Facebook is offering an internship program on Core Data Science for PhD students who are pursuing research in computers or related fields. Candidates are expected to be passionate in the subject and be good with problem solving techniques.
Facebook Offers Internship on Core Data Science
Organiser : Facebook
Venue: USA (Menlo Park, CA)
Entry Criteria:
Must be pursuing Ph.D. in CS or related technical field
Must be returning to school for at least one semester/quarter post internship
Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision
Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
Fluency with at least one scripting language such as Python or PHP
Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
Expert knowledge of an analysis tool such as R, Matlab, or SAS
Experience working with large data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
Ability to obtain work authorization in the United States in 2017
Key points covered:
Identifying and answer important product questions
Answering product questions by using appropriate statistical techniques on available data
Communicating findings to product managers and engineers
Driving the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources
Analysing and interpreting the results of product experiments
Developing best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering teams