Research Staff Member, Human-Computer Interaction

Job description

The mission of the IBM Research AI Interaction team is to leverage artificial intelligence to build intelligent interactive systems and visual experiences that help us study and understand Human-AI interaction, including the automation of human workflows and processes through AI.

We are exploring models and experiences that are explainable, trustable and learn from user interactions with the goal of informing the future design and construction of intelligent systems, tools, and platforms. These systems are designed to create new partnerships between people and machines to augment and scale human expertise in every industry, from healthcare to financial services to education.

We are searching for a Research Staff Member to join our AI Experience Lab, in Cambridge, MA to lead research agendas and to communicate results to both internal executive audiences and the academic community. We are looking for scientists with interest and expertise in human-computer interaction research, especially around systems incorporating AI/ML and crowdsourcing. You'll work with our interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers, and full-stack web developers to design and build systems, then use them to create and study novel human-AI interactions and answer open research questions in this space.

Recent examples of work from our team include studying how to automate the work of data scientists (https://autoai.mybluemix.net/), for AI-assisted human-driven data labeling, and in collaborative partially-observable games between Human/AI partners (ibm.biz/learnplay).

Auto req ID

321157BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Research Scientist
State / Province

MASSACHUSETTS
Primary job category

Research
Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

Research
Preferred Education

Doctorate Degree
City / Township / Village

Cambridge
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Masters in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Computer Science, Information Science & Technology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or related technical field
·  Expertise and experience in programming in one or more of these languages: Python, Java, C, C++
·  Advanced skill level in solving analytical problems using rigorous and quantitative approaches
·  Familiarity or experience with qualitative and quantitative research methodologies (such as interviewing, running A/B experiments, etc) and associated data analysis
·  Experience communicating your research in technical communities, such as publications in CHI, IUI, CSCW, WWW, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, IJCAI, AAAI, KDD, or similar
Country/Region

United States
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Computer Science, Information Science & Technology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or related technical fields
·  Expertise and experience with full-stack web development, including HTML/CSS/Javascript, relational databases (such as Postgresql), and webserver frameworks (such as Flask, JavaEE, etc.)
·  Experience creating and applying AI techniques specific to traditional machine learning and with standard machine learning techniques and frameworks including, but not limited to, Theano, Tensorflow, Caffe, Torch
·  Experience with designing, building, and studying interactive systems
·  User-centric design skills: such a wireframing, rapid prototyping, etc.
Secondary Job Category

Research Staff
Eligibility Requirements

·  None
Position Type

Early Professional
Early Professional Track

Industry Early Professional
Location Statement

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
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