ARA Program Rules

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Last updated: March 12, 2021

By applying to or participating in the Amazon Research Awards Program (“ARA Program”), you agree to the following rules (“Rules”). These Rules are solely between Amazon Web Services, Inc. (“AWS,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and the entity that you represent (“you” or “your”), including the lead researcher/s who applies to the ARA Program (the “Principal Investigator”) and any members of the research team. Capitalized terms not defined herein may be defined in the AWS Customer Agreement. The Principal Investigator is responsible for distributing these rules to all members of the research team before they participate in any research in connection with a proposal funded by the ARA Program.

I. Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for an ARA Program award (“Award”), the Principal Investigator must be (1) either a full-time faculty member at an accredited academic institution or a permanent researcher at a non-governmental organization with recognized legal status in their respective country (equivalent to 501(c)(3) status under the United States Internal Revenue Code) and (2) at or above the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of application. Each Principal Investigator is permitted to submit only one proposal to the ARA Program per call for proposal period.

By submitting your proposal to the ARA Program, you represent that your Principal Investigator:

(a) is not a paid employee of a government entity (other than an accredited academic institution);

(b) is not under US export controls or sanctions;

(c) has not been a director, officer, employee, intern or contractor of Amazon or its affiliates within the 12 months preceding application to the ARA Program (“Ineligible Personnel”);

(d) is not a member of the immediate family or household of Ineligible Personnel;

(e) has not participated in or had decision-making authority over any cloud infrastructure procurements involving AWS or its affiliates; and

The ARA Program is void in Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, the region of Crimea, and where otherwise prohibited by law.

Amazon employees are not eligible to receive an Award.

II. Application Content

No proposal to the ARA Program may contain any confidential information and no part may be marked as ‘confidential.’ Amazon does not accept any legal obligation (whether of confidentiality, compensation, return or otherwise) with respect to any proposals. Amazon reserves the right to implement competitive, similar, or identical ideas in the future, without restriction or obligation. You understand and acknowledge that Amazon has wide access to technology, designs, and other materials, and may work on and/or develop projects and ideas that may be competitive with, similar to, or identical to your proposal in theme, idea, format or other respects, inclusive. You acknowledge and agree that you will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of Amazon’s use of any such similar or identical material that has or may come to Amazon from other sources.

You represent and warrant that your proposal

(a) is either your original work or an update to original work;

(b) does not, to your knowledge, infringe any third party patent rights; and

(c) does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any other third party intellectual property rights (i.e. other than patent rights), including any copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, contract or licensing rights, rights of publicity or privacy, or moral rights.

III. Awards

Proposals selected for funding will receive an Award that may include cash, AWS Promotional Credit, or both. Award funding is not extendable or transferable without our written consent, but you may submit new proposals for subsequent ARA Program calls.

All Award amounts will be determined by AWS in its sole discretion. Any cash component of an Award:

(a) will be structured as a one-year unrestricted gift to your Principal Investigator’s academic institution or organization;

(b) will be provided directly to your academic institution or organization for distribution and management; and

(c) may not be used for indirect expenses which are not incurred solely for your Principal Investigator’s research.

You or your academic institution are responsible for any costs and expenses associated with an Award, including overhead or indirect costs. You will be required to complete administrative requirements to process any cash Award, which may include submitting a W-9 form, completing a tax questionnaire, and registering in Amazon’s Payee Central System. If your organization is unable to complete these requirements in a timely manner, AWS reserves the right to rescind the Award. Any payment from AWS to you under the Award may be issued by a purchase order. Except where prohibited by law, you are responsible for all taxes (including income tax and value added tax) that may be imposed on you by your local tax authorities. These Rules, the agreements referenced herein, and any other agreement regarding the relationship between you and AWS will constitute a Master Agreement under the terms of the purchase order.

IV. AWS Customer Agreement

Your use of any AWS Promotional Credit is subject to the general AWS Customer Agreement terms or other terms governing your use of AWS Services (“Agreement”). In the event of a conflict between these Rules and the Agreement, the Agreement will control with respect to your access to and use of the Service Offerings. Additionally, any use of AWS Promotional Credit will be in accordance with and subject to the AWS Promotional Credit Terms & Conditions. In the event of a conflict between these Rules and the AWS Promotional Credit Terms & Conditions, the AWS Promotional Credit Terms & Conditions will govern with respect to any AWS Promotional Credit you receive.

V. Privacy

You acknowledge and agree that we may collect, store, share, and otherwise use personally identifiable information provided during the ARA Program application process, including but not limited to, name, mailing address, phone number, and email address. All personally identifiable information collected is subject to, and will be used in accordance with, the Amazon Privacy Notice, including for administering ARA Program and verifying applicant’s identities, addresses, and telephone numbers in the event a proposal is selected for funding. By participating in the ARA Program, you consent to the transfer of personal data to the United States for purposes of administering the ARA Program, conducting publicity about the ARA Program, and additional purposes that are consistent with goals relating to the ARA Program. The data controller for information collected by us is Amazon.com Services, Inc., 410 Terry Ave North, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.

