The Homeland Decision Support Systems Group focuses on end-to-end system architectures design, decision support, and advanced analytics to enhance the protection of the homeland and U.S. interests overseas. In collaboration with industry and academia, we are working at the frontiers of AI to develop and integrate advanced decision support prototypes that can address national security needs in the land, sea, air, and space domains. We have deployed real-time enterprise and edge solutions that support the warfighters at multiple Combatant Commands across the globe, providing a measurable impact to their missions.
The Homeland Decision Support Systems Group combines expertise indeep learning, computer vision, natural language processing, graph theory, big data architectures, operations research, and system autonomy. The group’s mission is to enhance national security by leading the nation in developing and deploying advanced decision support systems that leverage cutting-edge AI and machine learning technologies.
The group is seeking motivated graduate students and experienced undergraduates to assist with projects addressing homeland security challenges through software engineering, algorithm development, and/or machine learning.
Summer student assignments may include research on state-of-the-art algorithms in computer vision, reinforcement learning, and/or representation learning applied to challenging, real-world datasets. The candidate will work in a team-oriented development environment. Learn more about what our team does here: Artificial Intelligence Software Architectures and Algorithms
The summer internship program is open to candidates with varying educational levels, including those in the process of earning a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree in a technical field such as Physics, Mathematics, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Candidates should have experience in the followin
Experience in one or more of the following areas is desired:
The Summer Research Program offers students the chance to apply their academic knowledge to real-world national security challenges while working alongside leading scientists and engineers. As an SRP intern, you’ll engage in hands-on research, receive dedicated mentorship, and take part in professional development opportunities including workshops, tech talks, and networking events—all while building connections within a vibrant community of peers.
Hourly pay rates below are effective January 2025 – December 2025 and will be reviewed again for Summer 2026.
Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.
Requisition ID: 42501