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Verified Job On Employer Career Site Job Summary: The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research organization of the Georgia Institute of Technology. They are seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to participate in diverse scientific and technological endeavors, assisting Research Scientists in various Cognitive Science and Computer Science related research tasks. Responsibilities: • Perform exploratory research (or human subjects research if applicable) to address sponsor interests • Conduct and report on computational science/data analysis • Coordinate with other research scientists/engineers to develop software for research testbed and experimental gaming platforms • Contribute to technical reports and presentations Qualifications: Required: • Pursuing a Master’s degree at Georgia Tech in Computer Science (with Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or Cognitive Science emphasis) • Must be enrolled full-time (12+ credit hours) • Must have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA • Commit to 20 hours of work per week • Ability to apply foundational cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and/or cognitive psychology principles and concepts to applied and exploratory research in artificial intelligence and human machine teaming • Experience in contributing to academic research, ability to complete CITI training (as applicable) upon onboarding • Experience with common programming languages or data analysis software packages for computational data science (e.g., R, SPSS, SAS, Java, Python, C++) • Good academic writing and verbal communication skills • Familiarity with office applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint • Due to our research contracts with the US federal government, candidates for this position are required to be US Citizens. • Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance. Preferred: • Knowledgeable of common programming languages for software development to support the construction of basic AI/ML applications (e.g., Java, Python) • Ability to quickly learn new software applications and tools • Ability to explore and quickly learn computational/data analysis approaches • Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch/Tensorflow. • Knowledgeable about or able to quickly learn video gaming concepts and environments (e.g. Minecraft, StarCraft II) Company: The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research organization of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1937, the company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

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