Graduate Research Assistant
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About the Role
Middlesex University Dubai is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to support research on urban heat analysis and AI for resilient cities. Responsibilities include deploying field sensors, processing satellite data, developing machine learning models, and establishing a new lab.
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Responsibilities
- Assist in deploying and monitoring field sensors during ground truth validation campaigns
- Assist in processing and analyzing satellite datasets for Land Surface Temperature mapping
- Support machine learning model development for urban heat analysis and spatial risk modelling
- Contribute to data cleaning, feature engineering, and geospatial visualization tasks
- Assist in developing components of the Heat Vulnerability Index
- Support preparation of technical reports, research documentation, and datasets
- Coordinate physical setup of the AI for Resilient Cities Lab
- Assist in procurement tracking and installation of hardware
- Develop lab documentation, safety guidelines, workflow templates, and onboarding materials
- Support creation of demonstration dashboards and visualization screens
- Maintain lab datasets, servers, and research repositories
- Plan and coordinate urban heat and climate resilience hackathons, workshops, and trainings
Requirements
- Assist in deploying and monitoring field sensors during ground truth validation campaigns
- Assist in processing and analyzing satellite datasets for Land Surface Temperature mapping
- Support machine learning model development for urban heat analysis
- Contribute to data cleaning, feature engineering, and geospatial visualization tasks
- Assist in developing components of the Heat Vulnerability Index
- Support preparation of technical reports, research documentation, and datasets
- Coordinate physical setup of the AI for Resilient Cities Lab
- Assist in procurement tracking and installation of hardware
- Develop lab documentation, safety guidelines, workflow templates, and onboarding materials
- Support creation of demonstration dashboards and visualization screens
- Maintain lab datasets, servers, and research repositories
- Plan and coordinate urban heat and climate resilience hackathons, workshops, and trainings
Full Job Posting
Research Support & Technical Development
- Assist in deploying and monitoring field sensors during ground truth validation campaigns.
- Assist in processing and analyzing satellite datasets (MODIS, Sentinel, Landsat) for Land Surface Temperature (LST) mapping.
- Support machine learning model development for urban heat analysis and spatial risk modelling.
- Contribute to data cleaning, feature engineering, and geospatial visualization tasks.
- Assist in developing components of the Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI).
- Support preparation of technical reports, research documentation, and datasets.
Establishment of the AI for Resilient Cities Lab
- Coordinating the physical setup of the lab space (equipment arrangement, sensor setup, computing infrastructure, display systems).
- Assisting in procurement tracking and installation of hardware (e.g., environmental sensors, GPUs, thermal cameras if applicable).
- Developing lab documentation, safety guidelines, workflow templates, and onboarding materials.
- Supporting the creation of demonstration dashboards and visualization screens for visitors and stakeholders.
- Maintaining lab datasets, servers, and research repositories.
- Plan and coordinate urban heat and climate resilience hackathons, workshop, and trainings.
- Prepare presentation materials, lab demonstrations, and technical walkthroughs.
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