Research Associate

JOB TITLE

Research Associate

LOCATION

Worcester

DEPARTMENT NAME

Computer Science - NFR JM

DIVISION NAME

Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Pre-doctoral research associateship in multi-modal (speech, text, and/or vision) machine learning as applied to the study of human behavior in educational and group collaboration contexts. Faculty advisor: Prof. Jacob Whitehill.

JOB DESCRIPTION

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conduct research in machine learning and its applications to multi-modal (primarily speech, text, and vision) human behavior analysis, especially in classroom and group collaboration contexts. Implement and evaluate computational experiments to test novel ways of automatically observing human behavior and communication. Build research prototypes in code. Collaborate with graduate students and postdocs in the research lab.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, machine learning, or similar.
• Demonstrated interest in conducting research in topics related to machine learning, artificial intelligence, educational data mining, speech analysis, multi-modal behavior analysis, etc.

FLSA STATUS

United States of America (Exempt)

WPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability. It seeks individuals from all backgrounds and experiences who will contribute to a culture of creativity, collaboration, inclusion, problem solving, innovation, high performance, and change making. It is committed to maintaining a campus environment free of harassment and discrimination.