Part-Time Research Assistant – Smeal Research Intelligence; SRI
Job in
Northern, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
Listed on 2026-10-12
Listing for:
Penn State
Full Time, Part Time
position Listed on 2026-10-12
Job specializations:
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Education / Teaching
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Northern
** JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
** The Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems at Penn State University Park invites applications for one part-time research assistant with an anticipated start date in October 2026. The successful candidate will assist a team of Smeal faculty lead by Professor Aydin Alptekinoglu for up to 15 hours per week during the academic semester.
Job Duties:
* Build and maintain an automated pipeline that collects Smeal faculty publications and working papers
* Develop and test search and discovery tools over the repository
* Support development of synthesis and translation features for faculty, research centers, marketing, and development
* Test the system with a small pilot collection, then scale to the full collection
Required Qualifications:
* Currently enrolled Penn State student
* Strong Python skills, including writing maintainable scripts and working with application programming interfaces (APIs)
* Experience collecting and cleaning data programmatically (e.g., scraping, working with publisher/scholarly APIs such as Crossref, Semantic Scholar, or SSRN, handling PDFs and metadata)
* Familiarity with large language model (LLM) APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar) and prompt design
* Basic understanding of embeddings, vector search, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
* Comfort with Git and basic software testing practices
* Ability to work independently and document code and processes clearly
Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience building a simple web app or dashboard (e.g., Streamlit, Flask, or similar) for search interfaces
* Familiarity with academic publishing and how faculty research is organized (journals, working papers, citation metadata)
* Experience with Digital Measures or similar faculty-activity systems
* Awareness of copyright/paywall and data-privacy considerations when handling publications Compensation:
Starting rate for this position is $16.00 per hour. Candidates with questions may contact the department assistant, Autumn Knepp, at adh
5253.
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