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Carpentries@MIT and Open Research Data (Graduate Students Only)

Hybrid Hourly Employment at MIT Libraries (MIT Graduate Students Only).

 

Carpentries@MIT and Open Research Data Graduate Student Position (for an MIT graduate student).

 

The MIT Libraries seeks a flexible, productive, and reliable Carpentries@MIT and Open Research Data Graduate Student* for a hybrid hourly employment opportunity to assist with several projects in the MIT Libraries. 

 

These responsibilities will vary, but they will include:

 

  • Becoming certified as Carpentries Instructor (if not already certified. Training costs will be covered by the library).

 

Software Carpentry is an international learning community that develops short curricula on programming and research computing. Carpentries@MIT has been teaching Software Carpentries lessons since 2019. 

  • Serving as helper or instructor during Carpentries workshops organized by the libraries.

  • Co-designing community engagement activities with library staff to identify capacity building for the Carpentries@MIT community. 

  • Co-designing community engagement activities with library staff to identify capacity building for open research data, research data management, and reproducible research practices.

 

This individual will report to Ece Turnator, Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian, who co-leads the Carpentries@MIT and is a member of the MIT Libraries’ Data Management Services team. 


 

Qualifications:

 

  • Carpentries Instructor certified (or willingness and ability to become certified) 

  • Demonstrable knowledge of or willingness to learn at least one of the following programming languages: R and Python

  • Experience with or willingness to learn Git/Github

  • Experience teaching or willingness to gain experience in teaching introductory level programming.


Compensation: $20 per hour, paid through MIT Libraries.

 

Hours: at least 5 hours a week, and not to exceed 10 hours a week. Monday-Friday. Hours flexible between 9am-5pm. Hybrid work possible: expected to be on campus when teaching/helping with workshops and when doing community engagement work (attending lunches, in person meetings, etc.).


Available: September 2024 through June 30, 2025

 

To apply, please send a statement of interest and résumé or CV to Ece Turnator (turnator@mit.edu) by September 20, 2024. Please include the phrase “Carpentries@MIT and Open Science/Research Data Position” in the subject line.

 

* Only MIT Graduate students may apply for this position.

Data Mining and Visualization for Open and Inclusive Scholarship

Description

While science is becoming more open, scholarly publication and information-sharing processes can create barriers to participation. Our project aims to data mining and visualization of publication, web, and social media content to measure participation and identify potential barriers to inclusion. We are seeking a motivated research assistant to work with us in a virtual or hybrid format.

The ideal student candidate will:

  • be proficient in R
  • have an interest in data mining and/or information visualization
  • be eager to learn new skills

Depending on your interests, your work may involve any combination of the following:

  1. developing open source data-pipelines (extraction, transformation)
  2. developing data quality measures
  3. web- and social-media mining approaches
  4. creating reproducible reports
  5. developing interactive data visualizations. You will gain experience with methods in data science and meta-science, advance our understanding of the science-of-science, and have the opportunity to contribute to white papers, academic publications, and open-source software

MIT Libraries is an environment that welcomes anybody, any mind – including all genders – and particularly encourages applications from underrepresented minorities, women, disabled applicants, and veterans.

Compensation

$20/hour

Application information

To apply, send a resume to Micah Altman, Research Scientist, CREOS.

Work hours

5-15 hours per week (flexible)

Student participation dates

Summer 2023

Fall 2023

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