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DS Minor: Internships | Research Opportunities | Jobs | Free AI Courses | T-shirts!

Posted by on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in News.

Hang in there as the semester comes to a close! Here is a big update on data science over the summer, jobs, free courses, internships, and research opportunities:

  • Summer Internship with the DSI: Internship opportunity available with VU’s Data Science Institute
  • T-shirts for declared minors: Pick up at the DSI on Fridays between 10 and 2pm!
  • Now hiring: Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) – Entry-level research positions available!
  • Undergraduate research opportunities: Get Involved!
  • AI Summer: A month-long free Maymester with the Data Science Institute with training in Python, hands-on training on the state-of-the-art in AI and deep learning methods and APIs, and opportunities for involvement in projects and research

For more information, read the descriptions below. Please feel free to share this with your friends, colleagues, students groups, or anyone else who may be interested in the VU community!

Summer 2022 Internship with the DSI

Applications due Wednesday, May 4th

The DSI Data Science team has an open position for a student intern for the summer. The position is the equivalent of full-time (40 hours per week), but will be paid as a stipend. The intern will assist in projects and instruction over the summer, including but not restricted to:

  • attending and assisting with AI Summer and Summer Workshops, including providing technical assistance to attendees and moderating breakout rooms
  • preparing repositories and educational materials
  • serving as a scrum master on project teams
  • building out  infrastructure and automating processes
  • if interested, teaching a portion of one or more workshops
  • assisting in the management of compute resources (we’ll provide training).

The internship will run from May 9 through August 12, and can be remote.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with git, GitHub, branching
  • Coursework or substantive projects in Python
  • Ability to read and use APIs
  • Experience with traditional Python DS packages, e.g., pandas, matplotlib, seaborn
  • Ability to brainstorm creative, sustainable solutions for automation
  • Enjoys collaboration, working in teams, and assisting and guiding others

Interested? Apply now! Applications due by Wednesday, May 4th and are considered on a rolling basis as they’re submitted!

T-shirts for Declared DS Minors

Pick up at the Data Science Institute (1400 18th Ave S), Fridays from 10-2pm

Proud of being a data science minor and excited to wear new DS Minor swag? Drop by the Data Science Institute, 1400 18th Ave S on Fridays between 10am and 2pm! You’ll be stopping by during the DSI’s AI Fridays, so feel free to drop by for questions regarding your undergraduate research for programming assistance, approach review, or general discussion. Our AI Deep Dives are from 1-2pm, so feel free to see data science in formulation and action with faculty, students, and industry partners!

Now hiring – Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA)

Bridging the gap between research, policy, and practice for Tennessee schools

Hiring an Entry-level Research Specialist 

The Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) is now accepting applications for an entry-level research opening. Current seniors or undergraduates with just a few years of experience and strong analysis skills (e.g., students in the data science minor!) and an interest in education research would be a great fit. The title is actually for a research specialist but HR listed as research coordinator.

Interested? Click here to learn more about TERA, and here to learn more about the role and apply!

Undergraduate research opportunities

Interested in undergraduate research in data science (DS 3850) and looking for a project? Faculty are also looking for you! Below are a few links for professors looking for new participants on their research projects:

AI Summer with the Data Science Institute

LEVERAGING AUDIO, TEXT, IMAGE, AND MULTIMODAL DATA

May 10th – June 3rd

The Data Science Institute (DSI) is excited to announce AI Summer with the DSI, a 4-week hands-on AI short course focused on transformers, held May 10th – June 3rd, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9am-12pm. Ph.D. students, graduate students, researchers, faculty, undergraduates, staff, and Nashville community members are all cordially invited to apply and attend!

Past participants of similar workshops walked away with new methods for drawing insights from historical text and literature, approaches to training models on healthcare data, new lab members and faculty collaborators, accelerated frameworks for classifying architectural styles through images, and more!

Does this sound like something that can benefit your work, but you’ve never programmed in Python before or feel unfamiliar with deep learning? No problem – May 10-12th from 9am – 12pm each day is an optional, targeted mini course dedicated to helping you develop Python skills to successfully use transformers.

Unsure about how transformers can apply to your research or workflow? Ready to apply? Visit https://www.vanderbilt.edu/datascience/2022/03/09/ai-summer-with-the-data-science-institute/ to learn more and register!

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