Post Doc Research

Technology, Data & Digital · Data, AI & Analytics · Machine Learning · Data Science

In short

Microsoft Research AI for Science is looking for a Post Doc researcher to join their materials team. This role focuses on developing advanced machine learning models to accelerate the design of novel materials. The position is a 2-year residency offering an exceptional opportunity to contribute to high-impact research in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

  • Drive an ambitious, high-impact, research agenda on machine learning for materials.
  • Develop efficient and expressive machine learning models that address fundamental materials science problems.
  • Work with domain experts to develop realistic machine learning metrics and benchmarks.
  • Prepare technical papers and presentations.
  • Contribute to building large-scale infrastructure for data generation, model training and inference.
  • Keep up-to-date with latest developments in the field.

Requirements

  • PhD in computer science, machine learning, computational materials science, physics, or related area.
  • Track record of publications at top-tier conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, Nature/Science or relevant sub-journals).
  • Strong coding ability and proficiency in collaborative code development.
  • Ability to quickly iterate between ideation, implementation and evaluation of new research ideas.
  • Ability to work in an interdisciplinary collaborative environment, through effective communication of technical concepts to non-experts from different technical backgrounds.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working on generative models.
  • Experience working on (materials) science problems.
  • Experience with agent-driven research and code development.

Benefits

  • 2-year residency position
  • Exceptional opportunity to contribute to an ambitious research agenda
  • Highly collaborative, interdisciplinary and diverse team of researchers, engineers and scientists
  • Opportunity to shape the future of materials design
  • Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer
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Company

Microsoft

Job Posted

1 month ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

Hybrid

Experience Level

Mid-Senior

Locations

Redmond, United States

Qualification

Doctoral

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