Research Scientist at Ren in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Do you want to contribute to the frontier of Artificial Intelligence Research and Development? Come join us at Ren.

About the Company

We are an Intelligent Computing company operating at the forefront of Artificial General Intelligence Research and Development. Our mission is to build the perfect tools for the Human Mind. Ren is pioneering a new approach to building intelligent computing systems, based on an entirely new framework for Machine Learning called the Universal State Machine (USM). The USM enables a new kind of intelligent system; one that is not built on the primitives of Deep Learning, and does not come with its inherent limitations.

The Opportunity

The Universal State Machine development is a completely novel computational architecture, it is not being pursued by any other labs or companies. This makes this position the only place on earth where this specific opportunity is available.

As a Research Scientist, you will report directly to the CEO, Rukmal Weerawarana. You will work in tandem with our research team. Your primary goal is to formalize and spearhead building various models capable of unique tasks using the USM. Additionally you will be working on data engineering for model building, researching the mathematics underlying the USM and translating our physical and computational breakthroughs into research outcomes. To accelerate your work, you will have full access to the suite of tools, modules, and infrastructure developed by our internal engineers.

Research Goals

You will spearhead the efforts to formalize the theoretical underpinnings of the technology. The following deliverables build on one another from a research perspective:

• Core Formulation: Building foundational AI models using the USM while developing intuition about this new form of intelligence.
• USM Exploration: Gaining insight into lower-level details of the USM and driving research to understand its capabilities and expanding to build large scale AI systems.
• Engineering Insights: Advocating potential improvements to the USM software for high performance and function at scale relative to expanding research requirements.

Required Technical Capabilities

• A strong grasp of deep learning principles and the ability to rethink computing primitives to understand the USM framework.
• Ability to build prototype models using our software stack in rapid iterations.
• Strong machine learning intuition and experience with scientific programming.
• Experience in building large scale deep learning models related to natural language processing, image processing and signal processing.
• Well developed reasoning skills, especially around building large scale analytical systems.
• The ability to distill highly abstract technical concepts into clear, actionable plans and formal academic literature.
• Ability to abstract and translate cross-disciplinary domain knowledge (e.g., signal processing, image processing, natural language processing) into the USM framework.
• Are curious, technically sound, and thrive in open-ended challenges.

Ideal Candidate

• Advanced degree in computer science, physics, mathematics, statistics, financial engineering, or another quantitative field.
• Strong computer programming skills along with adopting new technologies swiftly.
• Experience working with various data modalities.
• Thrives in a high-agency environment with a lot of freedom to create and explore.
• Proven track record of conducting and publishing research in your domain.
• Publish research on top tier conferences or journals in artificial intelligence.
• Must have worked a minimum of 5-7 years in advanced research.

Logistics & Benefits

• Location: You will be working in-person at the Ren Asia offices in Port City, Colombo.
• A vibrant, fast-paced working environment with smart colleagues.
• In-office lunch and dinner + transportation benefits.