{"id":16344,"date":"2024-11-12T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=16344"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:59:35","slug":"research-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/research-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Research Assistant\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Professor Yunran Wei in the School of Math&#8217;s and Stats is seeking a highly motivated undergraduate student to join her research group as a research assistant during the 2023 Spring term. Our group focuses on the intersection of finance and technology, specifically in the areas of Quantitative Risk Management, Fintech, and Insurtech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge research projects and gain valuable hands-on experience in the field. The student will be expected to have strong programming skills in at least one programming language. Knowledge in machine learning\/deep learning\/NLP\/data analytics skills and a strong interest in finance\/insurance will be helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students can apply for the Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) program and work full-time (can be replaced as a co-op term). The deadline for the USRA program application is <u>Feb 15, 2023<\/u>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Student eligibility for the USRA program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person, as of the application deadline (February 15, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>be currently registered in an undergraduate program, having completed all course requirements of at least the first year of university study (or two academic terms) of a bachelor\u2019s degree<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hold a CGPA of at least \u201cB-\u201d, 70%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/students\/undergraduate-resources\/undergraduate-research-awards-program\/\">https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/students\/undergraduate-resources\/undergraduate-research-awards-program\/<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outstanding international students who are interested can apply as a part-time research assistant, but the funding support will be limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please email Professor Yunran Wei directly: <a href=\"mailto:yunran.wei@carleton.ca\">yunran.wei@carleton.ca<\/a> to discuss the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Yunran Wei in the School of Math&#8217;s and Stats is seeking a highly motivated undergraduate student to join her research group as a research assistant during the 2023 Spring term. Our group focuses on the intersection of finance and technology, specifically in the areas of Quantitative Risk Management, Fintech, and Insurtech. The successful candidate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[66,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-postings","category-undergraduate-jobs"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16346,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16344\/revisions\/16346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}