Job Description

The Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) is seeking a casual Research Assistant in the Department of Mathematics. Under the supervision of a faculty investigator, the Research Assistant will conduct research, execute coding tasks, analyze data, collaborate with research partners, and assist with writing research papers. This is a hybrid position and is expected to last approximately six months.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform research in the areas of stochastic processes, control systems, and probabilistic and statistical techniques in machine learning.
• When the research projects in the above directions require it, collect and analyze corresponding data sets, generate data through computer simulations, and write code for the analysis of data sets by implementing the statistical techniques developed in the research phase.
• Assist with the writing and editing of manuscripts.
• Present research projects and their results at meetings and conferences.
• Assist with tasks on other research projects as required.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Effective documentation, oral, written, and communication skills.
• Excellent customer service and professional work attitude
• Ability to think and work independently and as part of a team.

Physical Requirements 

• Ability to work in a standard office environment.

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline.
• Additional related experience may substitute for required education to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Master's Degree in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics.
• Previous research in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics preferred but not required.
• Some coding knowledge in any of Python, Matlab, C, R or similar languages.

Classified Title: Research Assistant  
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $23.75 - $30.30 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Monday through Friday; may work some weekends; hours are as needed 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus 
Department name: ???????Mathematics  
Personnel area: School of Arts & Sciences 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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