Research Assistantship
Position:
The Judgment and Decision Making Lab in the Department of Psychology has a paid opening for an undergraduate or master’s student who has experience with Matlab and at least one object-oriented system such as Visual Basic or Java.
Responsibilities:
Primary responsibilities include programming online experiments as well as statistical and computational models of human behavior. Hours, 30-40 in the summer and 10/week in the academic year, are flexible.
Qualifications:
Experience in Matlab optimization functions, writing programs that interact with users in Java or Visual Basic, and HTML/Javascript/SQL or other experience with Matlab and Java or Visual Basic and an interest in acquiring the experience described.
Completion of some college-level coursework in mathematics and/or statistics beyond the introductory 200-level courses, and an interest in behavioral, cognitive or decision science.
How to apply:
To apply, please send email to Dr. Thomas Wallsten, twallst@umd.edu, including a brief résumé, and an unofficial copy of your transcript.
For more information about the Judgment and Decision Making Lab click on the following link:
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/psyc/Wallsten/JDPLab/index.html
Position:
The Judgment and Decision Making Lab in the Department of Psychology has a paid opening for an undergraduate or master’s student who has experience with Matlab and at least one object-oriented system such as Visual Basic or Java.
Responsibilities:
Primary responsibilities include programming online experiments as well as statistical and computational models of human behavior. Hours, 30-40 in the summer and 10/week in the academic year, are flexible.
Qualifications:
Experience in Matlab optimization functions, writing programs that interact with users in Java or Visual Basic, and HTML/Javascript/SQL or other experience with Matlab and Java or Visual Basic and an interest in acquiring the experience described.
Completion of some college-level coursework in mathematics and/or statistics beyond the introductory 200-level courses, and an interest in behavioral, cognitive or decision science.
How to apply:
To apply, please send email to Dr. Thomas Wallsten, twallst@umd.edu, including a brief résumé, and an unofficial copy of your transcript.
For more information about the Judgment and Decision Making Lab click on the following link:
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/psyc/Wallsten/JDPLab/index.html
