Intern, Full body 4D Synthetic Datasets

About InterDigital

InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud‑based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi‑Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq.

Summary

The InterDigital Immersive Video Lab is focused on advancing avatar‑based communication. In this context, accurate and detailed human 3D data is essential for reliably estimating features such as facial expressions, body posture, skin texture, lighting conditions, background segmentation, hair segmentation, and more. InterDigital has developed a proprietary framework for generating synthetic 3D facial image datasets. The next step is to enhance this framework to support the creation of 4D video sequences featuring full‑body characters. This internship will contribute to the development and refinement of this extended capability.

Responsibilities

• Study state of the art on face & body analysis models and synthetic data generation
• Update the framework to full body with body animation
• Upgrade the framework to output video sequences
• Create and/or set up avatar elements (clothes, accessories, jewels etc.)
• Generate video datasets
• Train neural networks on body pose estimation and/or face analysis

Qualifications

• Master degree in computer graphics, 3D modeling, rendering, Maya/Houdini/Blender

Expected Outcomes

Patents, Publications and Demos

Location

Rennes, France

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

InterDigital is an equal employment opportunity employer. InterDigital will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination with regard to any employment decision, policy or practice based on a person’s sex, gender, pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, assignments, evaluations, coaching, promotion, discipline, discharge and layoff.

InterDigital est un employeur offrant l'égalité des chances en matière d'emploi. InterDigital s'interdit de toute discrimination illégale et ne tolère aucune décision, politique ou pratique prise en matière d'emploi basée sur le sexe, le genre, la grossesse (y compris l'accouchement, l'allaitement et l'état de santé), l'âge, la race, la couleur, la religion, la croyance, l'origine nationale, l'ascendance, la citoyenneté, le statut militaire, le statut de vétéran, le handicap mental ou physique, l'état de santé, les informations génétiques, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité ou l'expression de genre, ou tout autre facteur protégé par la loi fédérale, nationale ou locale applicable. Cette politique s'applique à toutes les conditions d'emploi, y compris, de façon non limitative, au recrutement, à l'embauche, à la rémunération, aux avantages sociaux, à la formation, aux affectations, aux évaluations, au coaching, à la promotion, à la discipline, au licenciement et à la mise à pied.