Research Scientist, Machine Learning Department
$71K-$144K (Glassdoor est.)
Are you passionate about helping governments and nonprofits be more effective? We currently have Senior Research Scientist positions for someone with a PhD in AI/ML/Data Science (or related areas), industry experience working on real-world problems, and a passion for social impact. You will lead educational/training programs, applied research projects with government agencies and nonprofits in education, public health, criminal justice, environment, economic development and international development, and research in areas such as interpretability, bias and fairness, and other machine learning methods focused on problems in social sciences and public policy with a strong emphasis on releasing the work through open source code, shared curriculum, and publications.

We are building a new team at Carnegie Mellon University across the School of Computer Science and the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy focused on using AI, machine learning, and data science to have a positive impact on society. Our interdisciplinary group works at the intersection of research, practice, and education to improve society and public policy.

Qualifications:
PhD (or equivalent) degree computer science, statistics, or quantitative social sciences preferred;
3 years of industry/government research experience required working on real-world problems;
Strong Python experience;
Experienced in using databases;
Expertise in data analysis and machine learning using python, especially using modules such as statsmodels, scikit-learn, pandas, sqlalchemy;
Passion for making a social impact and working with governments and nonprofits.
Requirements:
Background check
More information:

Please visit http://www.cmu.edu/jobs/why-cmu to learn more about becoming part of an institution inspiring innovations that change the world.

A listing of employee benefits is available at: http://www.cmu.edu/jobs/benefits-at-a-glance/

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.
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