Evaluation and Benchmarking for Biomedical Multi-modal Reasoning Internship

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Cambridge, United Kingdom AstraZeneca Full time

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company, developing innovative medicines that benefit millions of patients worldwide Our internship programs provide hands-on experience in cutting-edge research, allowing students to contribute meaningfully while developing their skills in a collaborative environment.

Introduction to the Role

This project aims to establish a more robust evaluation framework tailored to biomedical VQA tasks, ensuring reliable and interpretable AI model assessment. The research will also explore the creation of a biomedical multi-modal benchmark and investigate an internal genomic benchmark, aligning with AstraZeneca’s strategic research priorities.

Accountabilities

As a Summer Intern, you will:

- Contribute to the development of principled evaluation methods for biomedical VQA tasks.
- Assist in building and validating a biomedical multi-modal benchmark.
- Analyze model performance and identify limitations of existing evaluation approaches.
- Work with AI researchers, data scientists, and domain experts to refine evaluation methodologies.
- Summarize findings in technical reports and potentially contribute to a research publication.

Essential Skills/Experience
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, AI, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, or a related field.
- Strong programming skills in Python and experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
- Familiarity with VLMs, LLMs, multi-modal learning, and model evaluation techniques.
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and ability to work in a research-driven environment.

Additional Information

Applications will be open until 28/02/2025. Start date 09/06/2025 - 29/08/2025 and you can expect to hear back from us by the end of March 2025.



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