Cyber Social Media Analytics Research Assistant

Uasys; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 27,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The Extra Help Assistant at University of Arkansas at Little RockCOSMOS Research Center will help build socio-computational models to study cyber campaigns on social media, guiding data collection and analysis. You will aid cyber forensics and snowball collection methods, and help develop predictive models of deviant socio-technical behavior for video-based platforms.

The on-campus position reports to Prof.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of computational social science and social network analysis.
• Extensive knowledge of operational research.
• Extensive knowledge of systems thinking analysis.
• Extensive knowledge of computational complex network analysis.
• Extensive knowledge of online/offline environment analysis.
• Extensive knowledge and expertise with social media mining and cyber forensics.
• Research experience in Game Theory and decision making.
• Research experience with decomposition optimization analysis.
• Research experience with agent-based modeling.
• Research experience with multiplex network analysis.
• Research experience with information theory.
• Research experience with control theory and feedback analysis in social media.
• Research experience with dynamic network analysis.
• Research experience with examining cyber campaigns run on social media.

Responsibilities

• Assist with social media analysis for the research projects, such as hypothesis generation and evaluation for understanding cyber behaviors, data collection, cleaning, preprocessing, analyzing findings from the data, for preparation with drafting research findings for conferences and scientific venues.
• Write software modules transitioning research to tool;
• Assist with online information environment analysis;
• Provide inputs for conduction of training for stakeholders on research and tools;
• Mentor/monitor graduate/undergraduate students working on the project – an experience that will aid in student development to prepare/continue a successful academic career afterward;
• Assist in preparing reports and publications;
• Perform other duties and provide additional support as assigned.

Skills

Computational social science

Social network analysis

Operational research

Systems thinking

Complex network analysis

Social media mining

Cyber forensics

Game Theory

Agent-based modeling

Multiplex networks

Information theory

Control theory

Dynamic network analysis

Data management

Education

PhD degree

Master's degree + PhD candidate

Job description

The Extra Help Assistant at University of Arkansas at Little RockCOSMOS Research Center will help build socio-computational models to study cyber campaigns on social media, guiding data collection and analysis. You will aid cyber forensics and snowball collection methods, and help develop predictive models of deviant socio-technical behavior for video-based platforms.

The on-campus position reports to Prof.