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    Summer Graduate Research Intern - Washington, United States - Comcast Corporation

    Comcast Corporation
    Comcast Corporation Washington, United States

    1 week ago

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    Make your mark at Comcast a Fortune 30 global media and technology company.

    From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide.

    Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love.

    We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace.

    Join us. You'll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work.

    If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.)



    Job Summary

    This job code is to be used for internships and co-ops. It is not to be used for temporary or contract workers.

    Job Description

    Summer Graduate Research Internships with the Comcast Discovery AI team

    Are you interested in large-scale machine learning and deep learning? Do you want to work with the billions of queries made with the most advanced voice remote for the TV or help us to reinvent customer service using machine learning? Create new entertainment experiences by analyzing huge multimedia content libraries and thousands of live TV channels? Build the foundation for the digital home by making sense of data from millions of smart cameras and IoT sensors or improve our customer service solutions using chat bots and reinforcement learning?

    If these difficult research problems excite you and you have experience in at least one or more of the following areas -Deep Learning, NLP, Speech Recognition/Audio Analytics, Computer Vision, Data Science, Recommendation Systems, and Reinforcement Learning, we're looking for you


    Comcast Discovery AI team is filling multiple graduate student intern positions for this summer (minimum of 12 weeks, May through September).

    We are an innovative research group within Comcast's Technology & Product organization with offices in Washington DC, Sunnyvale CA, Philadelphia, Denver and Chicago that does groundbreaking research to support the development of novel Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based products for Comcast's more than 30 Million consumers.

    Potential projects will focus on (but are not limited to):

    Multi-domain natural language understanding and conversational dialogue

    Machine learning to automatically recognize certain audio events as well as speech

    Bandit algorithms/reinforcement learning to optimize decision-making in the customer service domain and parameter selection for machine learning applications

    Object and activity recognition for home security using cameras and other IoT sensors

    Deep learning for the annotation, segmentation and recognition of broadcast videos and ads

    Personalized recommendations and search for TV

    Regular, Consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.

    Other duties and responsibilities as assigned


    The ideal applicant should currently be enrolled in a university PhD program (strong MSc students are also welcomed to apply), with 2+ years research experience in one of the relevant areas and be able to obtain a work authorization in the US.

    Applicants should also have good programming and software development skills, and be comfortable working in an interdisciplinary, team-oriented, applied research environment.

    The expected output of an internship is a proof-of-concept implementation leading to a scientific publication and/or a patent application.

    We offer internship opportunities across all our locations, although Washington DC, Philadelphia, or Sunnyvale, CA are preferred. We feature an informal, open atmosphere, and cultivate a start-up culture with the backing of a Fortune 50 company. To better serve our community, we believe the diversity of our team should reflect the diversity of our customers.

    Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

    We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

    Comcast will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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