About the Role

Research Internship at Microsoft's Applied Sciences group focusing on neural rendering and generative 3D/4D for digital humans and interactive characters. The role involves conducting original research, building prototypes, and contributing to cutting-edge projects in neural scene representations, generative 3D/4D, digital human animation, and interactive character intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct original research and build prototypes in neural rendering & scene representations
• Work on generative 3D/4D methods including diffusion/score-based approaches
• Develop digital human & facial animation systems with speech/audio-driven capabilities
• Design datasets and evaluation protocols with benchmarking against public/internal evaluations
• Optimize for fidelity, robustness, or efficiency depending on project goals

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Currently enrolled in Master's or Ph.D. program in CS, EE, Applied Math or related field
• Focus in vision/graphics/ML within academic program
• Physically located at Microsoft worksite for internship duration
• Submit minimum of two reference letters, cover letter, and relevant work/research samples

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on experience with deep learning (PyTorch) and familiarity with diffusion/transformers
• Proficient programming skills in Python and/or C++ with clear technical communication
• Publications in top conferences (CVPR, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, NeurIPS, etc.)
• Depth in neural rendering, Gaussian splatting, NeRF-style models, generative 3D/4D
• Experience with scalable training, dataset curation, and evaluation techniques

Benefits & Perks

• Industry leading healthcare