.Job Reference: 768_24_ES_AQS_R0Position: Undergraduate Student - AI for Air Quality Services (R0)Closing Date: Tuesday, 05 November, 2024About BSC: The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain.
It houses Mare Nostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe.
BSC's mission is to research, develop, and manage information technologies to facilitate scientific progress.
We combine HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science.Context And Mission: The Department of Earth Sciences at BSC-CNS is one of the most active groups in air quality and atmospheric composition modeling, climate prediction, and climate services in Europe.
The candidate will work in the Earth System Services (ESS) group, which develops climate and air quality services that demonstrate the value of climate prediction services to society and key sectors of the economy.Key Duties:Apply classification and regression algorithms to relate socioeconomic variables with air pollution patterns.Conduct multidisciplinary research, collaborating with scientists and IT developers.Analyze and evaluate model results against observations; create graphs and reports.Requirements:Education: Last year of graduation in AI degree or related disciplines.Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience:Previous experience working with air quality data.Experience with AI methods in R (or Python).Ability to work in a professional environment and in a multidisciplinary research team.Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience:Experience in model development and application in parallel computing environments will be valued.Demonstrated verbal communication and technical presentation skills.Fluency in English.Fluency in other European languages will also be valued.Conditions:The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department.
We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, and private health insurance.Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration.Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement.Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.Starting date: 01/12/2024Applications procedure and process: All applications must be made through the BSC website and contain:A full CV in English including contact details.A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references.Applications without this document will not be considered.
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