UofSC's Big Data Health Summer Research Program

We are writing to you to seek your assistance in recruiting qualified pre-doctoral (masters and pre-dissertation graduate students) in the physical and quantitative sciences for the recently awarded NIH T35 grant (T35AI165252-01) short summer training program titled “Big Data Health Science Scholar Program for Infectious Diseases” program at UofSC. Eligible students should have completed at least 1 year in their graduate program with a GPA of 3.5 or better. 

This program is designed to address the shortage of Big Data health science workforce and promote Big Data health science research at UofSC and beyond by introducing eligible students to the application of data science to infectious disease. 

We plan to recruit eight (8) students each year who are interested in learning about how to apply data science to infectious disease related research. This is a 3-month, full-time (40 hours per week) program to work alongside established scientists on one or more Big Data Health-related studies. Each student trainee will be involved in a specific research project, actively participating in a hands-on manner in a research laboratory currently conducting studies related to Big Data Health Science.  More details about this program can be found in the flyer below. Please share this flyer with your students and faculty, and we look forward to hosting the students of the University of South Carolina-Columbia! Click here for more information.

Summer Data Science Jobs for graduate students

Attention graduate students in data science or biomedical fields: the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have several upcoming summer research opportunities for graduate students who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. NIH considers biomedical research to encompass health-related work done in a wide range of fields, including behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematical modeling, computational biology, and biostatistics.

Graduate Summer Opportunities to Advance Research Program (G-SOAR) – Due December 17, 2021

G-SOAR is a paid full-time summer internship for students who will begin or are in the first or second year of a biomedical PhD program. Interns work with a research mentor in the NIH Intramural Research Program on basic, translational, and clinical research. Additionally, interns participate in a program designed to prepare participants for success in graduate school and biomedical careers. Internships take place from June 6 through August 12 at the NIH main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Interns receive a monthly stipend of $2,800 - $3,780 (depending on level of education).

Graduate Data Science Summer Program (GDSSP) – Due January 14, 2022

The GDSSP is a paid full-time summer internship for master’s students in data science or computer science programs interested in applying their computational skills to address biomedical research problems. Internships take place from June 6 through August 12 at the NIH main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Interns receive a monthly stipend of $2,800 - $3,780 (depending on level of education).

Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP) – Due March 1, 2022

SIP is a paid full-time summer internship for students enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree program. Interns participate in 8-week programs at an NIH facility (locations vary) conducting biomedical research alongside leading scientists. Stipend amounts vary based on level of education.

If you are considering applying or currently working on an application, now is the time to schedule an appointment with National Fellowships. We are here to help! Questions? Contact Matt Klopfenstein at klopfenm@mailbox.sc.edu    

Teaching Assistant: Data Visualization

Job Summary: The primary responsibility of the Graduate Teaching Assistant is to serve in an instructional capacity. Graduate Teaching Assistants provide professional-level instruction under supervision.

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Science, Communication Science, or other related fields.
  • Experience in relevant technical languages and tools such as Python and R.
  • Experiences in Data Analysis
  • Familiar Data Visualization tools such as Tableau and Microsoft Power BI

General skills

  • Time management.
  • Knowledge of higher education teaching principles and practices
  • Skill in planning, organization, coordination of activities
  • Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships
  • Skill in both verbal and written communication

Duties and responsibilities

Here are some examples of responsibilities.

  • Helps in creating teaching materials such as slides and lecture notes
  • Provides general assistance to the professor in instructional activities for a designated area
  • Leads discussion groups
  • Serves as an assistant in lab or other classes

Duration and Salary:

The Teaching Assistant/ Data Visualization will work 10 or 15 hours per week in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.

How to Apply:

Please email a cover letter, resume, and sample of your codes to Dr. Ehsan Mohammadi at ehsan2@sc.edu. For full consideration, please mention the job title “Teaching Assistant/ Data Visualization” in the subject line of your email.

PHP/MySQL Applications Engineer position at Red3i in Columbia, SC

Red3i is in the Digital and Email Marketing space. Though we are a boutique-style business with a small team, we have a long history and a sound financial position. We seek individuals who thrive in less-corporate environments and have a desire to stay with our team over the long-term. We are located in the Vista Area of downtown Columbia.

We are seeking an Applications Engineer to become an integral part of our small and growing team! You will be responsible for creating and modifying computer application software or specialized utility programs. We are seeking candidates who are self-motivated and independent. Ability and desire to thrive in a fast paced and ever-changing environment is a big plus!

