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Research Assistant Positions

We are currently soliciting applications for 1-3 positions across three different categories:

• Signal Processing.  Strong applicants will have a solid foundation in signal processing (e.g. performance in E101) and programming.

• Machine Learning.  Strong applicants will have demonstrated experience and proficiency with machine learning and data processing.

• Human Centered Design.  Strong applicants will have taken 1 or more human centered design (HCD) courses and have demonstrated proficiency on past HCD projects.

Expertise and experience with music is highly valued, but not required.

The summer internship is a paid 10-week internship through the Summer Research College.   The anticipated salary is $6000 for ten weeks of full time work.  Students who successfully publish a peer-reviewed conference paper will be provided funds to attend and present their work at an international conference.

How to Apply

The application process consists of three steps:

Step 1: Interest form.  The first step is to fill out this interest form to provide basic information about your background.  This form serves as an indication that you intend to apply.  One of the questions on the form is to schedule a 2 hour block of time between Feb 14 - 28 for a technical challenge.  You may schedule this at any time that is convenient to you, including the evenings or weekend.

Step 2: Technical challenge.  At the scheduled time, you will receive an automated email with instructions about the technical challenge.  You will have two hours to work on the problem and submit your work.  To make this process fair and equitable, please do not share information about the technical challenge with other applicants.  To submit your work, simply reply to the email and attach the following four things:

• Your resume

• Your unofficial transcript

• Any code you wrote for the technical challenge

• A short writeup (no more than 1 page) describing your approach, plan of work, and any progress you were able to make during the allotted time

Step 3: 1-on-1 interview.  After submissions have been reviewed, a small group of finalists will be invited to a 1-on-1 interview.

All applicants will receive a decision over email.