Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers, who pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment.

　　Research Interns will work on designing transport features suited for machine learning workloads. This spawns features relevant to topics within the congestion control, load balancing, and reliability spectrum (of course, the internship topic will be focused on a subset of those aspects). The work will rely on simulation tools for guiding the solution design and will ideally benefit from access to a testbed environment for further validation. No prior knowledge of machine learning is required, but having good understanding of the workloads would be helpful. Moreover, even though the topic is primarily concerned with helping improve machine learning networking performance, it is very likely that some aspects of the solution will extend to traditional data center networks as well.

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　　Responsibilities

　　Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world’s best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Research Interns not only advance their own careers, but they also contribute to exciting research and development strides. During the 12-week internship, Research Interns are paired with mentors and expected to collaborate with other Research Interns and researchers, present findings, and contribute to the vibrant life of the community. Research internships are available in all areas of research, and are offered year-round, though they typically begin in the summer.

　　Qualifications

　　Required Qualifications

　　Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science or a related STEM field.

　　Have at least one year of experience with networking simulators.

　　Other Requirements

　　Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship.

　　In addition to the qualifications below, you’ll need to submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position. After you submit your application, a request for letters may be sent to your list of references on your behalf. Note that reference letters cannot be requested until after you have submitted your application, and furthermore, that they might not be automatically requested for all candidates. You may wish to alert your letter writers in advance, so they will be ready to submit your letter.

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Ability to think unconventionally to derive creative and innovative solutions.

　　Knowledge of large models, and experience training them at scale, or running inference.

　　Systems building expertise.

　　Experience programming hardware, e.g. NICs and/or switches in datacenters.

　　The base pay range for this internship is USD $6,290 - $12,170 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $8,060 - $13,240 per month.

　　Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/us-intern-pay.html)

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