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Research Fellowship in Machine Intelligence

A funded year to do serious work alongside our labs.

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Duration
48 weeks
Format
Full-time · Residential in Lahore
Tuition
Fully funded
Intake
One cohort per year, starting September

Overview

The fellowship exists to grow research capacity in Pakistan. Fellows receive a stipend, compute allocation on the institute cluster, and a faculty advisor. The year is structured around one substantial research question agreed in the first month.

We look for evidence of independent thinking more than credentials: a thesis, an open-source contribution, a paper, or a well-argued proposal.

Outcomes

  • Produce a peer-reviewed publication or an equivalent open artefact.
  • Develop rigorous experimental practice and reproducible research habits.
  • Build a network across the institute’s labs and partner universities.

Curriculum

  1. 01

    Months 1–2 · Orientation

    • Lab rotation
    • Research methods seminar
    • Proposal defence
  2. 02

    Months 3–10 · Research

    • Weekly advisor meetings
    • Reading groups
    • Mid-year review
  3. 03

    Months 11–12 · Dissemination

    • Paper writing workshop
    • Conference submission
    • Institute symposium talk