University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Research Computing Student Worker (Student Wage)
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What You'll Do
- Develop new teaching materials, e.g. convert tutorials written in Markdown into a series of YouTube videos and other media.
- TA in workshops: test workshop examples, help create and test attendees' accounts, software installation before the workshops, and monitor communications.
- Help with RC website updates (FAQs, short HowTos, wiki pages, etc.), and website maintenance.
- Scientific software installations, containerized applications, benchmarking, and documentation (e.g. R, Rstudio, Jupyter kernels, ML, bioinformatic tools, etc.)
- Support RC staff with consulting requests like code efficiency and performance tasks.
- Assist RC staff with gathering resource metrics (e.g. user requests, workshop registration, utilization of resources, consulting & collaborations).
- Support logistics/admin tasks for Data Analytics Center, VA-WHPC program, and RC outreach events, e.g. help organize and publicize community events and manage program social media posts.
- Help to compute activities report data (using Python or other programming skills).
Engagement in these projects will provide you with opportunities to gain programming skills and learn about high-performance computing.
What we like to see:
- Familiarity with a programming language such as Bash, Python, R, Java, Lua, Julia, or Ruby.
- Experience with Markdown language and Git version control is a plus.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to work within a team.
- Ability to organize and prioritize assignments.
- Commitment to in-person student group meetings once a week and additional meetings with the respective project lead as needed.
Education:
Current UVA student
Experience:
None
Licensure:
None