Assistant Research Scientist; PREP

Requisition #: A-172446-26

Status:
Full Time

Type:
Faculty

School:
Whiting School of Engineering

Department/Program:
Commercial and Government Programs Office

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas.

Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

Research title:

Technical methods for content provenance tracking

The work will entail:

Leading NIST efforts to assess, advance, and potentially standardize methods for tracking content provenance (e.g., watermarking and metadata recording).

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

§ Surveying existing content provenance tracking methods.

§ Designing or contributing to methods and projects that assess the extent to which provenance tracking methods meet various potential objectives.

§ Identifying technical or usability flaws in existing methods and proposing solutions.

§ Contributing to existing standardization projects on content provenance tracking and/or identifying opportunities for new projects.

§ Familiarity with the workings of modern generative AI systems.

§ Detailed knowledge of one or more technical methods for adding watermarks to or associating metadata with content to record the provenance of the content (e.g., Synth

ID, C2PA, or similar) .

§ Ability to quickly identify and review relevant computer science research papers and extract relevant conclusions.

Please upload the following with your application:

- CV/Resume

* Please limit C.V to 3 pages only and ONLY include a valid email address for your contact info.
Your resume will not be considered if the following information is included on your CV/resume.

- Phone number

- Home address/Country

- Languages spoken

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c)

Purpose: The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) which isdesigned to provide valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to undergraduates, post-bachelor's degree holders, graduate students, master's degree holders, postdocs, and faculty.

PREPis a 5-year cooperative agreement between NIST laboratories and participating PREP Universities to establish a collaborative research relationship between NIST and U.S. institutions of higher education in the following disciplines including (but may not be limited to) biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, electronics, materials science, mathematics, nanoscale science, neutron science, physical science, physics, and statistics. This collection of information is needed to facilitate administrative functions of the PREP Program.

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The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work…