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.