---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Temina Madon <tmadon@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 5:31 PM Subject: [TIER] Fwd: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) To: tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu Deadline to apply is Sept 28th - please circulate Begin forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jan von der Goltz <jvondergoltz@worldbankgroup.org> Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:10 AM Subject: FW: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) To: "jrising@berkeley.edu" <jrising@berkeley.edu>, "shsiang@berkeley.edu" < shsiang@berkeley.edu>, "kmeng@bren.ucsb.edu" <kmeng@bren.ucsb.edu>, Prabhat <prabhat.barnwal@gmail.com> Friends – I hope all is well! Please see the job ad below (note the tight deadline). I wonder whether this is of interest to some of your students or others from your networks. I think this is going to be an exciting job – the Bank is pouring significant resources into this work, and the group is pretty empowered to really take this agenda and run with it. I would love to see them recruit someone top-notch. The one caveat is that they will be looking for someone quite a bit of work experience. Happy to talk if you know someone. Cheers, Jan *From:* Adarsh A. Desai *Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:13 PM *To:* Big Data Community <big_data_community_internal_use_only@worldbank.org>; Open Government Data Working Group (Extended) <ogdwg_ext@worldbank.org> *Cc:* Trevor Monroe <tmonroe@worldbankgroup.org> *Subject:* Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) Please help spread the word inside and outside. Job description and link to apply (deadline Sept 28) http://bit.ly/2cJjENA The big data program is seeking a Data Scientist with a background in operationalizing big data capabilities in large organizations. The position will work closely with the Senior Data Scientist and Program Lead to align the program activities with the World Bank’s knowledge strategy to improve operational performance. The solution areas include, but are not limited to: • Text and graph analytics on a wide range of enterprise information to produce analytic driven services (e.g. recommender systems) • Network analytics on data from mobile phones, automobiles and transit systems for better urban and transport planning; for monitoring the movement of people during and after disasters. • Machine learning and analysis of satellite imagery to estimate poverty, and to monitor crop yields, road conditions, and urbanization patterns • Topic modeling, natural language processing, and network analysis on social and online information to understand sentiment, patterns, network structure, behavior patterns to inform policy and program design Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment. Best, *Adarsh Desai* *Program Manager* W LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/adarshdesai> . Twitter <https://twitter.com/adarshdesai> . Blog <http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/adarsh-desai> . TED talk <https://youtu.be/fhcZfKNbvWY> | E adesai@worldbank.org | T +1 (202) 473-8613 [image: WB-WBG-horizontal-RGB-web] _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier