Research Intern - Interactive Multimodal Futures Group (Situated & Affective Computing) at Microsoft

• Job Location Redmond, WA
• Seniority Not Applicable
• Type Full-time

Description

Overview Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers, who pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment.

The Interactive Multimodal Futures (IMF) group at Microsoft Research seeks a PhD-level Research Intern to work on a project at the intersection of situated interaction , affective computing , and human-centered AI systems .

The project will include elements of multimodal sensing (physiology, speech, gaze, gestures, olfaction/gas, etc.), signal processing, and real-time interaction.

Our Group’s Research Spans Several Sub-areas Human-centered AI for affective computing and adaptive experiences.

Situated interaction between humans and AI systems deployed in the physical world.

Conversational AI Agents that are empathetic and context aware.

Ambient intelligence with unobtrusive sensing in the real world.

You will collaborate with IMF researchers to prototype systems, run user studies, develop machine learning models, and explore technical capabilities of generative AI for human-AI interaction.