VI. Marketing & Publicity

Except where prohibited, you consent to our use of your name, likeness, biographical information, and voice in advertising, publicity, trade, and other marketing and promotional materials (including video, audio, and print through all means of distribution) worldwide without compensation, notice or approval, and you disclaim any ownership rights to the content of such materials.

You may acknowledge our support by stating that your research is supported by the ARA Program. Any use of the AWS logo is subject to the AWS Trademark Guidelines. Any other use of Amazon logos requires Amazon’s prior written consent. You must receive AWS’s prior written consent before issuing a press release or making any public disclosure regarding your participation in the ARA Program. You agree not to misrepresent or embellish the relationship between us and you. You will not imply any relationship or affiliation between us and you except as expressly permitted by these Rules.

VII. Limitation of Liability

YOU ACCEPT THE CONDITIONS STATED IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE DECISIONS OF AMAZON, AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARA PROGRAM. EACH RESEARCH TEAM MEMBER, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR’S INSTITUTION HEREBY RELEASES AMAZON FROM, AND WAIVES ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST AMAZON FOR, ANY LOSSES, LIABILITY, AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, (INCLUDING FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS, COST OF COVER OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR RELIANCE DAMAGES) INCURRED OR SUSTAINED IN CONNECTION WITH OR RISING OUT OF (1) THE ARA PROGRAM OR ANY TRAVEL OR ACTIVITY RELATED THERETO, (2) USE OF ANY PROPOSAL OR RIGHTS THEREIN, OR (3) ANY BREACH OF ANY AGREEMENT OR WARRANTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARA PROGRAM, INCLUDING THESE OFFICIAL RULES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THEORY OF LIABILITY.

VIII. Changes

We may amend any of these rules at our sole discretion by posting the revised terms on the ARA Program website. Your continued participation in the ARA Program after the effective date of the revised rules constitutes your acceptance of the rules.

IX. Disputes

Any dispute or claim relating in any way to the ARA Program will be resolved in accordance with terms set forth in the AWS Customer Agreement.

X. Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant that:

(a) your receipt of any Award is neither prohibited nor inconsistent with any applicable laws, regulations, or binding orders, including applicable ethics rules or internal institutional rules;

(b) you have completed or will complete all legal and ethical requirements necessary to accept the Award;

(c) your receipt of the Award will not create a conflict of interest for AWS or its affiliates;

(d) you are not participating in, nor have any decision-making authority over, any procurements or purchasing decisions involving AWS or its affiliates on behalf of your organization; and

(e) you will properly book and record the Award in your accounting documents in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

In the event that your representations and warranties under this section are or become inaccurate, you must notify us immediately and any Award your organization receives will be voidable.

