Microsoft Research (MSR) is seeking to advance large-scale data systems research, focusing on areas like query execution, data storage, resource management for cloud data platforms, data discovery, and data preparation. They are particularly interested in leveraging novel hardware, AI, and ML to address data management challenges.
Requirements
- Familiarity with the internals of relational database systems, distributed cache and key-value stores, vector databases, storage engines, model training and inference, and big data analytics systems.
- Familiarity with query processing and optimization, concurrency, transactions, resource management, scheduling.
- Familiarity with data cleaning, data transformation, data structure and algorithms.
- Ability to apply AI and ML techniques to data management problems.
Responsibilities
- Develop innovative solutions to challenging research problems.
- Work with top researchers and engineers at MSR.
- Collaborate with other Research Interns and researchers.
- Present findings.
- Contribute to the vibrant life of the community.
Other
- Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
- Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship.
- Submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples.
- Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
