Student pay category and salary range.
This position is a Student Research Assistant position. The expected salary is $23/hour.
Start and end date.
This position will start immediately and end on the grant end date, July 15, 2026.
Job Description.
A part-time student position for the creation of cyberinfrastructure training material is available in the physics department at CU Denver with Dr. Amy Roberts. Dr. Roberts works to detect dark matter and to build tools that increase the trust in results from this discipline. This position focuses on using machine learning to create fake signal (“salt”) that we can add to the data to test our analysis procedures.
Minimum Requirements
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Commitment to creating a welcoming and equitable lab environment
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Available a minimum of 10 hours/week every week of the semester
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Must be enrolled in a degree-seeking program and registered for at least one credit
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Familiarity with data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
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Familiarity with processing software from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (cdmsbats)
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Experience performing analysis with ROOT files
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Prior experience with version control
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Dedication to creating, testing, and improving technical documentation
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Interest in collaborative work with other people
Preferred Requirements
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Experience with workflow software such as Pegasus
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Experience working in High-Performance-Computing (HPC) environments
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Interest in applications of machine learning