TEMP-Lab/Research Support (Literature,Media & Com) Job at Inside Higher Ed in At

Overview

Job Title: TEMP-Lab/Research Support (Literature,Media & Com)

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary: Temporary

Full/Part Time: Part-Time

Job ID: 289598

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech\'s faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation\'s top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech\'s Mission and Values

Georgia Tech\'s Mission Is To Develop Leaders Who Advance Technology And Improve The Human Condition. The Institute Has Nine Key Values That Are Foundational To Everything We Do

• Students are our top priority.
• We strive for excellence.
• We thrive on diversity.
• We celebrate collaboration.
• We champion innovation.
• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• We act ethically.
• We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Provide support services in the operation and maintenance of an academic or research laboratory to include performing analyses; setup, operation, maintenance and cleaning of equipment; and maintaining stock of supplies. Specific duties will be determined based on assignment and unit needs. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: academic and/or research faculty members, staff and students. This position will advise and counsel: lab users. This position will supervise: NA.

You will be contributing to one or more of the following LuminAI-based projects:

• LuminAI: This is the “original” version, a five-module pipeline and one-panel design that allows open improvisation with Vai (the agent). Specific work needed is implementing the Body Action Taxonomy within the pipeline.
• LuminAIx: An ongoing AI literacy installation with three panels that engage learners in public spaces with 1) AI knowledge representation; 2) having a "dance battle" with the improv AI dancer, and 3) learning a bit about how it (and machine learning more broadly) works. You will specifically be working on the implementation of panels one and three.
• LuminAI at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport: Update the current version of LuminAI to be shown at the Atlanta airport for half a year. Specific work involves designing a LuminAI Lite version that can be optimized and run for eight plus hours a day, as well as collecting data on the installation in public and exploring the possibility of integrating new sensor technology into the agent (femtobolts).
• LuminAI Duet: A new project focusing on creating two LuminAI installations (potentially one in Atlanta and the other in France or Istanbul) where local users can train the AI on their local dance moves, shared with the AI across seas for users in the other country to dance with an AI that uses the other country\'s dance moves. This project is seen as a form of AI-mediated cultural exchange and has potential for publication and festival submissions.

Responsibilities

• Setup, operate and maintain instruments and other equipment used in performing lab tests and experiments.
• Order supplies and materials as required; maintain records.
• Setup laboratory media/equipment for demonstrations.
• May clean instruments, glassware and other lab equipment.
• Prepare and process laboratory samples for use in assigned tests.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements: High school diploma, GED Certificate or Vocational School Diploma

Other Required Qualifications: Ability to work outside of typical business hours as needed, potentially including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Required Experience: Up to two years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Unity software experience

Salary

Proposed Salary: We are looking for a candidate who can commit to 20 hours of work per week for $30-/hr

Skills

This job requires working knowledge in the use of instrumentation and other lab equipment, laboratory processes and procedures specific to assigned lab. Skills in inventory management and the use of specialized computer applications is required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities. This position will not travel. This role is not considered a position of trust. This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

Other Information: The LuminAI project has been developed for over a decade with NSF support. Collaboration details, scope of work, and weekly coordination with the team will be defined with the unit.