Interactive graphics in python (Hilfsassistentenstelle)
The Center for Active Learning of the D-BIOL supports departmental teaching initiatives and the development of new teaching materials. We are looking for a computationally oriented teaching assistant to expand our team and to support ongoing projects in the development of computer-based teaching tools.
The ETH-wide computational competence intitiative promotes the use of JupyterNotebooks as teaching tools. The DBIOL's CAL is putting together a team to support the development of such notebooks that will be used in the department's undergraduate curriculum.
For the coming year, we are looking for a «teaching assistant” (Hilfsassistent) for the implementation of interactive graphical elements in python-based JupyterNotebooks. These notebooks will be used as teaching tools in the DBIOL course “Bioanalytics”. We are looking for experience with matplotlib, plotly, ipywidgets and JupyterNotebooks as well as Python in general. A background in Chemistry, Biochemistry or Biology would be a plus but is not required.
You will work in a small team of 3-4 people. Except for a bi-weekly meeting you will have great flexibility in choosing your working hours and location. The planned workflow will be that we discuss the desired interactive features in a team. You will assess the feasibility of such feature and propose implementations or alternatives and then work on implementing these implementations that work with the general Python code that was developed for the non-interactive features.
- experience with Python and ideally with JupyterNotebooks
- experience with interactive graphics in Python using packages such as matplotlib, plotly and/or ipywidgets (ideally in a JupyterNotebook environment)
- team / service orientation
- curiosity
- selfreliance
- knowledge of / interest in Biology, Biochemistry or Chemistry are a plus but not a requirement.
- Flexible working hours
- Flexible working location
- work in a team that values your judgement and contributions
If you would like to apply please use this platform to send:
- a brief CV
- a short description of your relevant computational experience (possibly with examples)
- (if you have previous work experience) the name and contact information of 1 or 2 references
Further information about the D-BIOL Center for Active Learning (CAL) can be found on our website https://cal.biol.ethz.ch/. Questions regarding the position should be directed to Dr. Ulrich Genick by email (Write an email).
Place of work
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8092 Zürich
