MERL is looking for a highly motivated, and qualified individual to join our internship program of advanced phased array research. The ideal candidate should be a senior Ph.D. student with rich experience in beam forming technologies. Knowledge of wireless communication, transceiver architecture, and digital signal processing, FPGA and/or Matlab programming skills are required. RF circuits knowledge will be a plus. Duration is 3-6 months with a flexible start date.

While deep networks have been highly successful at visual regression problems such as face landmark estimation and human body tracking, relatively little work has been done on estimating the uncertainty of their predictions. We are seeking a highly motivated intern to conduct original research in the area of uncertainty estimation for deep network predictions. 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 and experience in deep learning-based face or body landmark estimation and tracking. 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.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated intern to conduct original research in the area of monitoring vital signs, such as heart rate and heart rate variability, from video of a person. The successful candidate will collaborate with MERL researchers to derive and implement new models, collect data, conduct experiments, and prepare results for publication. The candidate should be a PhD student in computer vision with a strong publication record and experience in computer vision, signal processing, machine learning, and health monitoring. Strong programming skills (C/C++, Python, Matlab, etc.) are expected.

Generative adversarial networks (GANs) and related methods have generated much excitement for their ability to synthesize images and data that appear remarkably realistic. MERL is seeking a highly motivated intern to conduct original research in the area of generative adversarial networks. 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 with experience in GANs and related deep learning methods, as well as good general knowledge in machine learning and a strong publication record. Strong programming skills in Python, flexibility working across various deep learning platforms (e.g., PyTorch and TensorFlow), and previous experience coding GANs are expected.

MERL is seeking a motivated intern to assist in generating simulated multimodal data for machine learning applications. The project involves integrating several existing software components to generate optical and radar data in a variety of sensing scenarios, and executing the simulations under a variety of conditions. The ideal candidate should have experience with C++, Python, and scripting methods. Some knowledge or experience with Blender, computer graphics, and computer vision would be preferred, but is not required. Project duration is flexible in the range of 1-2 months. Intern has the choice of part-time or full-time occupation and may start immediately.

The Computational Sensing team at MERL is seeking motivated and qualified individuals to develop computational imaging algorithms for a variety of sensing applications. Ideal candidates should be Ph.D. students and have solid background and publication record in any of the following, or related areas: imaging inverse problems, learning for inverse problems, large-scale optimization, blind inverse scattering, radar/lidar/sonar imaging, or wave-based inversion. Experience with experimentally measured data is desirable. Publication of the results produced during our internships is expected. The duration of the internships is anticipated to be 3-6 months. Start date is flexible.

The Control and Dynamical Systems (CD) group at MERL is seeking highly motivated interns at different levels of expertise to conduct research on planning and control for autonomous vehicles. The research domain includes algorithms for path planning, vehicle control, high level decision making, sensor-based navigation, driver-vehicle interaction. PhD students will be considered for algorithm development and analysis, and property proving. Master students will be considered for development and implementation in a scaled robotic test bench for autonomous vehicles. For algorithm development and analysis it is highly desirable to have deep background in one or more among: sampling-based planning methods, particle filtering, model predictive control, reachability methods, formal methods and abstractions of dynamical systems, and experience with their implementation in Matlab/Python/C++. For algorithm implementation, it is required to have working knowledge of Matlab, C++, and ROS, and it is a plus to have background in some of the above mentioned methods. The expected duration of the internship is 3-6 months with flexible start date after April 1st, 2020.