Data Research Internship: Unleashing the Power of Foundation Models

1 day ago


Yorktown Heights, New York, United States IBM Full time

About IBM Research

IBM Research is at the forefront of innovation, anticipating and examining 'What's Next in Computing' to create and integrate technologies that solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We're a team of scientists and engineers dedicated to applying science to complex problems, from discovering new ways for doctors to help patients to enabling retailers to personalize customer service.

Your Role and Responsibilities

This internship offers a unique opportunity to work on improving the capabilities of foundation models (FMs) for data management tasks such as data discovery, metadata enrichment, data access, and retrieval with querying, and automated data-driven insights. You'll be part of a team that's broadly interested in further improving FMs for a range of data management tasks.

Research Areas of Interest

  • Interactive orchestration of data workflows using natural language to generate data insights spanning multiple tools and functions
  • Knowledge-driven data discovery and querying with graphs and multi-modal FMs
  • Step-by-step planning and reasoning for complex data workflows
  • Low-computational cost inference techniques for FMs to efficiently automate or assist users with data tasks

Technical Expertise Required

  • PhD & MS students pursuing graduate studies in computer science and related fields
  • Familiarity and working expertise with large language models
  • At least one research publication at a top conference in AI

Preferred Technical Expertise

  • Familiarity with knowledge graphs, RAG, agentic frameworks
  • Familiarity with reinforcement learning, knowledge distillation, and prompt optimization
  • Familiarity with SQL

About This Opportunity

This internship is a 2025 summer opportunity with possible start dates in May - August or June - September for quarter system schools. As an intern, you'll have the chance to work on exciting projects, collaborate with our team, and contribute to our mission to improve business, society, and the human condition through the application of intelligence, reason, and science.

Compensation and Benefits

We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our interns, including paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time, and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The estimated salary for this internship is around $120,000 per year, depending on your job-related skills, experience, and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws.



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