Research Associate, Education and Research Focus - School of Computer Science - HCII

Job description

Carnegie Mellon University is a private, global research university that stands among the world’s most renowned education institutions. With ground-breaking brain science, path-breaking performances, creative start-ups, big data, big ambitions, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn’t imagine the future, we invent it. If you’re passionate about joining a community that challenges the curious to deliver work that matters, your journey starts here! The PLUS - Personalized Learning Squared project, run by the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, aims to double the rate of math learning in middle school students, particularly those historically underserved. This project is operated in collaboration with Carnegie Learning and Stanford University and is led by Principal Investigator Prof. Ken Koedinger. Our program features a hybrid tutoring platform that combines human and AI tutoring to deliver personalized learning for each student. We currently work with Pennsylvania, Maryland, and California school districts, with over a dozen schools on the waitlist. Our team consists of diverse individuals with backgrounds ranging from experienced ed...