[Remote] Student Researcher [Seed Vision – World Models for Video Generation] – 2026 Start (PhD)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ByteDance is a leading technology company committed to pioneering advanced AI foundation models. The Student Researcher will contribute to foundational models for visual generation, focusing on developing multimodal generative models and addressing fundamental computer vision challenges. Responsibilities Develop world models that simulate physical, embodied, or abstract environments through video generation Learn latent dynamics from video sequences that support controllable or goal-conditioned generation Model spatial-temporal consistency, causality, and state transitions in realistic or synthetic video datasets Explore integration of control signals (e.g., actions, prompts, scene graphs) into video generation pipelines Build benchmarks and analysis tools to measure dynamics understanding and causal consistency Skills Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or a related field Research experience in video generation, world models, or dynamics modeling First-author publications in CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, or ICML Familiarity with generative frameworks (e.g., VAE, diffusion, transformers) and temporal modeling Experience with model-based RL, embodied video prediction, or interactive generative agents Understanding of structured representations (e.g., latent state, object-centric video models) Familiarity with datasets like Physion, CATER, or RLBench for grounded video modeling Benefits Day one access to health insurance Life insurance Wellbeing benefits 10 paid holidays per year Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year) Housing allowance Company Overview ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, CHN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship ByteDance has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1350 in 2025, 1123 in 2024, 775 in 2023, 487 in 2022, 417 in 2021, 245 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.