Graduate Research Assistantship

 

The Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE), a research center at the University of Tennessee, has an open Graduate Research Assistantship for supporting projects that help build the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII). The NBII is a consortium of public and private partners, coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey, that provide high quality data and tools for promoting biological conservation and managing our national biological resources.

 

The Graduate Research Assistant will focus on developing and improving formal metadata (FGDC, Dublin Core) that describe both source datasets and web services that provide access to data. Responsibilities will include carrying out research to document legacy datasets, providing enhancements to existing metadata, and reviewing and quality checking metadata. This position is an excellent opportunity for an Information Sciences student to gain hands-on experience working with metadata that enables regional and national information systems for promoting biodiversity and conservation. The Graduate Research Assistantship may also provide an opportunity to develop additional research projects with Information Science faculty. This position is for the summer term 2007, but could be continued on through the 07-08 academic year. Exceptional undergraduate students may be considered.

 

Requirements include experience or interest in information sciences and metadata, creativity and problem solving skills, and attention to detail. Additional opportunities exist for a candidate with skill, experience, or interest in programming and scripting to develop tools for working with metadata.

 

To apply, send your resume and at least one current reference to [log in to unmask] with “resume” in the subject line.

 

fax: (865) 974-1838

mailing address:

Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment

The University of Tennessee

311 Conference Center Building

Knoxville, TN 37996-4134