Summer Research Assistant (Student)

Work Where You Learn: Build Experience, Grow Skills, and Contribute to Your University Community. This position is available only to enrolled American University students. Most student positions at American University are eligible to use Federal Work Study (FWS) awards, with a few exceptions. FWS funds cannot be applied to janitorial, construction, partisan or sectarian positions. For information or questions regarding FWS funds, please contact American University''s Office of Financial Aid. Department: College of Arts & Sciences Time Type: Part time FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Job Description Summary: The Summer Research Assistant (RA) position will support a research project on continual lifelong anomaly detection in high-stakes environments, with a focus on extending the pyCLAD library to video and graph modalities. Once implementation is complete, the student will help with literature review, dataset preparation, implementation of machine learning experiments, evaluation of anomaly detection models, and documentation of results. The project is especially relevant to applications where rare, evolving, or unexpected events must be detected reliably over time, such as cybersecurity, surveillance, infrastructure monitoring, healthcare, and scientific data analysis. Essential Functions Help with literature review. Dataset preparation. Implementation of machine learning experiments. Evaluation of anomaly detection models. Documentation of results. Other duties assigned. Position Type/Expected Hours of Work Part-time. 5 hours per week. Salary Range $18.40 per hour. Required Education and Experience The position is suitable for students with experience in machine learning, data mining, continual learning, and anomaly detection. Experience with Python and familiarity with PyTorch is required. Other Details This position is available only to enrolled American University students. Please note this job announcement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. American University is an E-Verify employer. Visit for additional information about American University employment and benefits. Current American University Employees American University current employees (including those employed in student positions) must apply through their employee Workday account. If you are a current employee at American University, please log into your employee Workday account and select the Find Jobs report which will take you to our internal career listings. Applying outside of your employee Workday account may cause delays in a hire process. Equal Opportunity Statement American University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution that operates in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The university does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, personal appearance, gender identity and expression, family responsibilities, political affiliation, source of income, veteran status, an individual's genetic information or any other bases under federal or local laws (collectively "Protected Bases") in its programs and activities. #J-18808-Ljbffr