PREP0004343 GenAI Evaluation Computer Scientist

PREP Research Associate

Opportunity No.: PREP0004343

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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GenAI Evaluation Computer Scientist

Project Description:

This position involves providing development support for various activities in the Information Access Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Specifically, the work will support NIST GenAI evaluation series (https://ai-challenges.nist.gov/genai).

The candidate will contribute to the development of AI evaluations that support various evaluation series in various modalities (such as text, voice, image, video, and code) under the NIST GenAI program. This role involves implementing an evaluation infrastructure, designing a database schema, and performing related tasks. The candidate will also provide technical expertise in activities related to deepfakes (image, audio, and video), which include creating a project plan, developing and distributing specialized tools, generating evaluation data, and conducting evaluation series. Additionally, they will contribute to reports that align with the program's objectives. The candidate will actively participate in NIST measurement science and engage in cutting-edge research and evaluation in the field of Generative AI technologies.

Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: 

• Develop and deploy a framework for installing and executing AI systems with a large dataset on a GPU-accelerated cluster
• Conduct image/audio/video evaluation series in advancing generative AI technologies
• Conduct experimental design and dataset curation
• Develop baseline algorithms in generative AI
• Upgrade, maintain, and continuously develop existing NIST GenAI software
• Manage data, such as querying and translating data formats/specifications
• Build cutting-edge evaluation infrastructure
• Execute and complete a frontend/backend system

Desired Qualifications: 

• U.S. citizens preferred
• Bachelor's Degree
• Proficiency in a programming language such as Python, Java, Java Script, R, C and C++
• Proficiency in shell scripts (Bash, etc.)
• Real-time code development using a distributed computing environment
• Computer Vision and Array Signal Processing
• Advanced Scientific Data Visualization (e.g., OpenGL / C++, 64 channel audio streams, HD video streams, CV, Audio and ML analytics data)
• Mastery of the principles, practices, methods in a specialty of a technical professional field (in science, computer science, software engineering, information technology, or mathematics, or related field).

Other Details:

• Full-time: the participant is expected to work 40 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 Kay Peterson (kay.paterson@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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