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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