Posted 20 days ago
Research Scientist – World Modeling, Data
Sunnyvale, CAOn-siteFull-time
AI Summary
Research Scientist designing and building systems to curate, filter, annotate, and train on billion-scale visual data for world model capabilities, including motion scoring, camera control, and video understanding.
About this role
About the Institute of Foundation Models
We are a dedicated research lab for building, understanding, using, and risk-managing foundation models. Our mandate is to advance research, nurture the next generation of AI builders, and drive transformative contributions to a knowledge-driven economy.
As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work on the core of cutting-edge foundation model training, alongside world-class researchers, data scientists, and engineers, tackling the most fundamental and impactful challenges in AI development. You will participate in the development of groundbreaking AI solutions that have the potential to reshape entire industries. Strategic and innovative problem-solving skills will be instrumental in establishing MBZUAI as a global hub for high-performance computing in deep learning, driving impactful discoveries that inspire the next generation of AI pioneers.
Position Summary
We are looking for Research Scientists to tackle the data problems that determine our world model capabilities. You will design, develop, and run state-of-the-art systems for curating, ingesting, filtering, annotating, and training with billion-scale visual data. You will work on problems including, but not limited to, motion scoring, camera control, and video understanding. You will translate our team’s human efforts into durable automated systems, whose performance is quantitatively verifiable.
Skills
Camera ControlComputer VisionData AnnotationData CurationData FilteringDeep LearningDistributed TrainingHigh-performance ComputingHPCMotion ScoringPythonPyTorchVideo Understanding
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