Undergraduate Research Assistants - Fall 2022
The Computational Cognitive Neuroscience & Psychiatry Lab is recruiting undergraduate research assistants for Fall 2022. Your experience in the lab will give you a taste of what real research is like and help prepare you for postbac and graduate school applications.
Requirements - please read!
- We are an interdisciplinary lab and welcome students from all majors, including psychology, neuroscience, computer science, bioengineering, biology, and others.
- You must have experience either with basic inferential statistics (e.g. linear regression) *or* machine learning algorithms used for prediction (e.g. decision trees).
- You must have experience with at least one programming environment used in modern data analysis either through coursework or through projects completed outside of class, such as Python, R, or Matlab.
- You must participate in this research experience for credit by enrolling in three hours of PSYC 479 - Special Research in Psychology. Procedures for enrollment (if you are accepted into the lab) can be found here.
To apply
E-mail Dr. Solway (asolway[at]umd.edu) with the
subject line 'URA Application': 1) an unofficial transcript, 2) a CV/resume (include GitHub link if any), and 3) a *short* cover letter that affirms that you meet the requirements above and describes relevant previous experience.