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Opportunities for UT Austin Human-AI Interaction Lab (Summer, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025)

The Human-AI Interaction Lab led by Dr. Min Kyung Lee in the UT School of Information is looking for researchers and assistants (undergraduate, graduate, and recent graduates) for next year! If interested, please fill out this form and upload your resume and unofficial transcript as a single PDF file. 

 

Available Positions (additional details in the Google form):

  1. Quantitative Researcher
  2. Qualitative Researcher
  3. Data Visualization
  4. Frontend/Backend/Fullstack Web Developer
  5. NLP/ML Engineer/Researcher
  6. UX/UI Designer
  7. Visual/Graphic Designer
  8. Copy Editor and Content Manager
  9. Lab Manager
  10. Research Coordinator

 

Positions can be arranged for credit or pay, depending on your availability and prior experience. Application review will begin April 1, 2024 and continue until all the positions are filled. You will receive an email if there is an opening in our ongoing projects that seems like a good fit. Please understand that no other emails will be sent.

 

Expected time commitment: depends on your availability; can range from 10 hrs-40 hrs/week

 

Benefits:

  • The opportunity to interact with community stakeholders and have a direct impact on the design of real-world AI systems.
  • Our lab publishes its work frequently in top-level Human-Computer Interaction venues (ACM CHI, CSCW, etc.), often with undergraduate and graduate co-authors.
  • Exposure to PhD-level, cutting-edge research in an academic setting.
  • The opportunity to present work at research conferences and poster sessions.

 

If you have any questions, send an email to hai@utexas.edu and include [HAI 2024/2025-Opportunities] in the email title.

, Filed Under: Research

Fall Research Opportunity with the Technology & Information Policy Institute at UT Austin

About the Technology & Information Policy Institute

Established in 1996, the Technology & Information Policy Institute serves to research imbalances and provide insights that inform public policies and programs focused on digital inclusion for everyone. Housed in the Moody College of Communication, the institute also investigates social impacts of digital media and entertainment such as immersive media, virtual reality, social media and digital games. In addition to sponsoring educational programs and conferences, the institute shares its world-class expertise in hopes of increasing access to communication technologies, and thus vastly improve technology literacy, standards of living and innovation. Please visit https://texastipi.org/ for more information.

Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Opportunity

Dr. Sharon Strover directs the Technology & Information Policy Institute. They have a small study starting in September examining municipal camera policies in cities, focusing especially on U.S. but not exclusively; there may be some interesting examples from other countries As surveillance capabilities of camera technologies grow, and as AI and machine learning capabilities also expand, image systems producing visual data are new terrains for data collection, use and retention policies. The research involves a literature review and a survey – possibly administered over the phone – to collect information and state-of-the-art information about municipal policies around using cameras.

Responsibilities & Required Skills:

  1. Good interviewing skills; interviews will be conducted in English
  2. Ability to undertake journal-based research using academic journals and databases
  3. Ability to collect or write short annotations of research literature (we will probably use Zotero)
  4. Ability to work with a small team of researchers
  5. Ability to conceptualize and produce his or her *own project* based on this work! We would like the intern from a BDP to envision a way to creatively build on the research.

Small student stipend of $400 is available, but it would not be an hourly salary. Hours are flexible, but we expect the student to work the 160 minimum hours required of BDP.

The ability to do in-person work or meetings depends on the University’s COVID-19 related policies. A lot of this work could be done remotely.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to Dr. Strover at sharon.strover@austin.utexas.edu. In the cover letter, please include a short (one paragraph) statement of why you are interested in the position.