Meta-Cognitive Agentic AI Systems - Honda Research Institute USA

Meta-Cognitive Agentic AI Systems

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Meta-Cognitive Agentic AI Systems

Job Number: P24INT-51
Honda Research Institute USA (HRI-US) is seeking a self-motivated research intern to join our Cooperative Cognition Team in developing adaptive AI systems that can operate in complex,human-AI collaborative environments. The intern will help design and implement AI agents with metacognitive capabilities, focusing on areas such as multi-agent systems for long-horizon tasks, test-time scaling, and rapid adaptation to individual preferences. This work will advance robust, self-adapting systems and lay the foundation for AI partners that quickly learn new tasks, adjust to evolving team, and cooperate effectively with humans.
San Jose, CA

 

Key Responsibilities

 

  • During the time of internship, the intern is expected to develop meta-cognitive algorithms (assessment and intervention) for enhancing efficiency and reliability of agentic AI systems. Potential research topics includes (but not limited to):

    • Test-time scaling of vision-language (action) models.
    • Enhancing the robustness of LLMs in long-horizon, multi-agent agentic tasks.
    • Curation of a novel benchmark focused on multi-modal agentic systems.

 

Minimum Qualifications

 
  • Currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field at a reputed university (exceptional M.S. candidates with a minimum of 1 year of research experience may also be considered.
    • Strong familiarity with agentic AI systems and modern foundation model training techniques.
    • Experience in open-source deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, etc.)

 

Bonus Qualifications​

  • ​Experience with neural network representation analysis, interpretability, and/or uncertainty quantification.

 

Years of Work Experience Required  0
Desired Start Date 1/5/2026
Internship Duration 3 Months
Position Keywords Agentic AI, meta-cognitive AI

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