Data Scientist, World Well-Being Project

Data Scientist, World Well-Being Project

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The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

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Posted Job Title
Data Scientist, World Well-Being Project

Job Profile Title
Data Analyst C

Job Description Summary
The World Well-Being Project (WWBP) is seeking a Data Scientist to join our interdisciplinary team. This person will write software to collect phone sensor and social media data and will apply machine learning and natural language processing techniques to such data sets to answer questions related to subjective well-being and health outcomes. The work involves both app development and machine learning/natural language processing on the data collected. This position will work under the direction of the project leaders.

Job Description

The World Well-Being Project (WWBP) is pioneering scientific techniques for measuring psychological well-being and physical health based on the analysis of language in social media.

As a collaboration between computer scientists, psychologists, and statisticians, we are shedding new light on the psychosocial processes that affect health and happiness and exploring the potential for our unobtrusive well-being measures to supplement -- and in part replace -- expensive survey methods.

Ultimately, we hope that our insights and analyses will help individuals, organizations, and governments choose actions and policies that are not just in the best economic interest of the people or companies, but which truly improve their well-being.

See http://wwbp.org to learn more.

Responsibilities:
  • Work closely with psychologists on the team to identify and answer important well-being and health-related questions with appropriate statistical techniques on available data.
  • Lead data acquisition, data mining, and analysis techniques to social media websites (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) and cell phone sensor data.
  • Design and execute research and development projects utilizing advanced computational techniques to generate novel insights.
  • Communicate findings to a broad audience (e.g., clinicians, computer scientists, and the general public).
  • Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources.
  • Oversee programmer, student, and hourly worker projects, including helping with algorithms, assuring coding quality, assigning the next steps in their projects, and overall programming mentorship.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.


Qualifications:
  • BS with at least 2 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, is required. Master's degree in Computer Science or similar technical field is strongly preferred.
  • Fluency with statistical and machine learning techniques such as random forests and neural networks.
  • Experience manipulating and analyzing complex, large volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources required.
  • Fluency in coding in C++, Java, or Python is required.
  • Fluency in NoSql design, deployment and analyze on many TB's of data is preferred.
  • A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data is preferred.
  • A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision is required.
  • An ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner is required.
  • Familiarity with relational databases and SQL is preferred.
  • A resume and cover letter are required.


The salary for this position is expected to be from $52,000 to $70,000 per year.

Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School
School of Arts and Sciences

Pay Range
$51,824.00 - $109,535.33

Affirmative Action Statement
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Special Requirements
Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.

University Benefits
  • Health, Life, and Flexible Spending Accounts: Penn offers comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits to protect you and your family's health and welfare. You can also use flexible spending accounts to pay for eligible health care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars.
  • Tuition: Take advantage of Penn's exceptional tuition benefits. You, your spouse, and your dependent children can get tuition assistance here at Penn. Your dependent children are also eligible for tuition assistance at other institutions.
  • Retirement: Penn offers generous retirement plans to help you save for your future. Penn's Basic, Matching, and Supplemental retirement plans allow you to save for retirement on a pre-tax or Roth basis. Choose from a wide variety of investment options through TIAA and Vanguard.
  • Time Away from Work: Penn provides you with a substantial amount of time away from work during the course of the year. This allows you to relax, take vacations, attend to personal affairs, recover from illness or injury, spend time with family-whatever your personal needs may be.
  • Long-Term Care Insurance: In partnership with Genworth Financial, Penn offers faculty and staff (and your eligible family members) long-term care insurance to help you cover some of the costs of long-term care services received at home, in the community or in a nursing facility. If you apply when you're newly hired, you won't have to provide proof of good health or be subject to underwriting requirements. Eligible family members must always provide proof of good health and are subject to underwriting.
  • Wellness and Work-life Resources: Penn is committed to supporting our faculty and staff as they balance the competing demands of work and personal life. That's why we offer a wide variety of programs and resources to help you care for your health, your family, and your work-life balance.
  • Professional and Personal Development: Penn provides an array of resources to help you advance yourself personally and professionally.
  • University Resources: As a member of the Penn community, you have access to a wide range of University resources as well as cultural and recreational activities. Take advantage of the University's libraries and athletic facilities, or visit our arboretum and art galleries. There's always something going on at Penn, whether it's a new exhibit at the Penn Museum, the latest music or theater presentation at the Annenberg Center, or the Penn Relays at Franklin Field to name just a few examples. As a member of the Penn community, you're right in the middle of the excitement-and you and your family can enjoy many of these activities for free.
  • Discounts and Special Services: From arts and entertainment to transportation and mortgages, you'll find great deals for University faculty and staff. Not only do Penn arts and cultural centers and museums offer free and discounted admission and memberships to faculty and staff. You can also enjoy substantial savings on other goods and services such as new cars from Ford and General Motors, cellular phone service plans, movie tickets, and admission to theme parks.
  • Flexible Work Hours: Flexible work options offer creative approaches for completing work while promoting balance between work and personal commitments. These approaches involve use of non-traditional work hours, locations, and/or job structures.
  • Penn Home Ownership Services: Penn offers a forgivable loan for eligible employees interested in buying a home or currently residing in West Philadelphia, which can be used for closing costs or home improvements.
  • Adoption Assistance: Penn will reimburse eligible employees on qualified expenses in connection with the legal adoption of an eligible child, such as travel or court fees, for up to two adoptions in your household.



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