Facebook

Research Intern, Human Centered AI (PhD)

Posted on: 24 Feb 2021

Redmond, WA

Job Description

As a research Intern at Facebook Reality Labs Research, you will tackle the research questions about how people and AI agents collaborate over the long run. Join a world-class team experimenting with bold ideas in areas including user experience, perceptual science, AI, Human-computer interaction, and design. Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.

Research Intern, Human Centered AI (PhD) Responsibilities

* Take big problems and deliver clear, compelling, and creative proposals for how to solve them at scale

* Create a concrete research plan for your own topic during the internship, the plan needs to synthesize the input from the team, the potential impact, and your own perspective and expertise.

* Focus on impact, identifying and applying constraints lead to clear outcomes quickly.

* Carry out the research plan through a mixture of methodologies. Identify the right methodology for the right question, and conduct the research rigorously.

* Collaborate with other researchers, designers, and engineers to develop, prototype, and test and iteration the solutions.

* Produce publishable research that appears in top-tier journals or at leading international conferences.

Minimum Qualifications

* Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD degree in Human-computer interaction, Human-robot interaction or related field

* Portfolio featuring examples of research on the human technology co-evolution and user experiences with AI.

* +1 year of research experience in HCI, AI or related fields.

* Fast learner: being able to absorb and synthesize information from the fellow researchers and literature.

* Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-cultural collaboration

* Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications

* Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship/co-op

* Experience with interaction design

* Experience developing experiences for end users with AI algorithms

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About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations-ext@fb.com.

Facebook

Menlo Park, CA

Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

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