Responsibilities:

  • Analyze user needs and develop software solutions
  • Work with product owners to meet specification needs
  • Collaborate with other developers to design and optimize code
  • Perform routine software maintenance

Skills and Qualifications:

  • BS in Computer Science/Computer Information Systems or related field. Candidates that are about to graduate can also be considered for this position
  • Familiarity with web applications development (bonus points if you know/have worked with PHP) 
  • Ability to write SQL queries that are simple to moderate in complexity. Previous experience in using MySQL or similar RDBMS for software applications development would be a plus
  • Proficiency in HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • Ability to work with XML, JSON, CSV and other data formats
  • Comfortable with Linux Command Line Interface (CLI) and familiar with basic Linux commands
  • Deadline and detail-oriented
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
  • 2 years of previous experience in software development or web applications development using open source technologies and languages would be a plus but is not necessary

If you are interested in this position, please email your resume to Amit Palshikar at amit.palshikar@red3i.com

Data Engineer, Internships and other open positions at Blend360

Here are some of the job descriptions and other info.  Jobs not listed as “all star” job would have similar descriptions, and as I said, we are looking to grow and have many positions available.

Anyone interested can reach out to me directly via email or cell phone

Eric Elliott
Data Engineering Manager
Email: eric.elliott@blend360.com
Phone: 407.230.1770
https://calendly.com/eric-elliott-1971

 

BLEND360 is an award-winning, new breed Data Science Solutions Company focused on powering exceptional results to our Fortune 500 clients. We are a growing company—born at the intersection of advanced analytics, data and technology

We are seeking data Engineers! If you’ve got entrepreneurial spirit and passion, are driven by results, and want to be a part of significant growth, we’re looking for you!

Our Data Engineer All Stars Program is a 6-month consultant training program for master’s and bachelor's graduates in Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, and other quantitative programs. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from top Data Scientists, work on real-world analytics projects, and gain experience with Fortune 500 clients across a variety of verticals. They will work alongside our senior Data Scientists and Data Engineers to get data into proper shape, perform statistical analyses and develop predictive models to solve our clients’ business problems.

Please note: this is a full-time permanent position and after 6 months, you will be a Data Engineer.

The primary objective of this program is to develop participants into productive, client engaged BLEND360 employees and set the foundation to build a fast track career in one of 4 areas:

  •     Data Science
  •     Data Engineering
  •     Business Intelligence
  •     Marketing Analytics

The All-Star focused on Data Engineering will:

    Work with business leaders to solve clients’ business challenges and improve clients’ business results using advanced analytics techniques. We contribute our Advanced Data Science subject matter expertise to the recommendations and solutions delivered to our clients.

    Spend most of their time on getting data into proper shape, performing statistical analyses, developing predictive models and machine learning algorithms to solve clients’ business problems. We evaluate different sources of data, discover patterns hidden within raw data, create insightful variables, and develop competing models with different machine learning algorithms. We validate and cross validate our recommendations to make sure our recommendations will perform well over time.

    Partner with client technical resources as well as BLEND360 team members, providing guidance and solutions for data architectures, data conversions, ETL and implementation of models in a production environment. The ideal candidate has retail experience and can provide technical expertise working with cloud based platforms as well as traditional data warehouse environments.

Main Responsibilities

  •     Work with practice leaders and clients to understand how to make data accessible and usable throughout the organization.
  •     Defines data environment design for the reporting and modeling/machine learning use cases that is consistent, maintainable and flexible.
  •     Works with client and BLEND360 teams to identify use cases and functional requirements that drive the reporting and modeling data solutions.
  •     Designs the database structure including tables, views, synonyms, sequences, triggers, procedures, functions, indexes and materialized views as relevant.
  •     Provides the framework for integrating source systems with the reporting and modeling data environments – develops the ERD and data dictionaries
  •     Implements business rules via stored procedures, middleware, or other technologies.
  •     Develops strategies for flexibility and scalability, and defines the future technical architecture direction for the business intelligence reporting and analytical environments.
  •     Problem solve with practice leaders to understand how to build the data pipelines that can support the business, formulate different approaches, outline pros and cons for each approach.
  •     Work with practice leaders to get client feedback, get alignment on approaches, deliverables, and overall timeline
  •     Document data flow, infrastructure and processes.
  •     Turn models and machine learning algorithms into implementable production code

 

The Details:

    Location: Columbia, MD
    Visa Sponsorship Available
    Duration: Full-time
    Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, 401k plan, Life Insurance, Pretax Commuter Benefits, and an incredibly supportive team cheering you on!

