Research Scientist Intern: Impact Science

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa IBM Full time

Introduction

Your Role and Responsibilities

Are you interested in making an impact in the real world? Are you interested in developing newly explainable and responsible AI systems utilizing prior physics or earth systems-based knowledge and data-driven AI techniques and publishing them at the main AI venues as well as at companion conferences and journals? Are you interested in collaborating with software engineers to integrate your research results in IBM products? We are seeking a Research Scientist Intern interested in advanced classical machine learning, deep learning, geospatial data analytics and large scale longitudinal environmental modelling.

As part of the IBM Research team, you will conduct world-class research on innovative technologies and solutions and publish in top-tier conferences and journals.

You will also contribute to the commercialization of the resulting assets. Demonstrated communication skills and ability to work independently, as well as in a team, are highly desired traits.

We are seeking a someone who is motivated by addressing AI problems, especially learning from less and heterogeneous spatial and temporal data and is committed to interdisciplinary collaboration.

Your can-do approach to creative problem solving will be critical to the success of your team and the company.

You must be willing to work in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Pursuing an MSc/Ph.
D. in machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer science, applied mathematics, signal processing, statistics, or related technical fields with extensive depth in advanced mathematics, statistics, and programming

  • Theoretical knowledge of and handson proficiency in machine learning/deep learning algorithms
  • Familiarity with spatial and timeseries data and methods for processing such data will be advantageous
  • Familiarity with one or more machine/deep learning frameworks, such as Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow
  • Familiarity with opensource programming software such as Python & R and coding tools such as GitHub, Jupyter Lab
  • Parallel computing experience will be advantageous
  • Good communication skills in English will be required

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
N/A

About Business Unit


With more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents, IBM Research brings together hundreds of researchers who possess unparalleled industry expertise to address some of the world's most challenging problems.

Join us as we do pioneering work in areas such as cognitive computing, augmented intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain, to name a few.


In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.


Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company.

They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers.

The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

About IBM


Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain.

Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.


Location Statement
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