Research Assistants

Penn State University

University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
On-site
Large language model (llm) application development
Social science research
Data analysis
Penn State University is seeking part-time Research Assistants for the Spring, Summer, and Fall semesters of 2025 to assist in developing large language model applications for social science research. The ideal candidates are undergraduate or master’s students with programming skills in Python and experience in LLM development

Job Summary

  • The Department of Statistics seeks to hire undergraduate or master’s students as part-time Research Assistants for the Spring 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025 semesters.
  • The successful candidates will assist in developing large language model (LLM) applications for social science research and data analysis.
  • Preferred qualifications include prior experience developing LLM applications and strong programming skills in Python.

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Penn State University is seeking part-time Research Assistants for the Spring, Summer, and Fall semesters of 2025 to assist in developing large language model applications for social science research. The ideal candidates are undergraduate or master’s students with programming skills in Python and experience in LLM development.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Large language model (LLM) application development
  • Social science research
  • Data analysis

Nice-to-have

  • Prompt engineering
  • Fine-tuning LLMs
  • Agent-based frameworks
  • Evaluation pipelines

Key Requirements

  • Undergraduate or Master's student status
  • Python programming skills

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Not specified

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