Support in Development of Data Visualization Tools

Contract

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The Online Volunteers will support the development of data visualization and dashboard using tools. The tasks will include transforming various kinds of data into actionable insights using data visualization methods such as Power BI, Tableau andD3.js. SDG AI Lab will support the Online Volunteers as needed, with a bi-weekly check-in via Zoom and maintain a connection through MS Teams and GitHub Repository. The Online Volunteers will work under the coordination of the Technical Specialist (IICPSD).

• Technology development

• Information technology and telecommunications

  IICPSD’s SDG AI Lab initiative (sdgailab.org) requires assistance in developing and applying algorithms to support the digital solution development. The assignment involves exploring how to deploy big data and machine learning approaches on data visualization tools development. The Lab provides in-house expertise and research support to various UNDP projects to mainstream data science solutions to development problems and to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

• Volunteers: 10 needed

• 11-20 hours per week / 13 weeks

  Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field with strong interest in Data Science; Understanding and knowledge of analytical techniques such as text mining, image processing, predictive analysis, event detection, data visualization, and proven machine learning modeling; Applied knowledge of programming languages, such as Python or Java, as well as experience of open-source software library such as TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, Pandas, and NLTK;

• Global

• English