 

Internship info:

As an intern at BLEND360 you will be working closely with a member of our Data Science team who will provide you with real, hands-on projects and daily tasks.  Interns will be able to apply classroom based knowledge to their work and gain essential skills needed to be career ready.  BLEND360 is dedicated to developing successful Data Science Professionals and we strive to make this internship as realistic and informative as possible.

The ideal candidate is a student seeking a MS or BS degree in: Data Science, Analytics, Computer Science, or a related major.

Skills required: R or Python, SQL, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis

 

Research Assistant in Python and NLP

Dr. Dezhi Wu is looking for a self-motivated and reliable graduate student (preferably a doctoral student) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering to fill a graduate research assistant position for Spring 2022 (20hrs/week) with possible extension to Summer 2022 based on performance.

Qualifications:

Technical background: Proficient in Python, NLP, Text Mining, statistics, mobile app, and chatbot development experience, social media analytics experience is a plus.

Communication: Solid verbal and writing skills in English.

Previous publication record: Preferred.

Any interested and qualified CSE students can directly email Dr. Wu their CV/resume to dezhiwu@cec.sc.edu.

University of Georgia Hiring Computer Vision Faculty

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Georgia invites applications for an Assistant or Associate professor position in the area of Computer Vision starting August 2022.  To apply, please go to   here.

All applications received by December 01, 2021 will receive full consideration.

For more details and application information, please see the full job advertisement, please click on this link.

Thank you in advance for sharing this announcement with your graduate students and/or postdocs.

California State University, Los Angeles, Hiring Tenure Track Assistant Professors

The Department of Computer Science at California State University, Los Angeles is recruiting two Tenure Track Assistant Professors to begin Fall 2022. Applicants must have an earned Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related field) from an accredited institution (or equivalent) by the start date of their appointment. Applicants must have a strong primary commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level.

We are looking for candidates with expertise in any of a number of areas including Cloud computing and IoT/Computer Science Education and Assessment/Cybersecurity and Privacy/Robotics and Autonomous Systems/Software Engineering and Programming Languages

The Department offers programs leading to B.S and M.S. in Computer Science. We are a collegial department with a wide range of interests, and a strong senior project program in partnership with local industry and government clients. Our minority-majority CS student body is both diverse and well integrated.

California State University, Los Angeles was recently named thetop school in the country for upward mobility.

For more information, see the position announcement at here.

California State University, Fullerton, Hiring Tenure-track Faculty

The Computer Science Department at California State University, Fullerton, is hiring tenure-track faculty. CSU Fullerton is the largest university in the California State University system, with a total enrollment of over 40,000. The CS department has nearly 2,000 students in our BS and MS programs. We are looking for applicants who are passionate about teaching, will set up a research program, and will be committed to service to the university and community. CSU Fullerton is a Minority Serving Institution, and we particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups to apply.

This page has more information:

https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/fl/en-us/job/504584/assistant-professor-of-computer-science

Lecturer/Instructor in Data, Media, and Society

The College of Information and Communications at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) invites applications for a full-time Lecturer/Instructor in Data, Media, and Society with a demonstrated commitment to creating an inclusive learning and working environment. A suitable candidate must be able to teach courses online and in-person in programming, database, data analytics, and digital communications courses to undergraduate and graduate students. We value the ability to engage effectively with students, faculty, and staff of diverse backgrounds.

Job Responsibilities

The Candidate will be expected to teach four courses per semester (4 courses in Fall + 4 courses in Spring = 8 courses per year) at both undergraduate and graduate levels.  The classes are related to programming, database, and data analytics, and digital communications, such as Fundamentals of Data and Digital Communications and Information Visualization. 

The start date for the position is August 2022. This is an annual 9-month appointment that may be renewed for two additional years, contingent upon satisfactory job performance and program needs. There will also be opportunities for additional summer teaching. The position is ideal for a candidate interested in a career in academia with teaching as a major focus. The hiring committee encourages women, minority, and international candidates to apply.

