Data Science Intern

Sony Research India is driving cutting-edge research and development in various locations around the globe, including laboratories in Japan, the United States, Europe, and Asia. We endeavor to create new technology, products, and services while sustaining Sony Group's diverse businesses in electronics, entertainment, and financial fields. For our research centre to blaze a trail in the latest technologies, we seek to foster the growth of a diverse pool of research and engineering talent and create a technology talent bank to drive research excellence worldwide. Sony Research India is offering outstanding career opportunities around frontline technologies such as AI and data analytics.

Key Responsibilities:

Internships at Sony Research India (SRI) are aimed at offering students with an opportunity to industry exposure and a production level project experience. The primary responsibility in this role will be to positively contribute to the growth and development of innovative technologies at SRI. During the internship, you will work closely with research scientists and other members in the team on various development tasks in recommendation systems using Multi Armed Bandits. In addition, you'll be expected to actively work on AI development activities daily, be it training, testing, fixing bugs or other routines for building a robust model.

• For this internship program, we are seeking a talented and motivated candidate who is pursuing or has completed BTech/MS/MSc/MTech/PhD level degree, to join us as soon as possible, for a duration of at least 6 months. For this internship program, we're only going to consider candidates who have working experience in recommendation systems and Multi Armed bandits with strong POC development skills with PyTorch and Python.

Work Location:

• Remote/ Mumbai/Bengaluru, India

Duration:

• The internship will start by the second week of July 2024.
• 6 months
• 9:30 to 18:00 (Monday to Friday) fulltime

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong knowledge and relevant programming experience with Python, PyTorch, and other ML and DL libraries.
• Prior experience on developing state-of-the-art recommendation model for commercial/ research purpose.
• Knowledge on applying and working with Multi Armed Bandits towards solving a real world problem.

Good to have skills:

• Demonstrated research capabilities through relevant publication record in top-tier conferences of Machine Learning.

Our Values:

• Dreams & Curiosity: Pioneer the future with dreams and curiosity.
• Diversity: Pursue the creation of the very best by harnessing diversity and varying viewpoints.
• Integrity & Sincerity: Earn the trust of the Sony brand through ethical and responsible conduct.
• Sustainability: Fulfill our stakeholder responsibilities through disciplined business practices.

Sony Research India is committed to equal opportunity in all its employment practices, policies, and procedures and to ensuring that no worker or potential worker will receive less favorable treatment due to any characteristic protected under applicable local laws.