COSMOS - Extra Help Assistant I

University of Arkansas System • Little Rock, AR

1d • $13 • Onsite

About The Position

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, such as group formation, activation, decentralized decision making, and collective action. 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. This is an on-campus position.
This position is governed by state and federal laws, and agency/institution policy. The position reports to Prof. Nitin Agarwal ([email protected]), Maulden-Entergy Endowed Chair & Donaghey Distinguished Professor, and Director, COSMOS Research Center at UA-Little Rock.

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning; or
• Must have a high school diploma (or equivalency) and currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s program at UALR

Nice To Haves

• A candidate with experience in social media mining, computational modeling of social science theories, social network analysis tools, and examining cyber campaigns conducted on social media will be given preference
• A candidate with experience in computer programming and data management will be given preference

Responsibilities

• 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
• Contribute to research and development
• Assist in preparing reports and publications
• Coordinate meetings and lead discussions
• Perform other duties and provide additional support as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level