Data Science Machine Learning Practitioner Graduate Assistant-Fall 2024-ICL

Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Description

ARCAID is looking for a Graduate Assistant to join our AI research team to develop data science solutions. Graduate Assistants will learn to develop, train and deploy machine learning models. We're seeking a Graduate Assistant who has excellent written and verbal communication skills, a natural curiosity and continuous motivation to learn, ability to learn quickly and work independently, attention to detail and commitment to producing high quality work with a true love and interest in data.

In this role, you will gain hands-on experience working directly with a Principal Data Scientist developing complex data wrangling, curation and model development and deployment processes. You will learn how to properly frame a problem for data science applications, performing exploratory data analysis, making informed recommendations and developing and implementing cutting edge data pipeline architectures.

Responsibilities:

• Work and learn under the direction of a Principal Data Scientist
• Develop data preparation and curation approaches utilizing industry best practices
• Develop and document data science workbooks, clearly articulating your approach providing assessment and conclusion
• Translate notebooks to operational scripts, continually focused on computing optimization
• Develop dashboards utilizing a variety of visualization tools, Plotly, Tableau and Power BI

Required Minimum Qualifications

Graduate Assistant

• Pursuing a Master’s degree or PhD at Georgia Tech in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)
• Must have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• Proficient in Python, R and SQL
• Understanding of natural language processing fundamental techniques to include regex, NTLK, Gensim, NER and basic word embedding approach’s (CBOW, FastText, BERT)
• Understanding of basic applications of Machine Learning fundamentals (Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Support Vector Machines)

Preferred Qualifications

• Completed coursework in Computer Programing Fundamental Concepts, Data Structures, Basic Machine Learning, Statistical Learning
• Experience with Pandas, SciPy and strong familiarity with Scikit-learn
• Experience with data, structures, preparation, curation and transformation
• Strong understanding of database modeling (1st , 2nd and 3rd normal form)

Hours per Week

10–20 hours per week

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the US federal government, candidates for this position are required to be US Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

None

Housing and Relocation

Housing and relocation assistance are not available for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services.  Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions.  This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

USG Core Values Statement

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.