Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers, who pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment.

Microsoft Research, New York City (MSR NYC) is looking for multiple Research Interns to collaborate with members of the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in AI (FATE) research group. A list of researchers in the FATE group can be found here. Members of the group collaborate extensively with each other and with other groups across Microsoft.

This group is interested in research including but not limited to: sociotechnical approaches to AI evaluation/measurement; developing statistical, computational, and visualization methodologies for AI evaluation/measurement; the challenges of responsible AI in industry practice; institutional studies; AI law and policy; cultural, economic, and environmental impacts of AI; AI transparency; human-AI interaction; and a wide range of topics that address AI’s social impacts from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives. 

Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in FATE-related topics and a desire to work in a highly interdisciplinary environment. We welcome applicants with backgrounds in technical fields (e.g., machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, computer vision, statistics) and applicants with backgrounds in sociotechnical fields (e.g., anthropology, history of science, history of technology, human-computer interaction, information science, law, media studies, philosophy, science and technology studies, sociology).

Applicants to the FATE internship may also be interested in applying for the separate STAC internship. Applicants interested in multiple internship opportunities should apply to each posting separately. 

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