PREP0003668 Interactive Visualization Tools for AI Evaluation Data Developer

PREP Research Associate

Opportunity No.: PREP0003668

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, and thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

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Interactive Visualization Tools for AI Evaluation Data Developer

Project Description:

Developing Interactive Visualization Tools for AI Evaluation Data

Key Responsibilities: 

• Familiarize with NIST’s work on AI risk and impact assessment and measuring contextual robustness, including the need for interactive data visualization in this context
• Create mockups of interactive data visualization tool(s)
• Research different toolkits available for interactive data visualization
• Propose system architecture(s) for the tool(s)
• Develop, test, and document interactive data visualization tool(s)

Deliverables: 

• • Visual mockups of the tool(s)
  • Documentation of the proposed system architecture(s)
  • Code implementing the tool(s)
  • Thorough test suite(s) for the code
  • Comprehensive documentation

Desired Qualifications: 

• Undergraduate or graduate student in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
• Strong interest in data visualization, software development, and AI measurement
• Experience with software development in Python, version control systems, databases, and the shell
• Experience with building interactive data visualization tools and AI evaluation is preferred

Other Details:

• Part-time: the participant is expected to work 20 hours a week
• Location: the participant will work at the NIST Gaithersburg Campus.
• Duration: this is expected to be a one-year position. Extensions are sometimes granted depending on the availability of funds.
• For questions related to the research project or the nature of the work in this position, please contact Dr. Mark A. Przybocki (mark.przybocki@nist.gov). For questions related to the online application or NIST PREP more generally, please contact msu-nistprep@morgan.edu.

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