Human-Centered AI ML InternToyota Research Institute

At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We’re developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility, we’ve built a world-class team in human-centered AI, energy and materials, machine learning, and robotics.

This is a Summer 2024 paid 12-week internship opportunity. Please note that this internship will be a hybrid in-office role.

This internship opportunity falls within the Human-Centered AI Division (HCAI). We are an integrated team of ML researchers, behavior scientists, and human-computer interaction experts. At the core of our work, we aim to support people to make better decisions by leveraging the best of big data, technology, and insights about why we do what we do.

The Future Product innovation (FPI) team is an interdisciplinary team of researchers working at the intersection of generative artificial intelligence (AI), design, engineering, and creativity.  Our mission is to accelerate design and engineering processes in the automotive industry. Our research works on creating realistic designs, prototypes, and simulations for vehicles as well as automotive components. This includes generating 2D designs as well as 3D models.

We are looking for an intern with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

- Generative AI for image, text or 3D modalities

- Large language models

- General ML expertise in computer vision and NLP, with an interest in generative model

- Computer graphics expertise is a plus, but not required

- Experience with simulation and optimization of physical systems is also a plus, but not required

We will match the intern with mentors based on their experience.  Over the course of the project, in addition to Future Product Innovation group meetings, the intern will also participate in all Human-Centered AI division meetings. The intern will be exposed to how interdisciplinary industrial research works as well as learn from our team and the other interns in our division. Furthermore, the intern will engage in strategy discussions about how their research connects to business impact at Toyota.

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