About a Graduate Student's Experience Participating in Classmethod's Internship
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Nice to meet you.
My name is Shinagawa, and I have recently joined Classmethod.
During my graduate studies, I pursued research with a focus on machine learning and deep learning, particularly in areas related to generative AI and large language models. Through internships and research activities, I worked on creating PoCs using generative AI, investigating and implementing LLMs and lightweight models, and training and evaluating AI models.
In this article, I will write about why I chose Classmethod and what I hope to challenge myself with going forward.
Why I Chose Classmethod
The reason I chose Classmethod is that I wanted to apply the knowledge I had built up in the generative AI field in a more practical way to solve challenges faced by society and businesses.
Through my graduate research and previous internships, I had focused on areas relatively close to technical validation, such as creating generative AI-related PoCs and training and evaluating AI models. Through that experience, while I felt the potential of AI technology itself, I developed a strong interest in "how to actually connect it to value within a company's operations and products."
Classmethod has deep expertise in cloud technologies centered on AWS, and a proven track record of addressing the challenges of many clients. I believed that such an environment would allow me to leverage my experience in AI and generative AI, while also significantly developing the practical skills I still lack.
I want to build the ability to connect the knowledge gained through research and PoCs into products and systems that are actually used.
That desire is a major reason why I joined Classmethod.
What Excites Me Most Right Now
In a word, it is the opportunity to be involved in actual product development and improvement, as well as the implementation of new products.
Until now, I had mostly encountered AI technology in the context of research and technical validation, but I am looking forward to being involved in development aimed at delivering value to users and clients in an environment closer to real-world operations.
Additionally, Classmethod has people with diverse areas of expertise, including AWS, data analysis, generative AI, SaaS, mobile, and security. Rather than staying confined to my own area of specialization, I want to actively venture into technologies and business domains I have not previously encountered, and broaden the range of my experience.
I am excited about the prospect of diving into unfamiliar territory, learning, implementing, and improving — running the PDCA cycle at high density and speed.
How I Want to Contribute
I believe my strengths lie in my ability to quickly catch up on the generative AI and machine learning fields, which I developed through research and internships, and in my approach of forming hypotheses based on technology and then validating them.
Generative AI is a rapidly changing field. New models, services, papers, and AI-related products on the cloud are emerging one after another. Within that landscape, rather than simply chasing new technologies, I want to keep in mind perspectives such as "what kinds of challenges can this technology address?", "is it truly effective for our clients' needs?", and "how should it be integrated into existing systems?"
Also, since I have no hesitation reading documents and papers in English, I believe I can contribute by quickly catching up on new technical information originating overseas — including from AWS — as well as ideas not yet widely known in Japan, and sharing them with my team and within the company.
In the future, I hope to become an engineer who can be involved not only in technical validation in the generative AI field, but also consistently across understanding client challenges, planning products, proposing improvements, implementing, and operating them.
Not stopping at just testing technology, but connecting it to real value.
To that end, I want to learn a great deal and take on many challenges at Classmethod.
Closing
I still have much to learn and improve, but I want to leverage the experience I have built in the generative AI and machine learning fields while firmly acquiring skills in cloud technology, product development, and operations.
As a member of Classmethod, I will continue to learn and grow every day in order to deliver value to our clients and team.
I look forward to working with you all.
