Careers Job Description
General Description
The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute is looking for a Research Associate Data Scientist to join the Institute’s Research Data Science Team. The candidate is expected to be familiar with programming languages (i.e., Python or R), experienced with data analysis and visualization, knowledgeable of machine learning methods (computer vision, NLP), including familiarity with popular machine learning libraries, such as Scikit-learn and PyTorch. Applicants should also have extensive training or research experience in early modern Latin American and/or Spanish Caribbean history or a related field, and be familiar with CUNY DSI’s Spanish Paleography Digital Teaching & Learning Tool or any other similar computer program.
This is a one-year position with the possibility of a second-year contract, depending on performance and availability of funding.
How to apply: If interested in the position, please submit a cover letter, CV, and names and contact information of three (3) potential recommenders. If you have any questions, feel free to email Dr. Pierre Losson, Associate Director of CUNY DSI at plosson@ccny.cuny.edu
Other Duties
The person selected will use data science, machine learning techniques, and research skills to extract information from digital copies of primary documents related to the sixteenth- and seventeenth- century La Espanola and the New World. The candidate will work with statistics and data computation on specific research questions that seek to fill historical vacuums and create new knowledge concerning everyday life in La Espanola, as European colonization unfolded in what became the first permanent European settlement in the Americas. Research questions include the preparation of detailed lists of enslaved African Black people, forms of resistance against enslavement and oppression, number of manumissions, maroon settlements, informal and formal punitive actions against social transgressions, vital data (birth, death, matrimony, etc.), among other topics that help describe colonial social daily life in La Espanola. The Research Associate Data Scientist will work with the CUNY DSI Colonial Documents Collection containing approximately 90,000 images of colonial documents from 43 archival bundles, contained in 102 microfilm reels.
Qualifications
Ph.D. in Latin American or Spanish Caribbean History or related field with extensive training in computational/digital social science or humanities and machine learning analysis, as well as research and data preparation and analysis. The preferred candidate will have training on applying machine learning to Spanish paleography on early European colonization of Latin America or the Spanish Caribbean.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Full Time
$78,500.00 - $84,500.00
Apr 23, 2024 (Or Until Filled)