Overview
The advancements available:
- Next-frame prediction – Rather than generating full clips, the model will synthesize videos frame by frame for finer temporal control and better aligned with physical principles.
- Interactive conditioning – The model will integrate additional signals such as text, camera motion, and actions to enable dynamic generation.
- Efficiency – The design will emphasize computational efficiency, ensuring feasibility for downstream applications like simulators or AI-driven creativity.
Training an all-purpose robot requires a world model that captures and predicts the complex dynamics of the physical world. Recent advancements in video generation offer a promising approach, but existing models primarily generate entire video clips from text, often with fixed durations. Find out more with this Pollux - Autoregressive Video Generation as a World Model (Internship) project from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) .
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- For this internship project, the primary deliverable is a high-impact publication in top-tier conferences or journals.
- The research focus may include but is not limited to improving the efficiency/performance of generative models, optimizing inference strategies, or introducing novel technical contributions to world/video/image generative models
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Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Application deadline: All year around
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Campus Location
- Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
English requirements
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General requirements
- Undergraduate students in 3rd year or above and master’s students.
- Minimum GPA: 3.5/4
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Statement of purpose
- Contact details of 3 referees
- Official English language test score
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Additional Details
- This is a fully-funded internship; it includes tuition, airfare, housing, medical insurance, visa reimbursement and a monthly stipend of $1,000.
Living costs
Thuwal
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.