MERL is looking for a highly motivated individual to work on safe control of data-driven, uncertain, dynamical systems. The research will develop novel optimization and learning-based control algorithms to guarantee safety and performance in various industrial applications, including autonomous driving. The ideal candidate should have experience in either one or multiple of the following topics: optimal control under uncertainty, (robust and stochastic) model predictive control, (convex and non-convex) optimization, and (reinforcement and statistical) learning. Ph.D. students in engineering or mathematics with a focus on control, optimization, and learning are encouraged to apply. A successful internship will result in submission of relevant results to peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journals, and development of well-documented (Python/MATLAB) code for MERL. The expected duration of the internship is 3-6 months, and the start date is Summer 2022.

MERL is seeking an intern to work on research for human-machine interface with multi-modal bio-sensors. The ideal candidate is an experienced PhD student or post-graduate researcher having an excellent background in brain-machine interface, deep learning, mixed reality, bio sensors and sensing as well as signal processing.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated and qualified intern to join the Signal Processing group for an internship program. The ideal candidate will be expected to carry out research on machine learning for automated design synthesis to improve hardware efficiency of various digital signal processing algorithms. The candidate is expected to have solid knowledge of deep learning, reinforcement learning, symbolic learning, decision making, and graph neural networks. Hands-on experience of high-level synthesis, FPGA prototyping, verilog, and general digital signal processing is a plus.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated and qualified intern to work on robust machine learning techniques. The intern will collaborate with MERL researchers on developing novel approaches to address the problem of adversarial examples. The ideal candidate would have research experience in robust machine learning methods and defenses against adversarial examples. A mature understanding of modern machine learning methods, proficiency with Python, and familiarity with deep learning frameworks are expected. Proficiency with other programming languages and software development experience is a plus. Candidates at or beyond the middle of their Ph.D. program are encouraged to apply.

The Signal Processing (SP) group at MERL is seeking a highly motivated intern to conduct fundamental research in learning-based wireless sensing using communication signals (e.g., Wi-Fi) and other RF signals (such as millimeter-wave sensing waveforms). Expertise in deep learning in one of the following areas: localization, occupancy sensing, device-free pose/gesture recognition, skeleton tracking, and multi-modal fusion, is highly preferred. Familiarity with IEEE 802.11 (g/n/ac/ad/ay)standards is a plus. Familiarity with python and deep learning libraries is a must. The intern will collaborate with a small group of MERL researchers to develop novel algorithms, design experiments using MERL in-house testbed, and prepare results for publication. The expected duration of the internship is 3 months with a flexible start date. This internship requires work that can only be done at MERL.

MERL is seeking an intern to work on research for quantum machine learning (QML). The ideal candidate is an experienced PhD student or post-graduate researcher having an excellent background in quantum computing, deep learning, and signal processing. Proficient programming skills with PyTorch, Qiskit, and PennyLane will be additional assets to this position.

The Signal Processing (SP) group at MERL is seeking a highly motivated intern to conduct fundamental research in THz (Terahertz) sensing. Expertise in statistical inference, unsupervised anomaly detection, and deep learning (spatial-temporal representation learning) is required. Previous hands-on experience in THz data analysis is a plus. Familiarity with python and deep learning libraries is a must. The intern will collaborate with a small group of MERL researchers to develop novel algorithms, design experiments with collaborators, and prepare results for patents and publication. The expected duration of the internship is 3 months with a flexible start date. This internship requires work that can only be done at MERL.

MERL is looking for a self-motivated intern to work on problems at the intersection of video understanding and graph representation learning for solving few-shot action recognition problems. The ideal candidate would be a PhD student with a strong mathematical background in machine learning and computer vision and who has published at least one paper in a top-tier machine learning or computer vision venue (NIPS/CVPR/ECCV/ICCV/ICML/PAMI etc.). The candidate must have prior experience in using deep learning methods for video understanding (such as using Transformers) and self/unsupervised methods (such as contrastive learning). Proficiency in PyTorch is expected and familiarity with neural language models will be a plus. The intern will conduct original research with MERL researchers towards scientific publications. This internship requires work that can only be done at MERL.

