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Subject: Paid Undergraduate Research Experience Description: Paid Undergraduate Research Experience Location: University of Maryland, College Park Salary: $15/hour, 40 hours/week in Summer 2016 Closing Date: May 15, 2016 Employment period: June 1, 2016 – Aug 15, 2016 BACKGROUND: The National Science Foundation sponsored VOICE project aims to build the research infrastructure and analytic/visualization tools for policy makers and researchers to study the emergence and evolution of Big Data innovations in our society. The VOICE project, which stands for Virtual Observatory of Innovation Communities and Ecosystems, will provide an online community for users to share data/information/results related to Big Data innovations, to communicate, to collaborate, and to support each other. DUTIES: The selected student will work as part of a team of faculty and students at UMD's iSchool and Computer Science Department. The student will attend weekly project team meetings and sub-team meetings arranged as necessary. His/her tasks will include building a web portal and online repository for the VOICE research community and collecting text data from a variety of online sources using database queries, APIs, and user created scripts. QUALIFICATIONS: Students with experience in the following areas will be considered first: § Django or similar website development framework § Python and R programming languages § MYSQL or similar relational databases § Web page design § Web application design TO APPLY: Send a resume to Dr. Ping Wang ([log in to unmask]) AND Dr. Yla Tausczik ([log in to unmask]) by 5pm May 15, 2016. Please write "VOICE REU application" in the subject line. Contact Person: Dr. Ping Wang Contact Email: [log in to unmask]