Senior Researcher, Applied Machine Learning

foundry10 is an education research organization with a philanthropic focus on expanding ideas about learning and creating direct value for youth. The Senior Researcher, Applied Machine Learning will be a core team member on a new multi-project focused ML Learning Team, responsible for conducting independent research and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to enhance learning outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively within the ML project team to provide new and interesting ideas for lines of research, outputs, tool development and/or other avenues to improve learning outcomes and opportunities for young people
• Collaborate to define output goals for the project team
• Conceive, design, build, adapt, and/or evaluate ML models, research systems, datasets, prototypes, analytic pipelines, and, where appropriate, software or hardware-enabled tools
• Think critically about data quality, experimental design, and responsible AI practices
• Develop predictive analytics, statistical modeling, data mining and machine learning algorithms
• Crafting interesting and important questions regarding education in a technologically advancing world, specifically around the intersections of ML/AI in learning spaces and attempting to answer these questions through research
• Represent foundry10 at conferences, within publications, and face-to-face with a variety of community partners
• Actively read and engage with current research/techniques/technologies and bring new knowledge to the organization and their teams as a result of engagement with relevant topics
• Use various qualitative and quantitative methodologies, analysis strategies, and study designs as needed to address current research questions
• Make informed decisions about when to extend vs. redirect or close off lines of inquiry, depending on progress and likelihood of yielding useful and actionable insights
• Lead operations and partnership tasks (e.g., coordination of external data collection services, communication with external partners) as needed
• This is not an exhaustive list, other duties may be assigned as necessary