The Data and Web Science Lab (Datalab) research lab of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is looking for one (1) student to collaborate on a research project in the field of data science.
- The collaboration can be in the framework of a research project and/or thesis
- Potential for part-time contract
- duration: 3-6 months (possibility of extension)
- Starting date: immediately
All interested candidates must send an email with their CVs, detailed transcript, and a short motivation letter to Dr. Pavlos Sermpezis (sermpezis@csd.auth.gr) with cc to Prof. Athena Vakali (avakali@csd.auth.gr)
Role description and main tasks
- Data collection from online sources (e.g., public datasets, APIs), preprocessing, storage
- Apply basic data science to analyze data, obtain insights, generate results/plots
- Deliver well-written and well-documented code (in python)
- Collaborate with other researchers to co-develop code and results
- Participation in the activities of the project AI4NetMon
Bonus
- Collaboration with industry (RIPE NCC) and international team of researchers
- Participation in state-of-the-art research, and potential for publishing in top conferences
- Potential for extension of collaboration (e.g., duration, or full-time)
Skills / qualifications
- Python: excellent knowledge
- Data science: very good knowledge of basic data science methods
(probability/statistics, exploratory data analysis, ML models for
classification/regression/clustering) and libraries (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, matplotlib) - English: very good knowledge
Other desired skills (optional)
- Advanced machine learning methods (e.g., deep learning)
- Familiarity with building and/or using APIs (e.g., flask or fastapi frameworks)
- Databases: relational (e.g., MySQL) or non-relational (MongoDB)
- Javascript and/or visualization frameworks (e.g., d3js)
- Graph analysis (e.g., networkx) and fundamentals
- Computer networking