SITU seeking Computational Researcher in Brooklyn, NY, US

Overview  SITU’s Research division is seeking a Computational Researcher who is interested in joining an interdisciplinary team engaged in projects that cross design, technology, and human rights. The work, which can broadly be understood as Visual Investigations, involves applied research and innovation in advocacy, legal, and journalistic contexts across a range of issues, from combatting suppression of dissent to rendering visible environmental crime.  By joining our team, we offer the opportunity to support creative, world-changing projects.  About you  The candidate will be part of a division that develops and evaluates new technologies for visual investigations. For example, the role may involve developing a computer vision pipeline to query, intake, and analyze satellite imagery to identify built environment structures. It may also involve writing a script to download, catalog, and prepare a large volume of open source videos for other researchers on the team to analyze. Or, ...