Visiting Scientist - AI Foundations Research

Introduction

IBM Research is seeking a distinguished Visiting Scientist for a 3-month collaborative research engagement. This unique position offers the opportunity to work alongside our world-class researchers on cutting-edge problems in artificial intelligence.

The visiting scientist will collaborate with our team on foundational research at the intersection of machine learning, reasoning, and natural language understanding. A key focus of this collaboration will be to explore and advance the positive social and civilizational impacts of increasingly powerful AI systems.

This role is designed to foster a vibrant exchange of ideas, providing our lab with invaluable expertise and mentorship while advancing a shared research agenda.

Your role and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct foundational research in machine learning, reasoning, and natural language processing (NLP).
• Collaborate directly with IBM researchers to define and pursue a joint research project.
• Provide mentorship and share expert knowledge with team members.
• Contribute to research vision that emphasizes the ethical and beneficial application of AI.

Required education

Doctorate Degree

Preferred education

Doctorate Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• A proven track record of research excellence in computer science or a related field.
• Deep expertise and a research focus at the intersection of:
  • Machine Learning
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  • Natural Language Understanding
• A strong commitment to the ethical development of AI and its positive impact on society.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a closely related field.
• Significant experience in both academic and industrial research settings.
• A distinguished publication record in top-tier AI/ML/NLP conferences and journals.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor research initiatives.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

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At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Client-provided location(s): Cambridge, MA

Job ID: IBM-68814

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-06T18:47:37