Required Qualifications

  • Ability to teach both undergraduate- and Masters-level courses. 
  • The successful candidate must have the minimum of an earned Master’sDegree in information science/systems, informatics, data science, business, computer science, or communication, or a related field, along with a commitment to excellence in teaching both face-to-face and online.
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to teach in face-to-face, online, or hybrid delivery.
  • The applicant shows potential for teaching effectiveness.  Typical indicators include past teaching/course evaluations, a documented history of developed courses/curricula, and/or pedagogical training.
  • Ability to teach students how to derive valuable communication insights from large data sets
  • Relevant teaching experience
  • Relevant professional experience

Application Process

All applicants must complete an online application at UofSC Jobs: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/108212. Candidates should be prepared to upload (1) a letter of application which includes a short statement on their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, (2) CV or resume, (3) a list of references including their names, phone numbers, and email addresses, and (4) a teaching portfolio that may consist of such items as a summary of all recent teaching evaluations, teaching philosophy, history of curricular and course development, and/or pedagogical training. 

Faculty will be available to meet with candidates attending the ASIST and ICIS conferences; applicants not attending ASIST or ICIS will also be considered.  Applications received by January 15, 2022, will be assured full consideration; however, the search will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. For additional information about this position, please feel free to contact Search Committee Chair (Amir Karami) at karami@mailbox.sc.edu

School of Information Science

U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Information Science (iSchool) in the top 20 of Information and Library Schools. The iSchool is nationally accredited by the American Library Association (ALA). The School of Information Science offers a Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS), a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), and a Doctorate in Library and Information Science.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities on the basis of race, sex, gender, gender identity, transgender status, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, protected veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The University of South Carolina is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. The University of South Carolina is responsive to the needs of dual-career couples. More information is available at https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/diversity_equity_and_inclusion/.

Research Analyst Data Manager

The University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics has an opening for a full-time, data analyst/data manager for a minimum of two years, possibly longer. This position will fill the role of a Data Analyst and the Data Manager for two grant- funded research studies on diabetes.

Responsibilities:

  • Use SAS, R and potentially SQL code to clean, conduct quality control and develop structured datasets

  • Design, develop, and program methods, processes, and systems to consolidate and analyze unstructured, diverse “big data” from electronic medical records

  • Interact regularly with multidisciplinary teams at health care institutions across South Carolina

  • Develop analytic plans, write, and execute statistical programs utilizing cross-sectional and longitudinal designs and analysis methods, and prepare visual data displays in the form of tables, graphs, and maps Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Experience in a public health or clinical research environment, specific foundational knowledge of the science of population-level surveillance

  • Prior experience developing analytic proposals and conducting descriptive and hypothesis-driven analyses of cross-sectional and longitudinal data using statistical software

  • Understanding of relational databases; prior experience analyzing large electronic health record datasets

  • Experience with SAS and R programming.

  • Excellent scientific or technical writing skills and communication skills

    Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, statistics, data science, healthcare informatics, computer science or a recognized field which is directly related to the duties of this position

  • Expertise with SAS, Access, SAS, R, and other statistical, data management and data visualization languages/syntaxes

  • Preferred experience working in an academic research environment, public health entity, healthcare company or managed care environment with a focus on analyzing large healthcare datasets

  • Prior experience developing analytic proposals and conducting descriptive and hypothesis-driven analyses using statistical software

  • Demonstrated ability to develop, apply and document data management methods

    For position application and additional information visit:

    https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/106646

Software Developer at Reezen.io

Company name: Reezen.io
Location: Atlanta, GA
Job title: Software Developer

Company Summary

Reezen.io is a sales success tool. The sales intelligence market is a multi-billion dollar industry. Total venture capital in sales success technology is well over 500MM in the last 5 years. Our mission is to help sales reps succeed in cold outbound sales activities by automating buyer research. This is a brand new start up with a commitment for beta test in place. More details about product offering upon signing of NDA and Non-Compete during interview process.

Reezen.io is seeking employee #2.

This person will lead the technology arm of this company. The first project is to implement our application for the business development team at another software company in Atlanta. This project is high risk. There are no guarantees of salary unless beta is successful and seed funding is acquired.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and manage development and implementation of software beta test.
  •  Continuous improvement during beta test phase.
  •  Assist in defining unique inventions of technology with legal team for patent application.
  •  Continue on as co-founder of the company if interested.

