PhD Research Intern

Location: Sydney, AU

Who You Are

You are currently pursuing a PhD at an Australian university, reside in Australia, and have an anticipated graduation date after September 2027.

Who We Are

Dolby’s Advanced Technology Group in Sydney creates cutting-edge audio, video, and multimodal technologies that drive next-generation experiences.

Our interests are broad - interactive media using Machine Learning/AI, data science of media, cloud implementations of media processing and delivery, and explorations of audio-video content creation for immersive media such as XR.

What’s Involved

We will work with you and your PhD supervisor to define a project that relates to your PhD, such that successful completion is not delayed by the internship

You will then spend four months with Dolby Australia researchers investigating a cutting-edge topic

We highly encourage publication of the results of your project in an appropriate conference or journal

You will have the opportunity to work with a diverse global network of Dolby researchers, scientists and creators, and gain a solid understanding of industry-based research

This is a paid internship based in our Sydney office, running from May to September 2027. Relocation support is available for those based outside of Sydney.

Technical Background

AI / Machine learning systems, preferably with application to audio, video, text, and multimedia

Human-computer interfaces and AI applications

Multimodal / cross-modal representation learning

Trustworthy and explainable AI

Generative AI for media creation

Spatial computing for 6DoF multimedia

Multimodal and immersive audio and video creation

3D deep learning (including NeRF, Gaussian Splatting, etc.)

Example Project Areas

Live events or sports

Data provenance, attribution, and authenticity

Controllable generation of audio, video, textual, or multimedia content

Multimodal experience creation

Future devices (e.g., smart glasses and holographic displays)

Next-generation entertainment experiences in automotive

These points are examples. We are actively looking for new ideas, and if your research project does not fall precisely in the above categories, please still consider applying. For example, if you are doing a PhD in quantum computing algorithms with AI or a project that involves user interfaces with robots or Internet of Things applications - come tell us about it, because we are flexible!

Skills and Specialty Areas

We are interested in PhD research candidates from Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Science, Music Technology, Media Technology, or Media Content Creation.

We are not prescriptive of skill sets, but it is useful if the research intern has ability in using appropriate tools e.g., a project in machine learning may require programming in Python or MATLAB, or a project in XR creation may use Max/MSP or Final Cut / Logic Pro. Most importantly, we are looking for the ability to creatively explore and design experiments to uncover new and interesting learnings in media.