Research Assistant: LLMs & AI for Data Analysis

Penn State Lady Lions; State College (Centre County); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Penn State Lady Lions are seeking master's students in Computer Science or related fields for part-time Research Assistant roles in Spring 2027. Exceptionally qualified undergrads may be considered.

You'll work on projects involving large language models, AI agents, and their use in data analysis and scientific research. Responsibilities include developing LLM-based methods, running computational experiments, building research software, and analyzing results.

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming skills and software development experience.
• Experience with machine learning, DL, or LLM applications and evaluation.
• Familiarity with PyTorch, Transformers, LangChain or similar tools.
• Research project experience or internships in software development.
• Ability to work independently and write reproducible code.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate LLM-based methods for data analysis and research.
• Implement computational experiments and build research software.
• Analyze experimental results and document findings.

Skills

Python programming

ML/DL/LLM applications

PyTorch / Transformers / LangChain

Independent research projects

Troubleshooting reproducible code

Education

Master's student in Computer Science or related field

Undergraduates with strong qualifications considered

Tools

PyTorch

Hugging Face Transformers

LangChain

Git / research software tools

Job description

Penn State Lady Lions are seeking master's students in Computer Science or related fields for part-time Research Assistant roles in Spring 2027. Exceptionally qualified undergrads may be considered.

You'll work on projects involving large language models, AI agents, and their use in data analysis and scientific research. Responsibilities include developing LLM-based methods, running computational experiments, building research software, and analyzing results.