Cosmos - Extra Help Assistant Ii

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
$18.00ph; not specified; not specified
Social media analysis
Hypothesis generation
Data collection and cleaning
The Extra Help Assistant will help develop socio-computational models to advance our understanding of cyber campaigns run on social media grounded in the dynamics of various social and communication processes

Job Summary

  • The Extra Help Assistant will help develop socio-computational models to advance our understanding of cyber campaigns run on social media grounded in the dynamics of various social and communication processes.
  • The Extra Help Assistant will work with the research team in developing predictive models of deviant socio-technical behaviors on a variety of social media platforms and help develop usable tools/software to identify key actors and key groups responsible for coordinating cyber campaigns and disseminating propaganda.
  • Assist with social media analysis for the research projects, hypothesis generation and evaluation for understanding cyber behaviors, data collection, cleaning, preprocessing, analyzing findings from the data, writing research findings, and presenting the research at conferences, scientific venues, program reviews, and other venues.

Matching Summary

The Extra Help Assistant will help develop socio-computational models to advance our understanding of cyber campaigns run on social media grounded in the dynamics of various social and communication processes.

Salary

$18.00/hr; Not specified; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • social media analysis
  • hypothesis generation
  • data collection and cleaning
  • software development
  • JavaScript or related frameworks
  • DB systems and SQL language

Nice-to-have

  • research experience in social media mining
  • computational modeling of social science theories
  • social network analysis tools
  • experience in computer programming
  • experience in data management
  • UIUX/web design and illustration
  • ML-based research

Key Requirements

  • Master's degree from accredited institution
  • Bachelor's degree and enrolled in Master's program at UALR
  • Proof of legal authority to work in the United States

Work Rights

Proof of legal authority to work

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