Process large amounts of text data with machine learning and make a social impact during your internship? You can do both at the Data Fundamenten & Analytics (DF&A) department of the Tax and Customs Administration in Utrecht! Here you work together with colleagues who research and implement text analytics in, among other things, our incoming and outgoing correspondence. This is how we improve our services to citizens, companies and employees.

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This is possible until 31 January 2023

You do this at the Tax and Customs Administration

You will work on a model that can recognize different speech acts in model letters. It's up to you to construct the best predictive model! The goal is to eventually add this model to a customer application that is currently being developed to support the improvement of model letters. Our application analyzes the letter and notes concrete points that increase the readability of letters. In this way we contribute to clear correspondence for every taxpayer.

The great thing about your internship? You are involved in all development phases. From processing, cleaning and preparing data to annotating texts and language features. And from developing, programming, training and selecting models to processing the results that your best model delivers.

Internship duration: in consultation (preferably 4 months or longer) for 32 to 40 hours per week.

A special job, because...

• you work on challenging applications around natural language processing and machine learning
• you have a lot of room for your own input. Together with you, we coordinate a structured (graduation) assignment in text analytics that matches your development and interests
• you attend various meetings. Also the one with the customer!
• you have access to a large network of Tax and Customs Administration colleagues
• you receive a generous internship allowance and good guidance. We support you in your development

“My analytics project was not just an internship: I could really contribute to strengthening our services!” -Lois, data scientist.

When does this job suit you?

• You are a university bachelor student in the final year or a university master student.
• You follow a course in which machine learning, artificial intelligence and/or natural language processing play an important role.
• You have good programming skills, preferably in Python, are familiar with SQL and have demonstrable experience with the application of BERT models.
• You speak and write excellent Dutch.

Your competencies

• collaborative
• creative
• initiative

Apply for an internship

Internship vacancies are opened several times a year, especially in February and September. If you apply in February, you will start in September and vice versa. Open applications are unfortunately not possible. The application process for trainees at the Tax and Customs Administration consists of 3 steps.

During these steps we want to find out as much as possible about you, but we will of course also let you get to know us extensively. As a result, we know for sure that there is a match from both sides. Became curious? View our internship vacancies here.