About this job
Max Planck Institute for Human Development – Center for Adaptive Rationality
Der Forschungsbereich für Adaptive Rationalität (ARC) vereint eine interdisziplinäre, internationale Forschergruppe, die sich aus Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern der Psychologie,
Neurowissenschaften, Ökonomie, Philosophie, Biologie und Mathematik zusammensetzt. Wir untersuchen, wie Menschen und andere Lebewesen – ausgestattet mit begrenzten kognitiven Ressourcen –
in der Welt und im Gedächtnis nach Informationen suchen und wie sie Entscheidungen treffen, wenn wenig Zeit für sorgfältiges Nachdenken bleibt.
Student Research Assistant
Student Research Assistant.
Research assistants are usually employed on a basis of 41-80h a month. The position lasts for 4 months minimum and will be prolonged given mutual interest. The anticipated start date is
November 1st 2024 or later. The remuneration without a Bachelor’s degree is 12,33 €/h, in the Master’s degree 14,33€/h.
Aufgabenbeschreibung:
The Center for Adaptive Rationality is investigating various aspects of judgment and decision-making. We offer you the chance to participate in an international and interdisciplinary
research team. We are looking for a student with experience in image and/or video analyses to implement various ML tools to automate the analyses of video footage from large scale human
foraging experiments. See https://youtu.be/0G5nO6qlnoM for a video compilation of the experiments. From 1.57 onward recordings of the head-worn video cameras are shown which will be the
main target of analyses. These analyses will be aimed at (automatically) detecting fish, other persons, and behavioral states (e.g., moving, fishing, drilling).
Erwartete Qualifikationen:
- Enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program at a German university (computer science, data science, AI or related field).
- Experience with video/image analyses.
- Experience with Machine Learning techniques for image classification.
- High in flexibility, commitment and communication.
- Good level of English. German is a plus.
- High achievement level.
Hinweise zur Bewerbung:
The Max Planck Society strives for gender and diversity equality. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. The Max Planck Society is further committed to increasing the number of
individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals.
Please send your application electronically to Ralf Kurvers ( kurvers@mpib-berlin.mpg.de ) using the subject line „Application Student RA”. Your application should include the following
documents in a single PDF document: (a) a short motivation letter, (b) CV without a photo, and (c) relevant school/university certificates and references. Applications are considered until
the position is filled.
The data protection declaration for the processing of personal data within the scope of your application can be found here:
https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/1589569/en_infos_bewerbung.pdf
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin