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# AI Research

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At Qualcomm AI Research, we are advancing AI to make its core capabilities – perception, reasoning, and action – ubiquitous across devices. Our mission is to make breakthroughs in fundamental AI research and scale them across industries. By bringing together some of the best minds in the field, we're pushing the boundaries of what's possible and shaping the future of AI.

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Join our community to get valuable information about the future of AI.

[Learn more](https://assets.qualcomm.com/mobile-computing-newsletter-sign-up.html)

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## Leading research and development across the entire spectrum of AI

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[Download the presentation](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/whats-next-in-on-device-generative-ai.pdf)

[Watch the webinar](https://players.brightcove.net/1414329538001/q6zFl8svi_default/index.html?videoId=6358513715112)

## Our key AI research papers

To develop impactful breakthroughs, our researchers aim to create the new state of the art in several key areas of AI research. Novel papers are one of the ways that we contribute impactful research to the larger AI community. Click below to view papers, as well as those papers with code.

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#### Generative AI

Generative AI for language, vision and multimodal (LLMs, LVMs, LMMs).

[View Papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Generative+AI)

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#### Computer vision

Efficient architectures and algorithms for understanding images and videos.

[View papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Computer+Vision)

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#### Machine learning fundamentals

Foundational AI research like quantum, geometric, and Bayesian deep learning.

[View papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Machine+Learning+Fundamentals)

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#### Neural Reasoning and Embodied AI

Causality, learning-to-search, and interaction with AI agents, robotics, reinforcement and imitation learning.

[View papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Neural+Reasoning+and+Embodied+AI)

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#### Wireless and RF Sensing

Understanding the world through deep learning applied to RF signals.

[View papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Wireless+and+RF)

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#### Power and Model Efficiency

Model design, compression, quantization, neural architecture search (NAS), compiler algorithms, and efficient hardware.

[View papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Power+and+Model+Efficiency)

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#### Speech, audio, and language processing

Keyword detection, speaker verification, speech recognition, sound detection, and contextual awareness.

[View papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Speech%2C+Audio%2C+and+Language+Processing)

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#### Personalization and On-Device

Continuous learning, model adaptation, and privacy-preserving distributed learning.

[View papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Personalization+and+On-Device+Learning)

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#### Optimization and reinforcement learning

Learning to optimize through supervision, reinforcement learning, and Bayesian optimization.

[View papers](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers?aiPaperTechnologyMain=Optimization+and+Reinforcement+Learning)

[View all](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/ai-research/papers)

[Papers with code](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/papers-with-code)

## Open collaboration with the AI community

## AI Model Efficiency Toolkit (AIMET)

Qualcomm Innovation Center open sourced AIMET, which includes state-of-the-art quantization and compression techniques. The goal for this open-source project is to collaborate with other leading AI researchers, provide a simple library plugin for AI developers, and help migrate the ecosystem toward integer inference.

[Learn more about AIMET](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2020/05/open-sourcing-ai-model-efficiency-toolkit)

[Join the AIMET GitHub project](https://github.com/quic/aimet)

[Learn more about AIMET Model Zoo](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2021/01/aimet-model-zoo-highly-accurate-quantized-ai-models-are-now-available)

[Check out the AIMET Model Zoo GitHub project](https://github.com/quic/aimet-model-zoo/)

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## Qualcomm AI Research datasets

The better the data you have, the better you can train your AI models. Qualcomm Technologies has published a variety of datasets for research use — everything from hand gesture recognition to humans performing pre-defined, basic actions with everyday objects.

[Learn more about our available datasets](https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/ai-datasets)

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> “We are advancing machine learning research across the entire spectrum of topics, including fundamental technology, platform innovation, and applied use cases. Our holistic systems-approach to full-stack AI is accelerating the pipeline from research to commercialization. We are excited by the potential of generative AI to transform our experience with technology.”
>
> *Jilei Hou
> SVP Engineering, Qualcomm AI Research*

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## We’re hiring.

Are you a machine learning specialist eager to start a new challenge? Are you a student looking to impact the global AI industry? Come join us as we make AI breakthroughs.

[Explore our open AI positions](https://careers.qualcomm.com/careers?query=Machine%20Learning&pid=446694490448&domain=qualcomm.com&sort_by=relevance&triggerGoButton=false)

[AI Residency Program](https://www.qualcomm.com/research/artificial-intelligence/ai-residency-program)

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## The future of AI is hybrid.

As generative AI adoption grows at record-setting speeds and drives higher demand for compute, AI processing must be distributed between the cloud and devices for AI to scale and reach its full potential. Beyond cost, a hybrid AI architecture offers the additional benefits of performance, personalization, privacy, and security. The cloud and edge devices work together to deliver more powerful, efficient, and highly optimized AI. The hybrid AI approach is applicable to virtually all generative AI applications and device segments – including phones, laptops, XR headsets, cars, and IoT.

[Read the blog post](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2023/05/how-on-device-ai-is-enabling-generative-ai-to-scale)

[Download the whitepaper](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/Whitepaper-The-future-of-AI-is-hybrid-Part-1-Unlocking-the-generative-AI-future-with-on-device-and-hybrid-AI.pdf)

![The future of AI is hybrid whitepaper icon](https://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/dmqualcommprod/Future-of-AI-Whitepaper-v4?$QC_Responsive$&fmt=png-alpha)

## We are making hybrid AI a reality.

Qualcomm is enabling intelligent computing everywhere. As the on-device AI leader, Qualcomm Technologies is uniquely positioned to scale hybrid AI with industry-leading hardware and software solutions across billions of edge devices. Our hardware offers industry-leading performance per watt, and our perpetual flywheel of innovation keeps us at the forefront of on-device AI solutions. With our technology leadership, global scale, and ecosystem enablement, Qualcomm Technologies is making hybrid AI a reality.

[Read the blog post](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2023/05/how-our-on-device-ai-leadership-is-making-hybrid-ai-reality)

[Download the whitepaper](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/Whitepaper-The-future-of-AI-is-hybrid-Part-2-Qualcomm-is-uniquely-positioned-to-scale-hybrid-AI.pdf)

![The future of AI is hybrid whitepaper icon](https://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/dmqualcommprod/future-of-ai-whitepaper-p2?$QC_Responsive$&fmt=png-alpha)

## Documents

- Presentation - What's next in on-device AI — Download (PDF) — May 30, 2024
- Presentation - Quantization: unlocking scalability for large language models — Download (PDF) — Jun 13, 2024
- Presentation — Efficient generative AI for images and videos — Download (PDF) — Jan 25, 2024
- Presentation — Generative AI at the edge — Download (PDF) — Nov 9, 2023
- Presentation — Making AI ubiquitous — Download (PDF) — Oct 1, 2023

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