Machine Learning Intern at Cambium Assessment in Remote

Summary: Cambium Assessment is an educational technology solutions leader focused on helping students reach their potential through individualized instruction. They are seeking a summer intern to join their machine learning team, focusing on modeling unconstrained text to enhance educational assessment programs using advanced machine learning techniques. Responsibilities: - Work with our psychometricians and data scientists to define a research problem, design an experiment, implement the study, and write up results - Write code in Python using machine learning frameworks and libraries to ingest and clean data, build models, and evaluate results - Document, archive, and present work on the project - Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team discussing methods and results of this project Required Qualifications: - Enrolled in a data science, computer science, mathematics, linguistics, psychometrics, or educational measurement Master's or Ph.D. program - Experience working with text and natural language processing tools - Coding ability with Python and R - Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively within a team Preferred Qualifications: - Familiarity with item response theory, and Bayesian statistics Required Skills: Machine learning, Python, Natural language processing, Item response theory, Bayesian statistics