Internship: Advanced Constraint Processing in LLMs F/M

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Update on 19/02/2025

Contract type: Internship
Work time: Full time
Location Meylan

About NAVER LABS Europe

NAVER LABS Europe is part of the R&D division of NAVER, Korea’s leading Internet portal and a global tech company with a range of services that include search, commerce, content, fintech, robotics and cloud.

The position

The ability to control the outputs of Large Language Models is a central topic in NLP and Machine Learning, with applications to safety, trustworthiness, reasoning, etc. Following up on our line of work on the Distributional Policy Gradient method (see references below), the internship will seek to improve our ability to handle complex constraints, while preserving key formal guarantees about the controlled model.

We’re looking for a Computer Science/Deep Learning PhD student or an outstanding Masters student, for a 5-6 month research internship starting early 2025. The internship will be hosted at NAVER LABS Europe, near Grenoble, France, where you will be integrated in the NLP team.

For examples of papers first-authored by former interns around the general topic of controlled generation, please have a look at the references [1-6] provided below.

What we're looking for (depending on your career stage)

Computer Science / Deep Learning PhD student or an outstanding Master student
Proficiency with Large Language Models (LLMs) is required, including their training and fine-tuning.
Being comfortable with the mathematical foundations of these models is a plus.
Familiarity with PyTorch and alignment techniques (e.g., RLHF) is essential.
You should feel at ease conducting experiments autonomously.

What we offer

Ambitious, multidisciplinary projects with experienced international research teams (30 years research in AI and related fields).
Flexible work/life balance.
An equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
A great location that blends urban life, technology and nature with stunning views of the Alpine mountain ranges (Belledonne, Chartreuse, Vercors).

NAVER LABS, co-located in Korea and France, is the organization dedicated to preparing NAVER’s future. Scientists at NAVER LABS Europe are empowered to pursue long-term research problems that, if successful, can have significant impact and transform NAVER. We take our ideas as far as research can to create the best technology of its kind. Active participation in the academic community and collaborations with world-class public research groups are, among others, important ways to achieve these goals. Teamwork, focus and persistence are important values for us.

When applying for this position online, please don't forget to upload your CV and cover letter. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

NAVER LABS Europe is subject to French jurisdiction requiring organisations to stipulate that a job/internship is open to both women and men. None of our jobs/internships are gender specific.