Research Scientist, Discovery Team

London 

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Snapshot

The Discovery team builds general-purpose agents that create and discover new knowledge through interaction. To achieve this, we combine the best techniques from deep learning, reinforcement learning, meta learning, planning and large models. 

We recently applied these techniques to domains like Mathematics (dpmd.ai/imo-silver) where we achieved a silver medal standard in the international math olympiad, and in chess, where we developed creative problem solving methods to solve the challenging Penrose position (https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.09175). 

We have already made a number of high profile breakthroughs towards building artificial general intelligence, and we have all the ingredients in place to make further significant progress over the coming years!

About us

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

The role

Research Scientists at Google DeepMind lead our efforts in developing novel algorithmic architecture towards the end goal of solving and building Artificial General Intelligence.

We’re looking for creative thinkers with strong algorithm-design and programming skills that want to build the next generation of AI agents. 

Previous experience with Deep RL, planning, LLMs and domain expertise in relevant domains is valued.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and evaluate models, agents and software prototypes of perceptual processing.
• Report and present research findings and developments including status and results clearly and efficiently both internally and externally, verbally and in writing.
• Suggest and engage in team collaborations to meet ambitious research goals.
• Work with external collaborators and maintain relationships with relevant research labs and key individuals as appropriate.

About you

In order to set you up for success as a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:

• PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.

In addition, the following would be an advantage:

• PhD in machine learning, artificial intelligence or computer science.
• Relevant experience to the position such as post doctoral roles, a proven track record of publications, or deep neural network architectures.
• A real passion for AI!

Application deadline: Friday 9th August at 5pm BST.