Now Recruiting: AI4Good Lab TA Opportunities

Call For Applications!

The AI4Good Lab is looking to hire 12 graduate students on a part-time basis to provide approximately 15 hours per week of teaching and mentorship assistance to the Lab participants.

The AI4Good Lab was founded in 2017 by Professor Doina Precup and Angelique Mannella. It’s focused not only on innovative approaches to teaching and learning Artificial Intelligence (AI), but also with the ambitious goals of tackling diversity and inclusion in AI research and development and inspiring the next generation of technical leaders to develop AI as a force for social good

The Lab takes place over 7.5 weeks (May 3 to June 22 2021) and brings together a cohort of up to 30 undergraduate women from across Canada.

The program consists of a mashup of lectures, workshops, a hackathon, and self-directed team projects. Instructors and mentors include university researchers, graduate students, and practitioners from startups, corporates, inter-governmental organizations and city government.

There’s also a strong emphasis on curiosity-driven learning and mentorship both from peers and industry experts.

We are looking to hire 12 graduate students on a part-time basis to provide approximately 15 hours per week of teaching and mentorship assistance to the lab participants.

TA RESPONSIBILITIES

• Mentor the participants as they begin their AI career journey
  
• Create a small toolkit of preparation material in advance of the Lab
  
• Adapt existing course materials to your teaching style
  
• Lead participants through examples and exercises, assist with coding practice and problem-solving
  
• Assist participants as they develop AI prototypes
  
• If required, teach lectures using existing course material on key machine learning concepts according to your background
  
• Meet daily with small groups of participants for studying, tutoring, prototyping, and project tracking throughout the program

IDEAL CANDIDATE BACKGROUND

• Experience and passion for teaching and mentorship
• Current PhD or M.Sc. student using Machine Learning concepts such as Neural Networks, Concurrent Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, and/or Reinforcement Learning

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How to Apply

Interested candidates should complete this form.

Questions? Email us at info@ai4goodlab.com

Applications will remain open until all TA positions are filled.

Celebrating our first Amii AI4Good Cohort

Leverage your creativity, leadership, and technical skills to generate AI solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems.

CIFAR, OSMO and Amii have partnered to present AI4Good Lab in Edmonton (virtually) -- the first national expansion program of the program. From May 3 to June 22, 2021, a cohort of up to 30 women from across Canada will participate in this full-time program, consisting of a machine learning bootcamp, hackathon and self-directed team projects.

Applications for participation in the AI4Good Lab are open until February 15, 2021.