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Your Role and Responsibilities

Join us for a unique 12-week paid internship at the IBM Research – Africa lab in Nairobi, that offers personal and professional development including mentorship from leading technology researchers. This program will give you an opportunity to work on meaningful technology solutions, develop scalable software systems, interact and collaborate with top research scientists in AI, health informatics, statistics, among others – all of which requires research, asking the right questions, curiosity, and thinking outside the box.

IBM Research Africa is looking for a Ph.D-level intern to join their AI research group which is exploring foundational models and anomalous pattern detection techniques. Foundational models are flexible, re-useable models that can be applied to many downstream tasks. These models are set to replace the task-specific models that have been in place for the past decade. AI Researchers at the Africa lab are studying the inner representation space of these large models to better measure the quality of generated content.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Currently enrolled in a Ph.D program from an accredited university in quantitative fields such as Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Physics, Information Systems
• Demonstrable interest in anomalous pattern detection and foundational model applications
• 4 years coding experience with scientific Python stack (numpy, scipy, pandas, matplotlib, etc.)
• Availability to relocate to Nairobi, Kenya for the duration of the internship

Founded in 2013, IBM Research Africa is the first industrial research lab on the continent with offices in Nairobi, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa. We are driving innovation by developing commercially viable solutions to transform lives and spark new business opportunities in key areas such as healthcare, climate, and Artificial Intelligence.

IBM Research – Africa encourages applications from all genders and minority groups. We strongly encourage qualified researchers from the African continent to apply for this opportunity.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
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