Research Associate - School of Computer Science - S3D

Carnegie Mellon University•Pittsburgh, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Software and Societal Systems (S3D) department within the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University is seeking a Research Associate to work on an interdisciplinary project focused on the development and evaluation of Privacy Technology for Smart Cities. This role is particularly suitable for a post-doctoral candidate, though a PhD is not strictly required. The project involves extending existing Internet of Things Privacy Infrastructure, developed by Prof. Norman Sadeh, by developing, piloting, and refining new functionalities, including GenAI, in collaboration with the City of Long Beach. The infrastructure currently supports over 100,000 IoT resource descriptions, and the IoT Assistant app has tens of thousands of users. The work will include deployment in Long Beach, design and piloting of new features, and running human subject studies to evaluate new functionality and user acceptance.

Requirements

Master’s Degree required.
1-3 years of research experience required.
Strong background in privacy and security, and Human Computer Interaction, including human-centered design.
Capable of working under limited supervision.
Well organized.
Strong communication skills.
Experience collaborating with others in the context of large-scale research and software projects.
Successful completion of a pre-employment background check.

Nice To Haves

Doctoral Degree preferred.
Research in usable privacy and security.

Responsibilities

Conceptual design, development, and empirical evaluation with actual end users.
Running human subject studies to evaluate new functionality and understand overall acceptance of technology.
Working closely with the PI, Prof. Norman Sadeh.
Publishing papers in top-tier conferences and journals.
Helping supervise more junior team members.
Interacting with end-users.