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Data Scientist – Global Marketing
US, VA, Herndon
Amazon is one of the most-loved brands in the US. This Data Scientist will help pinpoint how Amazon can continue to delight customers. We are the Data and Insights team, and we serve the Lifecycle Engagement and North American Marketing teams. Our work informs strategies that encourage customers to choose Amazon for their day-to-day shopping needs.About UsThe Data and Insights team does three things. 1) We identify trends in customer behavior using analytical and Data Science techniques. 2) We design automated reporting using AWS technologies and Business Intelligence tools. And 3) we create data products like customer segments and propensity models. We are a new team, which brings the opportunity to invent in undefined spaces. We have the privilege and the responsibility of having an outsized influence with our business partners.About YouYou want to make changes that help millions of customers. You don’t want to make something 10% better as a part of an enormous team. Rather, you want to innovate with a small community of passionate peers. You have experience in analytics, reporting, and big data, and a desire to learn more about these subjects. You want a trusted role in strategy and product design. You put the customer first in your thinking. You have great problem solving skills. You research the latest data technologies and use them to help you innovate and keep costs low. You have great judgment and communication skills, and a history of delivering results.Your Responsibilities· Define and own complex machine learning solutions in the marketing space, including targeting, measurement, creative optimization, and multivariate testing.· Influence the broader team's approach to integrating machine learning into marketing workflows.· · Advise senior leadership, both tech and non-tech.· Make technical trade-offs between short-term needs and long-term goals.Inclusive Team CultureHere at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have 12 affinity groups (employee resource groups) with more than 87,000 employees across hundreds of chapters around the world. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which reminds team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.FlexibilityIt isn’t about which hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We offer flexibility and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.Mentorship & Career GrowthWe care about your career growth too. Whether your goals are to explore new technologies, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next level, we'll help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Economist I - AMZ5335
US, WA, Seattle
MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLEEntity: Amazon.com Services, LLCTitle: Economist ILocation: Seattle, WAPosition Responsibilities:Work directly with a team of economists and senior management on key business problems faced by Amazon Prime and Prime benefit teams. Apply the frontier of economic thinking to market design, pricing, forecasting, program evaluation, online advertising and other areas. Build econometric models using company data. Apply economic or econometric theory to solve business problems. Develop new techniques to process large data sets, address quantitative problems, and contribute to the design of automated systems. Apply tools from applied micro-econometrics (e.g. experimental design, difference-in-difference, regression discontinuity, and IV) or forecasting (essential time series models). Leverage big data tools for data extraction. Write up and present analyses for distribution to various levels of management at Amazon.Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation #0000
Research Scientist
US, WA, Seattle
Alexa is the groundbreaking cloud-based intelligent agent that powers Echo and other devices designed around your voice. The Alexa Economics team is looking for a Research Scientist to join us to support measurement of the Alexa business and to provide actionable insights across the Alexa ecosystem.A day in the lifeAs a Research Scientist you will partner with other scientists to build algorithms and have exposure to senior leadership as we communicate results and provide guidance to the business. You will work with product managers, SDEs, financial analysts, data scientists, and economists to better understand the features customers love and how to optimize customer discovery of these features. You will analyze large amount of business data, build research agenda, and identify key metrics we will use to track customer engagement across a wide range of touch points with Alexa. You will also help the broader team identify new features and business opportunities through your research.A successful candidate will be able to partner effectively with both business and technical teams, including clear communication of results across a variety of stakeholders. He/she will be an expert in statistics and machine learning. This high-impact role provides a great opportunity to demonstrate capabilities to dive deep, deliver results, think big, invent and simplify, and earn trust.About the hiring groupOur team is identifying the key drivers for engaging customers on the Alexa platform across devices, skills and services. As a part of the larger Alexa Customer Experience team, your area of influence and impact will be all of the Alexa organization across the globe. You will have a front row seat to the evolving voice assistant industry and opportunities to impact the customer experience of a cutting edge product used every day by people you know.Job responsibilitiesAs a member of the Alexa Econ team, you will have following technical and leadership responsibilities:· Interact with engineering, scientists, and business teams to develop new algorithms to measure impact of Alexa experiences;· Understand and mine the large amount of Alexa data, prototype and implement new learning algorithms and prediction techniques to improve model accuracy;· Contribute to progress of the Alexa and broader research communities by producing publicationsAmazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Director, Ads Measurement Science
US, NY, New York
Passionate about Deep Learning, Causal Inference, and Big Data Systems? Interested in building new state-of-the-art measurement products at petabyte scale? Be part of a team of industry leading experts that operates one of the largest big data and machine learning stacks at Amazon. Amazon is leveraging its highly unique data and applying the latest machine learning and big data technologies to change the way marketers optimize their advertising spend. Our campaign measurement and reporting systems apply these technologies on many billions of events in near real time.In this role you will lead a team of scientists to tackle some of the hardest problems in advertising; measuring ads incrementality, providing estimated counterfactuals and predicting the success of advertising strategies. You and your team will develop state of the art causal learning, deep learning, and predictive techniques to help marketers understand and optimize their spend. As the primary leader for the Measurement Science team you will be partnering with VPs and Directors across all of our Ads verticals, driving growth and innovation.Some things you'll do in this role:· Work closely with scientists and engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach.· Be a hands-on technical leader and player-coach; inspire and empower innovation and thinking big in those around you.· Hire and develop a high performing team of scientists, raising the bar with each hire and mentoring your team to attain their business and career goals· Develop and execute project plans and delivery commitments; manage the day-to-day activities of the science teamAmazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.
Applied Scientist, Amazon Prime
US, VA, Herndon
