Specialist position details

Position

ECE 403 - Optimization for Machine Learning - Lab TA¹

Hourly Rate: $27.10²

Possible available sections¹

• B01 - Tuesday 2:00pm-5:00pm

Term of appointment from: May 25, 2021 to July 23, 2021

Total hours: 48

Average weekly hours: 4.5

Summary of duties and responsibilities

Prepare and demonstrate lab experiments, help students work through lab experiments or projects, answer questions, provide student consultation at established hours, mark lab reports, keep record of students' marks, provide course instructor with lab marks, and other related tasks.

Required qualifications and experience

Applicants must possess an undergraduate degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or an acceptable equivalent. Registered as a Master or Ph.D. student in Electrical or Computer Engineering or an acceptable equivalent. Taken courses in engineering design optimization. Familiar with engineering design optimization techniques and MATLAB software. Have good communication skills.

Other criteria considered include the career and/or pedagogical value a particular position will provide to the graduate/undergraduate student, the student's preferences, and other sources of graduate student financial support being received. The department appointment priority policy provides priority to graduate students in their academic department or school before others. The policy is posted in the department and is available on request.

The University of Victoria is an equity employer and encourages applications from women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and aboriginal persons.

Please submit a completed application form online or drop it off at the front desk of EOW 448 by: April 4, 2021.

¹ Number of available positions is subject to funding availability, enrollment and/or course cancellation.

² Effective July 1, 2019 for academic and scientific assistants. See CUPE 4163 collective agreement University of Victoria, Human Resources September 1, 2015.