scientific Discovery
Data-driven Discovery
Human-AI Collaboration
Literature Sensemaking
Research Ideation
Human-Agent Collaboration
Proactivity
Memory Management
Context Management
Scientific Literature Understanding
RAG
Multi-doc Summarization
Continual Learning
Representation Learning
Model Tuning
Distillation

The Allen Institute for AI

Advances AI through research and engineering

About The Allen Institute for AI

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) focuses on advancing artificial intelligence through research and engineering. It develops technologies that improve machine reasoning, common sense for AI, and language modeling. AI2 works on various projects, such as AllenNLP for natural language processing and EarthRanger for environmental monitoring. Unlike for-profit companies, AI2 operates as a non-profit, relying on grants and donations to fund its initiatives. This allows them to provide their research and tools to the public for free, promoting collaboration in the AI field. The goal of AI2 is to tackle significant scientific and engineering challenges to benefit society.

Seattle, WashingtonHeadquarters
2014Year Founded
N/ACompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Medical
401(k)
Visa Sponsorship
Time off
Catered meals & free snacks
Training & development
Tuition reimbursement
Remote & hybrid work options

Risks

Competition from OpenAI's QwQ-32B model may reduce AI2's market influence.
AI2's reliance on grants poses financial risks during economic downturns.
Open-source models may face intellectual property risks and misuse.

Differentiation

AI2 focuses on open-source models, promoting transparency and collaboration in AI development.
AI2's projects like AllenNLP and Semantic Scholar address diverse scientific and societal challenges.
AI2 operates as a non-profit, relying on grants and donations for funding.

Upsides

AI2's open-source models attract researchers, enhancing collaboration and innovation.
Tülu3 and OLMo-2 models position AI2 as leaders in open-source AI.
AI2's multimodal models meet the demand for integrated data processing in various fields.

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