Interested in modeling and understanding customer behavior through machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining over TB scale data with huge business impact on millions of customers? Join our team of Scientists and Engineers developing models to predict customer behavior and optimize the customer experience with Amazon Prime. This includes identifying who our customers are and providing them with personalized relevant content. As an ML expert, you will partner directly with product owners to intake, build, and directly apply your modeling solutions.There are numerous scientific and technical challenges you will get to tackle in this role, such as global scalability of models, combinatorial optimization, cold start problem, accelerated experimentation, short/long term goals modeling, cohort identification in a semi-supervised setting, and multi-step optimization leading to reinforcement learning of the customer journey. We employ techniques from supervised learning, bandits, optimization, and RL.As the central science team within Prime, our expertise gets routinely called upon to weigh in on a variety of topics. We also emphasize the need and value of scientific research and have developed a strong publication and patent record (internally/externally) which you will be a part of.You will also utilize and be exposed to the latest in ML technologies and infrastructure: AWS technologies (EMR/Spark, Redshift, Sagemaker, DynamoDB, S3, ...), various ML algorithms and techniques (XGBoost, Random Forests, Neural Networks, supervised/unsupervised/semi-supervised/reinforcement learning), and statistical modeling techniques.Major responsibilities· · Build and develop machine learning models and supporting infrastructure at TB scale, in coordination with software engineering teams.· · Leverage Bandits and Reinforcement Learning for Recommendation Systems.· · Develop offline policy estimation tools and integrate with reporting systems.· · Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation and model implementation.· · Analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data to help automate and optimize key processes.· · Work closely with the business to understand their problem space, identify the opportunities and formulate the problems.· · Use machine learning, data mining, statistical techniques and others to create actionable, meaningful, and scalable solutions for the business problems.· · Design, develop and evaluate highly innovative models and statistical approaches to understand and predict customer behavior and to solve business problems.
Sr Applied Scientist
US, CA, Sunnyvale
Are you a passionate scientist in the area of computer vision and machine learning who is aspired to develop new and innovative technologies to new product categories? Are you interested in applying your deep knowledge to new and challenging areas? Are you looking to scale capabilities computer vision and machine learning capabilities to new workload sizes? Are you up to the task of delivering innovative and scalable technology that manages automated recognition of millions of items?You will be part of a passionate team whose missions is to push the frontier of computer vision and machine learning technology into the smart home application area. This is a great opportunity for you to innovate in this space by developing algorithms at the edge and in the cloud, and integrating them into consumer services to enable a premium customer experience. In this role, you will be an owner of the full algorithm development cycle, from sensor evaluation and data engineering to algorithm design, implementation, optimization and deployment. This position also requires experience with developing efficient software components on resource-constrained computing platforms on the edge. You will collaborate with different Amazon teams to make informed decisions on the best practices in machine learning to build highly-optimized integrated hardware and software platforms.Job responsibilities· Apply best practices to investigate, acquire, process and analyze data sources for algorithm development.· Research and implement the state-of-the-art methods in computer vision and machine learning to deliver algorithms that meets product specifications.· Design, build algorithm evaluation frameworks, schedule and report algorithm performance on a regular basis.· Optimize and deploy algorithms on target hardware platforms.· Establish, develop and maintain frameworks and procedures for image sensor selection and evaluation and image quality monitoring.· Influence system design by making informed decisions on the selection of data sources, algorithms and sensors.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Applied Scientist
US, WA, Seattle
The moment a customer makes a payment on Amazon is when trust is established – trust that the item is delivered on time, a refund is provided quickly if needed, a digital movie purchased will play immediately, a seller receives their disbursement, and hundreds of other experiences across Amazon when a customer completes a payment. The Payment Acceptance & Experience (PAE) team, within the Consumer Payments organization, has the mission to build the most trusted, intuitive, and accessible payment experience on Earth. Within PAE, the PAE ML team has a mission to enhance customer payments experience that requires advancing the state of the art in machine learning. We work backwards from the customer to create value for them by leveraging an underlying applied science methodology. We deploy our solutions through Native AWS services that operate at Amazon scale. We strive to publish our solutions and share our findings so that the broader Amazon scientific community can benefit.As an applied scientist on our team, your role is to leverage your strong background in Computer Science and Machine Learning to help build the next generation of our model development and assessment pipeline, harness and explain rich data at Amazon scale, and provide automated insights to improve machine learned solution that impacts Payments experience of millions of customers every day. This role requires a pragmatic technical leader comfortable with ambiguity, capable of summarizing complex data and models through clear visual and written explanations. The ideal candidate will have experience with machine learning models and applying science to various business contexts. We are particularly interested in experience applying predictive modeling, natural language processing, deep learning, and reinforcement learning at scale. Additionally, we are seeking candidates with strong rigor in applied sciences and engineering, creativity, curiosity, and great judgment.Your responsibilities include:. Analyze the data and metrics resulting from traffic into Amazon Consumer Payments experiences.. Design, build, and deploy effective and innovative ML solutions to improve various components of the Consumer Payments experience, using predictive modeling, recommendations, anomaly detection, ranking, and forecasting.. Evaluate the proposed solutions via offline benchmark tests as well as online A/B tests in production.. Publish and present your work at internal and external scientific venues in the fields of ML/NLP/IR/Forecasting.Your benefits include:. Working on a high-impact, high-visibility product, with your work improving the experience of millions of customers.. The opportunity to use (and innovate) state-of-the-art ML methods to solve real-world problems.. Excellent opportunities, and ample support, for career growth, development, and mentorship.. Competitive compensation, including relocation support.The PAE ML team operates primarily out of Amazon's Seattle office. We are a new and expanding team where you will have an opportunity to influence our goals and mission. We collaborate with Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Product Management and Marketing teams within Amazon Consumer Payments to solve and deploy machine learning solutions at scale.Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information
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