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Sony Research India is driving cutting-edge research and development in various locations around the globe, including laboratories in Japan, the United States, Europe, and Asia. We endeavor to create new technology, products, and services while sustaining Sony Group’s diverse businesses in electronics, entertainment, and financial fields. For our research Centre to blaze a trail in the latest technologies, we seek to foster the growth of a diverse pool of research and engineering talent and create a technology talent bank to drive research excellence worldwide. Sony Research India is offering outstanding career opportunities around frontline technologies such as AI and data analytics.Key Responsibilities: Internships at Sony Research India (SRI) are aimed at offering students with an opportunity to industry exposure and a production level project experience. The primary responsibility in this role will be to positively contribute to the growth and development of innovative technologies at SRI. During the internship, you will work closely with research scientists and other members in the team on various development and optimization tasks in object detection, tracking and recognition, video generation, content moderation, large vision models, etc. In addition, you’ll be expected to actively work on AI development activities daily, be it training, testing, fixing bugs or other routines for building a robust model.For this internship programme, we are seeking a talented and motivated candidate who is pursuing or has completedMS/MSc/MTech/PhDlevel degree, to join usas soon as possible , for a duration of at least 6 months.For this internship program, we are seeking candidates with demonstrable skills and knowledge in generative AI based 3D computer vision tasks such as video-driven 3D head generation, audio-driven head animation, expression conditioned 3D face generation, avatar creation, and 3D rendering techniques based on Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian Splatting. It is essential to have strong coding skill in Python and PyTorch, along with hands-on experience implementing generative models.Work Location: Remote work within India.Duration of the paid internship: The internship will be for 6 months starting August third week of 2025. The working hours are from 9:00 to 18:00 (Monday to Friday) fulltime.Essential Education: Candidates pursuing or has completedMS/MSc/MTech/PhDlevel degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, Data Science, Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Applications or other closely related technical discipline, will be considered for the internship program.Must Have Skills: Prior experience with video- and audio-driven 3D head generation, or related tasks such as 3D facial reconstruction, lip-syncing animation, volumetric rendering, or avatar creation. Understanding of advanced generative techniques including Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF), 3D Gaussian Splatting, and other neural rendering techniques. Familiarity with generative AI architectures such as Diffusion Models, Transformers, and GANs, particularly applied to 3D vision tasks. Knowledge on efficient large vision models for various 3D computer vision tasks.Good to have Skills: Demonstrate research capabilities through relevant publication record in top-tier conferences likeSIGGRAPH, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV . Strong knowledge and hands-on programming experience with Python and PyTorch, along with relevant ML/DL libraries for 3D computer vision and generative modelling.Our Values: Dreams & Curiosity: Pioneer the future with dreams and curiosity. Diversity: Pursue the creation of the very best by harnessing diversity and varying viewpoints. Integrity & Sincerity: Earn the trust for Sony brand through ethical and responsible conduct. Sustainability: Fulfil our stakeholder responsibilities through disciplined business practices.Sony Research India is committed to equal opportunity in all its employment practices, policies and procedures and to ensuring that no worker or potential worker will receive less favourable treatment due to any characteristic protected under applicable local laws.