Internship/Praktikum: R&D of a Ranking strategy for Search results

Job description

Research and develop a Ranking strategy for Search results

We are a development team for search services for the product "IBM Watson Content Hub". "Search" is a core service with many facets to it. One of the big challenges is how to identify what the user is actually looking for and use that information to modify the user's search input to find and promote the best possible matches. The underlying search engine is based on open source Solr technology. This Diploma-/Master-Theses to research and develop a ranking strategy for Search results

The ranking strategy must improve the search results for a user and should at least contain 2 steps:
1. Classifying a user search request
2. and assign this to the most appropriate ranking strategy

A possible user scenario could be an online retailer with a webshop consisting of products, categories as well as web content related to those products sold by the online retailer.
Very simple example: "one-word" search focused on hits mainly in the title or the description. More interesting is a search request with multiple search terms, including question words, key words, fillers and so on.
The classification needs to use cognitive and speech-analysis services.
The results should be documented in respective Solr/Lucene Query.

Interested? If yes please upload the required documents under 'Resume/CV' (preferably in one single pdf file):

1) Motivation letter incl. your availability (earliest start date & latest departure date)
2) CV
3) university enrollment document to prove that you are still studying
4) current transcript of records and other relevant certificates
5) Non-EU citizens: copy of passport, residence and work permit (all pages please / where applicable)

Thank you.

#PRAKTIKUMATIBM

Auto req ID

163061BR
Required Education

Pre-University Qualification
Role ( Job Role )

Student/Intern
State / Province

BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
Primary job category

Data Science
Company

(0161) IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH
Contract type

Internship
Employment Type

Full-Time
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

No Travel
IBM Business Group

WatsonCustEngag
Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree
City / Township / Village

BOEBLINGEN
EO Statement

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Knowledge regarding Solr search engine or any other comparable search technologies. Helpful: Modern coding skills, e.g. MicroServices coding, NodeJS, REST, IoT... Studying Informatics, business informatics, applied informatics or similar.

Country/Region

Germany
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

Information Retrieveal, AI skills

Eligibility Requirements

Candidates applying for this internship position should be students enrolled at university
Position Type

Intern
Early Professional Track

Track unaligned
New Collar Role

No