CURI Academic Year Student Researcher - Hall-Holt bei St. Olaf College

Job Title: CURI Academic Year Student Researcher

Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)

Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057

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Department Name: CURI

Unit Number (5 digits): 16118

Length of Position: See Employment Authorization  

Contact Person/Supervisor: Faculty advisor

Pay Rate (Check One)  Standard Hourly Rate  x  Supervisory/Special Skills Hourly Rate

Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position): Students work together with a faculty member on scholarly or artistic projects. 

Project Title: Harnessing GenAI:  Faculty-led Bots

Faculty Mentor: Olaf Hall-Holt

Project Description: Continue software development of our course‑focused, AI‑augmented group‑chat web platform:  Cobot lets students, instructors, and research assistants collaborate in real‑time, use voice for communication, and summon purpose‑built GenAI assistants ("bots") directly inside each conversation.  Also, gather data for experience reports and/or research studies that rely on the Cobot. 

Requirements:  must have substantial prior software development experience, ideally including Javascript, and be interested in collaborating with an international team.

Contact: Prof. Hall-Holt ([email protected]).

Transferable Skills: Research and presentations.

Duties and Responsibilities: Each project has its own timing (number of hours per week and number of weeks), as determined by the individual faculty mentor. See the CURI Digital Olaf database for individual project descriptions and details.

Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills) A student interested in applying for the CURI academic year program must be enrolled as an on-campus St. Olaf student. There is no GPA requirement that must be met in order to apply for the program, but a student’s academic record will be considered during the selection process. Skills are dependent on individual projects.

If you don’t have a work award and select, No, to the application questions your application will be automatically rejected by the system. If you apply and are rejected please contact Erin Eltonga to resolve this for you.

Wage Range: $11.75-12.75

This job description is for general information purposes.  It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position.  This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.