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Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.  

The Convergence AI and Data Analytics (CADA) team at AbbVie leverages advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to integrate and analyze diverse data sources throughout the organization, including biological datasets, clinical trial results, real-world evidence, and genomics. We partner closely with scientists across AbbVie to develop and apply innovative AI solutions that drive scientific discovery and accelerate the advancement of AbbVie’s drug development pipeline. 

We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative intern who can employ cutting-edge methods in graph machine learning to develop models capable of predicting causal relationships between genes and diseases. They will review published literature on graph neural networks to identify relevant architectures, implement these architectures in Python, perform necessary data pre-processing, and train and rigorously validate the models. 

The generated predictions will play a critical role in advancing AbbVie's drug development efforts, with significant implications for a wide range of human diseases. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Designing, training, and evaluating graph machine learning models to predict trends in biomedical research 
• Developing and optimizing data pipelines for graph data processing and model training 
• Reviewing prior literature to identify suitable machine learning approaches and architectures 
• Communicating findings and insights to cross-functional stakeholders 

Minimum Qualifications  

• Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a PhD in computer science, machine learning, bioinformatics, mathematics or other related field 
• Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship  
• Expected graduation date between December 2026 – July 2027 
• Knowledge of fundamental machine learning concepts 
• Proficiency in Python, including data manipulation libraries such as Pandas and NumPy 
• Experience building machine learning models in a major framework such as PyTorch or TensorFlow 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Familiarity with knowledge graph data 
• Experience with graph machine learning, including frameworks such as PyTorch Geometric or Deep Graph Library (DGL) 
• Working knowledge of SQL 

Benefits and Amenities  

• Competitive pay  
• Relocation support for eligible students  
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge machine learning problems with real-world implications for human health 

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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