Company Description

The Bosch Research and Technology Center North America with offices in Sunnyvale, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Watertown, Massachusetts is part of the global Bosch Group (www.bosch.com), a company with over 70 billion euro revenue, 400,000 people worldwide, a very diverse product portfolio, and a history of over 125 years. The Research and Technology Center North America (RTC-NA) is committed to providing technologies and system solutions for various Bosch business fields primarily in the areas of Human Machine Interaction (HMI), Robotics, Energy Technologies, Internet Technologies, Circuit Design, Semiconductors and Wireless, and MEMS Advanced Design.

Job Description

Bosch Research Pittsburgh would like to invite an enthusiastic research intern for investigations at the intersection of Cognitive Modeling, Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. We wish to develop neuro-symbolic algorithms for decision support based on heterogeneous information, spanning from multi-modal sensor data to textual resources. We wish to integrate such algorithms into applications across different domains, such as manufacturing and mobility.

We expect the intern to perform implementation and evaluation of various methods, inspired by his/her own insights, team discussion, and contemporary academic literature. Viable methods may comprise semantic technologies, with a focus on scalable knowledge graphs; machine learning, including large language/multi-modal models; cognitive architectures, especially those adhering to the common model of cognition, such as act-r. Regardless of the methods, the intern must understand the relevant challenges of developing decision support systems for real-world use cases.

Over the last few years, together with our faculty collaborators in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and in the Information Sciences Institute at University of Southern California, we have made several key developments that we expect the prospective intern to leverage and extend.

The final, key component of the internship is scientific contribution: the prospective intern is expected to work with teammates to publish a high-quality research paper in a major conference (AAAI, IJCAI, ECAI, ISWC, ESWC, ACL, NAACL, COLING-LREC, EMNLP, etc.)

Qualifications

Strong background in neuro-symbolic AI
Experience in cognitive architectures (especially Python implementations)
Experience with knowledge graph technologies, including embedding models
Experience with large language and multimodal models
Experience with data acquisition/manipulation/transformation  
(Plus) Familiarity with decision science and decision support systems
(Plus) Front-end development (e.g., JavaScript)

Other Requirements

Degree Level: doctoral or post-doctoral
Major: Computer Science (or related)

Tasks

Perform extensive state of the art review
Generate a research plan, detailing intended approaches and evaluation methods
Implement, apply, and evaluate cognitive neuro-symbolic algorithms  
Present related work and research progress to colleagues, on a weekly basis
Summarize findings as a research paper (required)
Formalize findings as contribution to patent filing (if applicable)
Additional Information

The U.S. base salary range for this intern position is $30.00-$58.00 per hour. Within the range, individual pay is determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, type of degree, work experience and job knowledge, complexity of the role, type of position, job location, etc. Your Hiring Manager can share more details about the specific salary range for this position during the interview process.

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)

FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
AWIM (A World In Motion)


The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 429,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). The company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.

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Bosch Research Pittsburgh is seeking an enthusiastic research intern to develop neuro-symbolic algorithms for decision support. The intern will implement and evaluate methods inspired by team discussions and academic literature. The role involves scientific contribution and publishing a high-quality research paper.

Cognitive Neuro-Symbolic Systems for Decision Support

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