Digital Outreach Intern

Center for Data Intensive Science

Mentors

Chris Meyer, Ph.D., User Services Lead, Center for Translational Data Science

About Us

The Center for Translational Data Science is pioneering translational data science to advance biology, medicine, healthcare, and the environment. We’re a dedicated team of researchers and engineers drawing from different backgrounds and ideas to push the boundaries of translational data science. We work closely with academic, government and industry researchers in various fields of the Biological Sciences, and we develop and operate large-scale, open-source data clouds and data commons for the scientific research community, including the Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud, OCC Open Science Data Cloud, and the NCI Genomic Data Commons. These computational platforms support hundreds of users across the world with varying technical skills, backgrounds, and research objectives.

Internship Description

The intern(s) will act as a Digital Outreach Intern, engaging with project managers and the user services team, to create webinars, short technology talks, and documentation written in the markdown language.
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Specifically,intern(s) will gain expertise scripting, recording, and editing audio/video presentations related to using and operating a Gen3 data commons (check gen3.org for more information). Interns will be expected to learn how to use Gen3 tools and be able to translate their experience(s) for the creation of user tutorials and documentation.
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Work will be performed in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial-like setting where intern(s) will have hands-on opportunities to learn and implement best practices of the Agile software development approach and use the JIRA issue tracking system.

Learning Objectives

There is room for customization of tasks to fit the skills and interests of intern(s). Opportunities include:

• Receive training on how to use and operate a Gen3 Data Commons.
• Receive training on how to use the Camtasia software to edit audio/video presentations.
• Receive training on how to write documentation in the Markdown language and publish it online.
• Collaborate with other CTDS team members using the “Git” version-control system
• Receive hands on experience with the Agile approach to software development and the JIRA task management software

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Qualifications

• Experience with audio/video recording and editing is preferred.
• Strong interest in Data Science and Translational Medicine is required.
• Eagerness to learn new skills and tools is required.
• Creativity, curiosity, empathy, and observational skills are required.
• Openness to receiving constructive feedback on assignments is required.
• Experience with Git version-control system is a plus.
• Experience with editing and maintaining static webpages is a plus.

Your application must include a current CV and a cover letter describing why this internship is relevant to your career goals.