Research Scientist - Brain-Inspired AI Systems (Contractor)

About Huawei Research and Development UK Limited

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Huawei Research and Development UK Limited Overview

Huaweis vision is a fully connected, intelligent world. To achieve this, we work to inspire passion for basic research around the world. Our combined passion drives development across the global innovation value chain. Huawei has the largest Research and Development organization in the world with 96,000+ employees in research centers around the globe. In the UK, we already have design centers in Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and Ipswich. We continue to explore and define new research directions and new services. We have expanded our collaborations with academic researchers; researched new network architectures, integration of communications and key enabling technologies; and developed the fundamental theories of these technologies. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey and drive your career forward.

Job Summary

We are seeking two exceptional Research Scientists to join our innovative project on advancing large language model (LLM) capabilities through brain-inspired approaches. This role will focus on developing novel multi-modal AI architectures that leverage recent insights from neuroscience, specifically working on next-generation memory systems for transformers. The successful candidates will contribute to groundbreaking research in memory compression, hierarchical retrieval, and efficient information processing for next-generation agenting LLMs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement novel memory algorithms for LLMs.
• Develop biologically-inspired approaches to improve AI system performance.
• Research efficient methods for information storage and retrieval in neural networks.
• Collaborate with world-leading academic experts in computational neuroscience and memory systems.
• Work closely with the engineering team to optimize implementations for practical deployment.
• Publish research findings in top-tier conferences and journals.
• Contribute to patent applications and technical documentation.
• Work closely with international teams across Huaweis research centers.

This job description is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The jobholder will carry out any other duties as may be reasonably required by his/her line manager. The job description and personal specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of Huawei Research and Development UK Limited.

Person Specification:

1. Required:
   • PhD in Computer Science, Neuroscience, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent industry experience).
   • Strong programming skills in Python.
   • Experience with deep learning frameworks (ideally PyTorch).
   • Good understanding of transformer architectures and attention mechanisms.
   • Background in machine learning or computational neuroscience.
2. Desired:
   • Good publication record in machine learning or computational neuroscience.
   • Experience with LLMs.
   • Experience with biological learning systems and memory models.
   • Knowledge of Modern Hopfield Networks and associative memory systems.
   • Background in variational inference and/or predictive coding.
   • Understanding of hardware acceleration techniques.

Department:Reinforcement Learning

Role:Research Scientist

Locations:Huawei London Research Center

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