MERL is looking for a highly motivated and qualified intern to work on developing algorithms for robot learning from videos of human demonstrations. The ideal candidate would be a current Ph.D. student with a strong background in computer vision, deep learning, and robotics. Familiarity with imitation learning, learning from demonstrations (LfD), reinforcement learning, and machine learning for robotics will be valued. Proficiency in Python programming is necessary and experience in working with a physics engine simulator like Mujoco or pyBullet is a plus. A successful candidate will collaborate with MERL researchers and publication of the relevant results is expected. Start date is flexible and the expected duration of the internship is 3-4 months. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with their recent CV and list of publications in related topics. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.

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.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated and qualified intern to collaborate with the Control for Autonomy team in the development of algorithms for planning and control of autonomous vehicles. The potential subjects include high level decision making using formal methods and set-based control, coordination or perception and control strategies to improve environment knowledge while achieving a goal, and distributed control for multi-vehicle systems. The ideal candidate is expected to be working towards a PhD with strong emphasis in control or planning algorithms, and to have interest and background in as many as possible among: motion planning, predictive control, perception and object detection optimization, machine learning for vehicle prediction, autonomous vehicles. Good programming skills in MATLAB, Python or C/C++ are required. The expected duration of the internship is in the Spring of 2021, for a duration of 3-6 months. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.

MERL is seeking a motivated and qualified individual to conduct research in safe reinforcement learning (RL). The ideal candidate should have solid background in RL, e.g. CMDP, and RMDP theories. Knowledge of dynamical system theory and nonlinear control theory is a plus, but not a requirement. Publication of the results produced during the internship is anticipated, e.g., ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS. Duration of the internship is expected to be 3 months. Start date is flexible.

MERL is seeking an intern to work on machine learning for wireless communication systems. The ideal candidate would be an experienced PhD student or post-graduate researcher working in wireless communications with a focus on machine learning methods. The candidate should have a detailed knowledge of wireless communications, with some experience in machine learning, MIMO, and/or channel equalization preferred. Strong programming skills in Python and machine learning frameworks are essential. The expected duration of the internship is 3-6 months with flexible start date and length. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.

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. Also note that we wish to fill this position as soon as possible and expect that the candidate will be available during this fall/winter. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated, qualified intern to join a thirteen weeks internship program. The ideal candidate will be expected to carry out research on emerging 5G wireless networks and beyond for industrial applications. The candidate is expected to develop innovative spectrum-based traffic recognition and optimal scheduling for local spectrum access. Candidates should have strong knowledge about 5G networks, spectrum management, cognitive radio, and neural network. Proficient programming skills with MATLAB, C++, Python (Pytorch), experience with ns-3 simulator, and strong mathematical analysis will be additional assets to this position. Candidates in their junior or senior years of a Ph.D. program are encouraged to apply. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.

The Signal Processing (SP) group at MERL is seeking a highly motivated intern to conduct fundamental research in mutual interference mitigation for automotive radar. Previous experience in waveform design, radar detection under interference, joint communication and sensing, interference mitigation, and deep learning for radar is highly preferred. Knowledge about automotive radar schemes (MIMO and waveform modulation, e.g., FMCW, PMCW, and OFDM) is a plus. 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 patents and publication. Senior Ph.D. students with research focuses on signal processing, machine learning, optimization, applied mathematics, or related areas are encouraged to apply. The expected duration of the internship is 3 months with a flexible start date.