Data Science Intern
Location: Bengaluru (On-site)
About the One Health Team/Data Science Innovation Hub at ARTPARK
The One Health Team at ARTPARK @ IISC works with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, local and state governments and the Indian national government, national and international research groups, and other stakeholders in the private and social sectors (such as philanthropic organisations), to aid efforts in disease modelling and epidemiological analysis for human and animal diseases. This is part of the national and international push for One Health, a holistic approach to health threats and pandemic preparedness that looks at human health, animal health (both domestic and wildlife), and the environment as a whole, working with a wide range of stakeholders within and outside the government. This approach has gained additional traction since the COVID19 pandemic.
About the role
This internship role offers a unique opportunity to work at the Data Science Innovation Hub at ARTPARK and to contribute to disease management in the country. ARTPARK is working with the National One Health Mission at the central government, with the vector-borne disease control program at the state, and at the municipal level across multiple states and cities to support capacity building and inform policies for disease management. In this role, you will get an opportunity to work with leading disease modelling experts, engineers, and public health experts nationally and internationally in a highly motivated setting.
Responsibilities:
Organise and analyse health, geospatial and other related data from multiple sources into a form usable by computational models
Contribute to the development of robust and scalable statistical and machine-learning models for the goals identified in the project.
Consolidate findings and prepare reports to effectively communicate insights.
Collaborate with data and engineering teams to develop data visualisations and the integration of these visualisations into a dashboard.
Requirements:
Pursuing a bachelor or master degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, data science or related quantitative scientific discipline
Basic knowledge of applied and computational mathematics, including familiarity with concepts such as statistics, differential equations and linear algebra, is desirable.
Strong programming skills (e.g. Python)
Prior experience with computational modelling and handling large datasets is desirable.
Prior knowledge of disease modelling is desirable but not mandatory.
ARTPARK @ IISc : Innovation factory for next-gen robotics & AI
ARTPARK is India's leading deep-tech venture builder and incubator focused on robotics, connected autonomous systems, and AI. Leveraging our unique facilities and ecosystems, we strive to provide meaningful support to very early-stage startups building deep-tech products based in research. We are a nonprofit organization created by Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bengaluru) with support from the Department of Science & Technology (Government of India) and the Government of Karnataka.