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Paid hourly student research programmer position at UIUC for Fall 2021: network visualization in Python with NetworkX

September 11th, 2021

My Information Quality Lab is seeking a student research programmer (graduate hourly/undergraduate hourly) to do network visualization in Python with NetworkX this semester.

REQUIRED background:

  • Programming experience in Python
  • Elementary knowledge about network analysis including nodes, edges, attribute list, edge list, and adjacency matrices
  • How to read, store, and retrieve network data from a network object
  • Interest in or experience with NetworkX
  • Interest in or experience with visualization

PREFERRED background:

  • Experience in a research or R&D environment
  • Familiarity with publication and citation data

The immediate goal is to reformat dynamic network visualizations in a conference paper for a journal article to be submitted this semester (publication credit possible in addition to pay). Data for this is publicly available: https://doi.org/10.13012/B2IDB-9222782_V1
A conference paper describes the underlying ideas http://jodischneider.com/pubs/asist2020.pdf

This person will also develop utilities to be used in future network visualizations (e.g. an ongoing analysis of a similar but larger network where other aspects, e.g. co-authorship and data cleaning, will also be relevant).

Application details in Virtual Job Board

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Paid graduate hourly research position at UIUC for Spring 2021

December 3rd, 2020

Jodi Schneider’s Information Quality Lab (http://infoqualitylab.org) seeks a graduate hourly student for a research project on bias in citation networks. Biased citation benefits authors in the short-term by bolstering grants and papers, making them more easily accepted. However, it can have severe negative consequences for scientific inquiry. Our goal is to find quantitative measures of network structure that can indicate the existence of citation bias. 

This job starts January 4, 2021. Pay depending on experience (Master’s students start at $18/hour). Optionally, the student can also take a graduate independent study course (generally 1-2 credits IS 589 or INFO 597). Apply on Handshake

Responsibilities will include:

  • Assist in the development of algorithms to simulate an unbiased network
  • Carry out statistical significance tests for candidate network structure measures
  • Attend weekly meetings
  • Assist with manuscript and grant preparation

Required Skills

  • Proficiency in Python or R
  • Demonstrated ability to systematically approach a simulation or modeling problem
  • Statistical knowledge, such as developed in a course on mathematical statistics and probability (e.g. STAT400 Statistics and Probability I https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2021/spring/STAT/400 )

Preferred Skills

MORE INFORMATION:
https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/jodi-schneider
http://infoqualitylab.org

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday December 14th.

Apply on Handshake with the following APPLICATION MATERIALS:

  • Resume
  • Transcript – Such as free University of Illinois academic history from Banner self-service (https://apps.uillinois.edu, click “Registration & Records”, “Student Records and Transcripts”, “View Academic History”, choose “Web Academic History”)
  • Cover letter: Just provide short answers to the following two questions:
    1) Why are you interested in this particular project?
    2) What past experience do you have that is related to this project? 

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