Jobs

A student Research Assistant with an interest in transportation and land use issues in China is needed for a study using household survey data from a travel behavior study conducted in Chengdu. The survey was conducted in the summer of 2016 by the Harvard-China Project (www.chinaproject.harvard.edu) and the Research Center for Contemporary China of Peking University and is a follow up to a nearly identical survey by the same research partners in 2005, creating a time series on Chengdu's urban development.

Analysis of User-generated Data, Spatial Statistics, Location-based Services

The City of Cambridge Community Development Department has an openning for Carbon free vehicles internship.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is hiring a data analyst. We are ideally looking for a recently graduated master’s student who is familiar with both R statistical software and GIS software such as ArcGIS.

Position will perform data management, data analysis and spatial data management and analysis for several epidemiology and public health research studies.

The Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a Health Data Scientist position to work on software tools for environmental health policy. The work will involve close collaboration with Drs. Corwin Zigler, Francesca Dominici, and Christine Choirat. The successful candidate will also interact with PhD and postdoctoral students. A special focus will be on the design and implementation of scalable software tools and reproducible workflows.

Reporting to the Geospatial Technology Manager, and with guidance from the Faculty Director and the Executive Director of the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA), this position is primarily responsible for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of GIS software platforms at the CGA.

The Center for Geospatial Analysis at the College of William and Mary is recruiting an adjunct teaching position for the Spring 2017 semester. This person will teach two sections of the Introduction to GIS course. This course will provide an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Emphasis will be on the hands-on application of GIS to create maps, organize and visualize spatial data, and query spatial data to create answers for environmental and social questions.

The City of Cambridge is looking for a part-time GIS Technician. A major theme of this position is the use of 3D within GIS. The ideal candidate will have at least one year’s experience using ESRI ArcGIS, worked with relational databases, and has experience with 3D. Only individuals with proven, hands on GIS experience will be considered. Experience with 3D in GIS applications, CityEngine, SketchUp, Python, or SQL Server a plus.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Advancements in geospatial analytics are rapidly transforming science, society, and decision-making by helping the world discover and communicate new solutions to complex, interdisciplinary challenges.

The Department of Environmental Engineering (DIATI) at the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy) is seeking candidates for a visiting professor position with a strong interest in Natural Hazard, Water Management and GIS. The position can vary between a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of a full academic year. The application must be submitted before the end of the project (15 December 2016).