Summer internship at Cornell University

Participate in research on how to build trust in computational research in social sciences. This is a NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates internship position. Applicant must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or U.S. permanent residents, be present in the US for the duration of the internship, and be a current undergraduate student at Cornell.

To apply: https://www.myworkday.com/cornell/d/inst/15$158872/9925$81757.htmld

Purpose of the position

Research, support, and build mechanism that allow for automated trusted computing in economics and more broadly social science research. You will participate in activities that focus on defining structured and actionable technical specifications; implement such specifications in continuous integration (CI) systems (on Bitbucket and Azure) and in HPC systems (SLURM clusters); and write papers describing such mechanisms. For more information on the project, see https://transparency-certified.github.io/

Duties and responsibilities

Develop and maintain Python scripts to integrate running arbitrary statistical analysis through trusted mechanisms.
Develop, test, and maintain configurations (Github and Bitbucket YAML) to automatically or on-demand trigger trusted computing.
Develop, test, and maintain SLURM configurations (for local SLURM cluster, for arbitrary third-party HPC systems) to use trusted computing mechanisms.
Adapt existing economics replication packages to fit within such systems.
Write papers that describe setup and outcomes of such systems.

Knowledge/Experience required

Must have advanced Python experience
Must have understanding of statistical programming languages (R a requirement, Stata and Julia a plus)
Ability to write test suites in appropriate frameworks;
Good debugging and troubleshooting skills
Demonstrated ability to communicate with students/faculty as needed in a timely manner
Coursework and experience in major programming languages – preferred
Knowledge of HPC systems a plus
Knowledge of Docker a plus
Knowledge of SLURM a plus
Knowledge of Continuous Integration backends (Bitbucket Pipelines, Github Actions) a plus
Knowledge of Azure-based systems a plus

Location

ILR School - Ives Hall, Ithaca, New York Campus.

Supervisor

Lars Vilhuber

Start Date:

05/20/2024

End Date:

08/15/2024

Additional information

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Number of Openings:

Compensation:

$15.85 - $19.60

Pay Rate Type:

Hourly

Federal Work Study Eligible:

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Summer internship at Cornell University