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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> rgupta@hra.com [mailto:rgupta@hra.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 26, 2012 2:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> rgupta@hra.com<br><b>Subject:</b> winter internships at Honda Research Institute USA Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Professor,</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I would be grateful if you could circulate this winter internship advertisement among the students.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regards,</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rakesh Gupta, Honda Research Institute USA Inc, 425 National Avenue, Mountain View, CA 95043</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The computer science section of Honda Research Institute USA (HRI-US), located in Mountain View, California has several openings for internships this winter. We solicit applications from graduate students with a strong background in CS or related areas. The application deadline is December 21, 2012</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The HRI-US internship program is designed to give students hands-on experience in developing new research ideas. Each intern has at least one HRI-US researcher to work with and, in general, is expected to generate prototypes and scientific publications as a result of the internship. The general time frame for these positions is 3 months, and the starting date may be adjusted to accommodate the intern's academic schedule.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HRI-US pays interns competitive salaries and provides for a comfortable yet competitive research environment with regular opportunities for learning. Interns from outside of the local area are eligible for relocation stipend. However, we do not accept any international students except those currently studying in Canada and Mexico (North America). </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We currently have positions in the following areas:</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Machine Learning and Reasoning </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Job Number: P11INT-05)</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Probabilistic inference, structured output prediction, reinforcement learning, driver modeling</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speech and text processing</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (Job Number: P11INT-06)</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Natural language understanding, spoken dialog, language modeling</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Computer Vision </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Job Number: P11INT-07)</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stereo, 3D reconstruction/modeling , high performance visual processing, optimization methods</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For all positions, a minimum of a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering or equivalent experience is required. MS and PhD students are encouraged to apply.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To apply for one of these positions, please send a cover letter and your resume to</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:interns2012@honda-ri.com">interns2012@honda-ri.com</a></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>with the subject line clearly indicating the job number you are apply for.<br>Name your attachments as "john.smith.UniversityName.cv.pdf" - not as "honda.pdf".</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>