Job Description

We are looking for applicants to fill in a two-year Research Assistant position in a United Arab Emirates University funded project "The Adoption of AI and Digital Technology Innovations in Emirates Media Industry and Its Impacts on Newsrooms and Journalists' Performance: Developing an Index of Media Innovation." Selected candidate will collaborate with the members of research groups on research in a wide range of topics in the foundations and applications of AI adoaptation in Newsrooms in the UAE. General responsibilities: o Conduct literature reviews o Collect and analyze data o Prepare interview questions o Maintain accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary o Summarize interviews. o Manage and respond to project related email o Prepare, maintain, and update website materials o Maintaining records on assignment completion, acting as liaison/mediator between the undergraduate students and PI) o Arrange and/or attend project meetings o Attend area seminars and other meetings as necessary o Summarize project results o Prepare progress reports for the PI o Prepare other articles, reports, spreadsheets, posters and presentations o Assisting with statistical data analysis and generating correspondence, reports and graphics o Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned by PI o Time management skills to meet the project deadlines. Specific responsibilities: o Designing, developing, and researching Machine Learning systems, models, and schemes. o Studying, transforming, and converting data science prototypes. o Searching and selecting appropriate data sets. o Performing statistical analysis and using results to improve models. o Participate in the establishment of future research directions and contribute to group grant proposals. o Document research by publishing papers in high-quality journal and conferences. o Collaborate with research group members on research projects o Direct Interview arrangement and related information and quantitative/qualitative data analysis. o Analyze and interpret the results using computational software (e.g., SPSS, Smart Pls, Excel, GIS). o Generate advanced graphs to illustrate the results. o Assist in writing the research paper (advanced English skills are desired), communicate and disseminate the work. o Carry out large scale psycholinguistic experiments to validate the frequency statistics of the database. o Perform other related duties as assigned
Minimum Qualification
Master/BA MSc in Media or Computer Science or related areas of the study.
Preferred Qualification