--Apologies for X-posting-- Hi all, Just a note that the UN Global Pulse, the group that wrote "Big Data for Development", has a few low-level positions open. May be of interest to you, your colleagues, or your students. Deadlines are fast approaching.
From: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/participate/vacancies *DATA SCIENTIST INTERN* Location: New York, NY Duration: 3-6 Months, Full Time (monthly stipend) Deadline to apply: 7 January 2012 ONLINE APPLICATION: https://gprs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=1560 *Under the supervision of the Data Scientist, the intern will:**- Assist the team to define, design and implement research projects harnessing Big Data to improve both understanding of population behavior, needs, and vulnerabilities as well as capacity to monitor and evaluate the impacts of development policies and programmes;**- Support the team to perform data studies and data discovery around new data sources or new uses for existing data sources; **- Assist in developing new approaches to detecting events and trends within real-time data sources such as online media, social networks, imagery, geospatial data, communications logs, transaction records, etc.;**- Contribute to the design and implementation of statistical data quality procedures around new data sources; **- Assist the team to visualize and report data findings creatively in a variety of formats.* *DATA ENGINEER INTERN* Location: New York, NY Duration: 3-6 Months, Full Time (monthly stipend) Deadline to apply: 7 January 2012 ONLINE APPLICATION: https://gprs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=1557<https://gprs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=1557%20> ** *Under the supervision of the Data Engineer, the Data Engineer intern will:* *- Contribute to the efforts of the team in defining, designing and building projects harnessing Big Data to address global challenges**- Develop and use software tools to extract, process and analyze data sets from a variety of sources;**- Assist the team to extract, process and analyze data sets from a variety of sources**- Support the team in the development of systems for classifying content**- Contribute to development of new ways to understand and visualize data* *MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS INTERN* Location: New York, NY Duration: 3-6 months, Full Time (stipend) ONLINE APPLICATION: https://gprs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=1565** *Functional Responsibilities: **- Assist the Communications Team with the production of regular blogs, articles, press releases, brochures and other web and print content as necessary. Responsibilities will include research, writing and editing, as well as assistance with managing editorial schedules and proposing content. **- Assist the Communications Team, and the Data & Analysis Team, with condensing research findings into accessible articles, blog posts, and presentation materials. **- Assist the Communications Team with media relations, including monitoring Global Pulse references in media and blogs, tracking and summarizing relevant trends and articles of interest to Global Pulse. **- Provide event planning and community outreach support for special projects as needed by the Communications Team.* *Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time (CET). Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only applications received through the UNOPS website will be considered.* Contact info[at]unglobalpulse[dot]org with questions or for further information. -- Dept of Geography, University of Washington Commons Lab, Woodrow Wilson Int'l Center for Scholars 859-582-9125 http://students.washington.edu/rlburns
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