Research Assistant Jobs

The Department of Biomedical Engineering is seeking a Research Assistant will primarily assist in the day-to-day logistical and operational tasks for various research studies in the Department. The Research Assistant will interact with the investigators and collaborators in a research environment. This person will be writing, running, and analyzing standard and non-standard reports. This person will also assist in carrying out investigations for different imaging modalities concerned with processing and analyzing data, as well as the computational implementation of prototype methods and simulations, including network valued data.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Maintain a good working knowledge of all assigned protocols and reporting requirements.
Perform data collection and analysis under the supervision of Sr. researchers.
Implement software for network machine learning.
Maintain paper and computerized research files.
Participate in weekly research group meetings with the PI as well as with related collaborators in this project.
Prepare mandatory reports and documents/protocols.
Present and communicate results and progress updates clearly.
Conduct literature searches to support the manager and the PI.
Contribute and maintain open-source software contributions.
Other duties as assigned.
Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Adequate knowledge network analysis machine learning.
Familiarity and experience with programming, particularly for numerical simulations.
Familiarity with machine learning coding frameworks (SciPy and Sklearn).
Willingness to learn specialized software used in the research.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
Some related experience.
Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in related discipline.
Some related experience.
Classified Title: Research Assistant
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/03/CD
Starting Salary Range: Min $17.00 - Max $30.00 HRLY ($32,662.50 budgeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 37.5
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Homewood Campus
Department name: Ctr for Imaging Science Research
Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering
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Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
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