Research Intern (RDMA/High Speed Network) - 2026 Start (PhD)

What you'll do

• Design, optimize, implement, and deploy transport protocols and congestion-control algorithms for AI/LLM applications.
• Develop high-performance AI communication frameworks and network stacks, including host-network-application co-design.
• Track academic and industry advances, identify system innovations, and present research in academic papers.

What they ask for

• Currently pursuing a PhD in computer networking or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in at least one listed area: network protocols and Socket/verbs programming; data-center congestion control; scale-up protocols; or high-speed network systems.
• Proficiency in one or more mainstream programming languages, including C/C++, Python, or Go.
• Some knowledge of GPU architecture.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AI training/inference systems and software-hardware co-design.
• Top-tier networking conference publications such as NSDI, SIGCOMM, OSDI, or SOSP.

Tools

TCP, RoCEv2, Socket, verbs APIs, PCIe, NVLink, UALink, C/C++

AI focus

Develops high-performance networking and communication systems to support AI/LLM applications.