To strengthen our Technology Innovation department, we are looking for a new team member. Join us for a six-month internship at our centrally located office in Basel, Switzerland, with the potential to advance into a permanent position.

As a Data Scientist Intern, you will be responsible for assisting with the development, experimentation and creation of machine learning, statistics and cutting-edge mathematical algorithms for various applications with a focus on NLP and/or Graph Machine Learning. You will be also supporting the Team analytics to analyze data and deploy support Business Dashboard for the management.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Supporting the AI team to develop applications in the area of Natural Language Processing and Graph Machine Learning.
• Developing, optimizing and evaluating new Machine Learning and Statistical models.
• Finding new approaches and algorithms that solve specific business problems.
• Investigating and comparing research prototypes.

Requirements

• BSc or MSC studies in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or Computer Science.
• Practical or student project experience in Data Science field developing useful machine learning applications.
• Theoretical and technical knowledge of machine learning and deep learning algorithms.
• Proficiency in Python, including statistical and machine learning libraries (other languages are a plus, e.g. R).
• Experience with Deep Learning development framework (Pytorch, TensorFlow) is beneficial.
• Experience in applying and implementing NLP and/or Graph Machine Learning is beneficial.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate, document, share and pursue ideas and results to technical and non-technical audiences (fluency in English is a must).
• Creative team player with a results-oriented mindset.
• Analytical thinking

What we offer

• The opportunity to contribute to the academic/scientific community;
• Flexible working hours;
• Support for a healthy lifestyle;
• Team bond strengthening through team-building events;
• Professional growth opportunities with our global training system;
• Working in a collaborative, diverse, and socially responsible team;
• Company retreat facility;
• Full-coverage insurance for accidents/daily sickness;
• Prime location near Basel train station and city center;
• And more

If you are interested in this position, we look forward to receiving:

• A motivational letter(EN) that briefly describes your motivations for joining MDPI
• A resume(EN) including personal information, past & current education,
• If available: reference letters and certificates.

About MDPI

A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open access journals supported by over 66,000 academic editors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

MDPI is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Europe, Asia and North America. We are committed to ensuring that high quality research is made available as quickly as possible. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.

Initiatives

At MDPI, we develop and maintain various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community. Please find here-below a list of our main platforms:

https://www.mdpi.com
https://www.mdpi.com/books/
https://sciprofiles.com
https://sciforum.net
https://www.scilit.net
https://www.preprints.org
https://encyclopedia.pub

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