Overview

The CoreAI Speech Group is on a mission to develop the core speech technologies that empower millions of users to achieve more. Our group brings together talent in the areas of signal processing, speech recognition, speech translation, and speech and audio generation to develop and deliver robust, natural, and scalable speech experience across a rich set of scenarios and languages.

We are seeking Research Interns to contribute to pioneering research in speech and audio. This includes areas such as end-to-end speech recognition and translation, speech and audio generation, and speech-Large Language Model (LLM). As a Research Intern, you will have the opportunity to conduct both fundamental and applied research in collaboration with our researchers and scientists.

This position offers the opportunity to prototype, demonstrate, and publish your findings within Microsoft’s privileged environment for Microsoft speech services. Most importantly, you will have the chance to push the boundaries of current technologies, making a significant impact on millions of users.

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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.

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‍Qualifications‍

Required Qualifications

• PhD candidate in speech recognition, speech translation, separation, and enhancement, speaker recognition and diarization, speech and audio generation, audio processing, deep learning, machine learning, AI or a related field.
• At least a year of research experience in speech recognition, speech translation, speech and audio generation, speech LLM, deep learning, machine learning, AI or a related field.

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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 as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples. 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.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with open source tools such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc.
• Publication(s) in top-tier conferences or journals in related fields (e.g., ICASSP, Interspeech, ASRU, SLT, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, Speech Communication, Computer Speech and Language, etc.).
• Proficient communication and writing skills.

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