We are seeking a highly motivated intern to conduct original research extending MERL's work on uncertainty estimation in face landmark localization (the LUVLi model) to the domains of 3D faces and video sequences. The successful candidate will collaborate with MERL researchers to design and implement new models, conduct experiments, and prepare results for publication. The candidate should be a PhD student in computer vision and machine learning with a strong publication record. Experience in deep learning-based face landmark estimation, video tracking, and 3D face modeling is preferred. Strong programming skills, experience developing and implementing new models in deep learning platforms such as PyTorch, and broad knowledge of machine learning and deep learning methods are expected.

We seek a highly motivated intern to conduct original research in the estimation and modeling of uncertainty in deep-learning-based computer vision tasks. The successful candidate will collaborate with MERL researchers to design and implement new models, conduct experiments, and prepare results for publication. The candidate should be a PhD student (or postdoc) in computer vision and machine learning with a strong publication record. Strong programming skills, experience developing and implementing new models in deep learning platforms such as PyTorch and TensorFlow, and broad knowledge of machine learning and deep learning methods are expected. Previous experience in uncertainty estimation and modeling is preferred.

MERL is looking for a self-motivated intern to work on data scarcity and bias issues for computer vision. The topics in the scope include (but not limited to): domain adaptation, generative modeling, transfer/low-shot/unsupervised learning, low-shot image/video anomaly localization, multi-model or multi-modal fusion or distillation under limited data, etc. The ideal candidate would be a PhD student with a strong background in computer vision and machine learning. Proficiency in Python programming and familiarity in at least one deep learning framework are necessary. The ideal candidate is expected to collaborate with MERL researchers to develop algorithms and prepare manuscripts for scientific publications. The duration of the internship is ideally to be at least 3 months with a flexible start date.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated intern to conduct original research in data-driven realistic image generation that learns and combines implicit and explicit deep 3D models from unlabeled images. The successful candidate will collaborate with MERL researchers to design and implement new models, conduct experiments, and prepare results for publication. The candidate should be a PhD student (or postdoc) in computer vision with experience in implicit neural network models, GANs, and related deep learning methods, as well as good general knowledge in machine learning and a strong publication record. Previous experience with 3D face models and video generation is preferred. Strong programming skills in Python and flexibility working across various deep learning platforms (e.g., PyTorch and TensorFlow) are expected.

MERL is seeking a motivated and qualified intern to conduct research on machine learning techniques for design optimization of electrical machines. The ideal candidate should have solid background and demonstrated research experience in mathematical optimization methods, especially in topology optimization and sensitivity analysis, as well as machine learning techniques. Hands-on experiences with the implementation of optimization algorithms, machine learning and deep learning methods are required. Knowledge and experience with electric machine principle, design and finite-element analysis is a strong plus. Senior Ph.D. students in related expertise are encouraged to apply.

MERL is looking for a self-motivated and qualified candidate to work on modeling for contact phenomenon. Robotic manipulation is heavily affected by external contacts that can be modeled with physical and data driven models. We are interested in researching those models for analysis and control purposes. The ideal candidate is a PhD student and should have experience and records in multiple of the following areas. Contact modeling and robotic manipulation. Physic Engines like Mujoco, Bullet, Drake and sim2real gap problems. Machine learning techniques for modeling and control such as Gaussian Processes and Neural Networks. Experience in working with robotic systems. Knowledge in learning from demonstration algorithms and standard Reinforcement Learning algorithms is a plus. Proficiency in Python is required. The successful candidate will be expected to develop, in collaboration with MERL employees, state of the art algorithms that will lead to a scientific publication. Typical internship length is 3-4 months.