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Research Intern

Cantina· Research
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Singapore$0/moInternPosted 1mo ago

About the role

Three-month onsite research internship in Singapore focused on next-generation video generation models, with mentorship, defined projects, and potential conference submissions.

Responsibilities

  • Research and develop distillation methods for large-scale diffusion and flow-based video generation models, including guidance and adversarial distillation
  • Explore techniques that reduce inference cost while preserving or improving generation quality
  • Develop reward models and preference-based optimization methods to improve aesthetics, motion quality, temporal consistency, and prompt adherence
  • Study how base-model behavior affects post-training outcomes and use experimental findings to inform model development
  • Design rigorous evaluations and conduct large-scale experiments on generative video models
  • Contribute to evaluation harnesses, model integrations, research tooling, or other product-adjacent projects related to your core work
  • Document and communicate your findings through research reports, internal presentations, demonstrations, and potential conference submissions

Qualifications

  • Are currently pursuing a PhD or are a final-year master’s student in computer science, machine learning, computer vision, or a related field
  • Have research experience in generative modeling, computer vision, multimodal learning, or video generation
  • Have hands on experience with diffusion models, flow-based models, model distillation, reinforcement learning, preference optimization, or related post-training techniques
  • Can formulate hypotheses, design controlled experiments, analyze results, and communicate conclusions clearly
  • Are proficient in Python and have hands-on experience with PyTorch, JAX, or another modern machine learning framework
  • Are comfortable working independently on an open-ended research problem while collaborating closely with a mentor and the broader team

Skills

Required:Hypothesis-driven researchPythonPyTorchDiffusion / flow-based modelsDistillation / post-training methods
Nice to have:JAXMultimodal / video generation

Benefits

  • A defined project and named senior mentor before your first day
  • Weekly one-on-one meetings and clear project milestones
  • A meaningful compute allocation for your research
  • The opportunity to own a complete research or engineering result
  • First-author positioning by default where your contribution supports a publication
  • Timely internal review of research intended for submission
  • Support for conference travel if your paper is accepted
  • Opportunities to demonstrate your work and receive credit for product contributions
  • A competitive monthly stipend
  • Visa and travel support for eligible international candidates
  • Housing support for qualifying international interns in Singapore
  • Equipment and resources needed to complete your work
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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