Summer Intern - Technical - Predicting Render Queue Metrics
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Burbank, CAThis was removed by the employer on 3/18/2017 5:02:00 PM PST
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Full Time Unpaid Internship
Walt Disney Animation Studios' batch queuing system is responsible for distributing hundreds of
thousands of tasks across thousands of processors every day. Every time an artist submits a new task,
they're asked to provide several metrics that help the queue make informed decisions on where to
execute the task. These metrics are difficult for a human to predict, so default values are often used
instead leading to sub-optimal packing of our render-farm. This internship will focus on analyzing data
produced by the queuing system to make intelligent predictions about future tasks. The goal is to
develop a model that can continuously learn from new data, and can make reasonable predictions
hundreds of times per second.
Responsibilities
• Analyze existing datasets stored in SQL databases
• Generate a model to provide predictions of several render metrics
• Demonstrate the model on live data
• Work with queuing team to integrate model into dispatch decisions
• Report results and present work to the Studio
Requirements
• Undergraduate or graduate student with a major in data science, machine learning or related field
• Experience with SQL
• Knowledge of Linux and OS X Operating Systems
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to effectively manage time over the course of a project
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or other related field
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Python
• Experience with C
• Familiarity with common Machine learning packages (scikit, TensorFlow, MXNET, Caffe, Theano, etc.)
• Familiarity with supervised and reinforcement learning
• Knowledge of large-scale batch queuing
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.