PREP0003678 Artificial Intelligence Metrics Researcher

PREP Research Associate

Opportunity No.: PREP0003678

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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Artificial Intelligence Metrics Researcher

Project Description:

Identifying and developing metrics for NIST’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) efforts to assess industrial uptake and impact.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Become familiar with NIST’s AI outputs and stakeholders
• Perform a literature review and analysis on various approaches and metrics to measure uptake and impact
• Perform a detailed analysis using relevant statistical tools of the status and uptake of NIST AI outputs and provide metrics on impacts and trends
• Through this analysis, provide recommendations on opportunity areas where NIST should dedicate resources to realize a greater impact of our AI outputs

Desired Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Business/Economics, Social Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence, statistical analysis, and data collection
• Understanding of American government and politics
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Other Details:

• Full-time: the participant is expected to work 40 hours a week
• Location: Hybrid - the participant will work at the NIST Gaithersburg Campus and telework
• 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. Craig I. Schlenoff (craig.schlenoff@nist.gov). For questions related to the online application or NIST PREP more generally, please contact msu-nistprep@morgan.edu.

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PREP is a 5-year cooperative agreement between NIST laboratories and participating PREP Universities to establish a collaborative research relationship between NIST and U.S. institutions of higher education in the following disciplines including (but may not be limited to) biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, electronics, materials science, mathematics, nanoscale science, neutron science, physical science, physics, and statistics. This collection of information is needed to facilitate the administrative functions of the PREP Program.

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