The Muti-Physics and Dynamics (MD) group at MERL is seeking a highly motivated, qualified individual to join our internship program in the summer of 2021. The ideal candidate will be a senior Ph.D. student specializing in fluid mechanics, control, turbulence modeling, reduced-order modeling, and non-convex optimization. Research experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), data-assimilations, continuous and discreet adjoint methods is highly desirable. Familiarity with computational programming languages like Python, Fortran or C++ (openFOAM level) is expected. Publication of results obtained during the internship is expected. The starting date is flexible between April-June 2021, and the internship will last 3-4 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. 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 looking for a highly motivated individual to work on tailored computational algorithms and applications of mixed-integer programming for decision making, planning and control of hybrid systems. The research will involve the study and development of numerical optimization techniques and/or the implementation and validation of algorithms for industrial applications, e.g., related to autonomous driving and robotics. The ideal candidate should have experience in either one or multiple of the following topics: branch-and-bound type methods, heuristics for mixed-integer programming (pre-solve, cutting planes, warm starting, integer-feasible solutions), modeling and formulation of hybrid control systems, convex and non-convex optimization, machine learning and real-time optimization. PhD students in engineering or mathematics, especially with a focus on mixed-integer programming or numerical optimization, are encouraged to apply. Publication of relevant results in conference proceedings and journals is expected. Capability of implementing the designs and algorithms in MATLAB/Python is expected; coding parts of the algorithms in C/C++ is a plus. The expected duration of the internship is 3-6 months and the start date is flexible. 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 Computational Sensing team at MERL is seeking motivated and qualified individuals to develop algorithms that solve inverse problems in computational sensing that incorporate deep learning architectures for a variety of sensing applications. The project goal is to improve the performance and develop an analysis of algorithms used for inverse problems by incorporating new tools from machine learning and artificial intelligence. 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, large-scale optimization, plug-and-play priors, learning-based modeling for imaging, learning theory for computational imaging, and Koopman theory/dynamic mode decomposition. 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. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.