 

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Demonstrated aptitude in Java, Python, and web app development.
  • Interest in the startup environment.
  • Flexibility, adaptability and eagerness to learn.
  • Team player, open to new ideas and collaboration.

 

Nice-to-have

  • Working knowledge of the SaaS industry.
  • Web design experience.
  • General sense of how software business operates, especially software startups.

 

Salary and Benefits

  • Sizeable equity share, negotiated during interview process.
  • Salary will be guaranteed once seed funding is secured. The first expense will be compensating this person for their work in product development.
  • Signing bonus possible.

Please send resume to NCLee227@gmail.com if interested in interviewing.

Graduate Assistantship: Python and HTML

Good experience, good pay!
 
The graduate assistant will serve as a programming consultant for two National Institutes of Health-funded projects investigating the effects of Medicaid coverage on access to addiction treatment and overdose-related mortality. Responsibilities will include providing consultation to a highly talented undergraduate student who will develop and optimize an algorithm to run searches using Google and internet archives; meeting with the principal investigator and study coordinator to define specifications; and assisting with troubleshooting, debugging, and maintaining programs as needed. The successful candidate must be currently enrolled as a student at UofSC and possess expertise in Python and HTML.
 
Schedule can be coordinated with supervisor to work around class schedule, and will require no more than five hours per week. Excellent opportunity for a student interested in gaining experience working on NIH-funded scientific research projects. Compensation is highly competitive. To apply, please send your resume to Dr. Christina Andrews at candrews@mailbox.sc.edu.
 

GPU Parallel Computing Programmer / Part-time/Project Based

Location: Columbia, SC

Role Description:

We are seeking a Computer Programmer to guide the development CUDA enabled GPU based Parallel Codes for existing Physics Based Models.

Overall Responsibilities:

Closely coordinate with software and mechanical engineering teams to plan the software architecture, parallel computing architecture, and write CUDA enabled GPU codes in C++ for the implementation.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience/Requirements:

  • Must be a US Citizen or possess a current permanent resident card.
  • BS Degree or currently Senior in Computer Science/ Engineering, a related field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Well documented competence with C/C++, NVIDIA CUDA, MATLAB and parallel computing with GPU.
  • Experience developing software in a Linux environment.
  • Experience developing Simulink models.
  • Experience with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, other microcontrollers, Data acquisition systems is a plus.

Desired:

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science/ Engineering or a related field
  • Education or experience with digital signal processing techniques
  • Very good understanding of software architecture and data flow for parallel computing.
  • Experience working with general purpose microprocessors and FPGAs in a hands-on environment is a plus.
  • Comfortable with all operating systems.

If interested, please email your resumes at ritubarna@adventinnous.com.

Computer Scientist opportunity at USGS

We are hiring a computer scientist for the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center. This position is being hired under our Recent Graduate Program and includes anyone that has graduated within the past 2 years having completed a qualifying degree/certificate program. Please feel free to share with any that might be interested.

See Job posting with additional information

Thanks, and please feel free to contact me with any questions,

Jimmy Clark 
Business Information Systems, Office of Planning and Programming (Acting) 
USGS Water Mission Area 
Email: jmclark@usgs.gov 
Columbia, SC 29210 
usgs.gov/centers/sa-water 

Teaching Assistant/ Data Visualization

Job Summary: The primary responsibility of the Graduate Teaching Assistant is to serve in an instructional capacity. Graduate Teaching Assistants provide professional-level instruction under supervision.

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Science, Communication Science, or other related fields.
  • Experience in relevant technical languages and tools such as Python and R.
  • Experiences in Data Analysis
  • Familiar Data Visualization tools such as Tableau and Microsoft Power BI

General skills

  • Time management.
  • Knowledge of higher education teaching principles and practices
  • Skill in planning, organization, coordination of activities
  • Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships
  • Skill in both verbal and written communication

Duties and responsibilities

Here are some examples of responsibilities.

  • Helps in creating teaching materials such as slides and lecture notes
  • Provides general assistance to the professor in instructional activities for a designated area
  • Leads discussion groups
  • Serves as an assistant in lab or other classes

Duration and Salary:

The Teaching Assistant/ Data Visualization will work 10 or 15 hours per week in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.

How to Apply:

Please email a cover letter, resume, and sample of your codes to Dr. Ehsan Mohammadi at ehsan2@sc.edu. For full consideration, please mention the job title “Teaching Assistant/ Data Visualization” in the subject line of your email.