Summer Research Internship - Cadre Research 2017
Interested in using your CS acumen to help fight crime? Cadre is seeking a bright and driven intern to join our young enthusiastic research group. The Cadre team is distributed across North America. You will be located in our Chicago office. Your time at Cadre will be similar to a university undergraduate research experience; but, unlike a university lab, our team works with university, corporate, and government partners. The details of our internship are flexible and together we will decide on the specifics of your experience.
We
are looking for a Computer Science or Engineering student to join our Forensics
team. Our main project is the development of a next generation three-dimensional
imaging and analysis system for firearm forensics. In short, the system images
the three-dimensional marks left on a cartridge casing at micron resolution and
then compares these marks to determine if two casings were fired through the
same firearm. We are also working on an audio analysis application extracting
maximal data from crime scene recordings. We have federal research funding for both
projects and are collaborating with local, state, and federal labs. See www.CadreForensics.com
We
are looking for an intern to help with several aspects of both projects.
Opportunities exist in working with 3d printing, mobile app development, machine
learning/vision, and audio analysis. Note: No experience working with firearms
is necessary and there are no firearms in our workplace.
Your
internship will include independent work, group lab meetings with
collaborators, direct collaboration, and opportunities for continued learning
(e.g. reading research papers, participation in journal club, and watching
seminars). Cadre is a young start-up with high-energy, a positive vibe, and low
procedural barriers. We work in an office space shared with a fun fast-growing
internet apparel company. Thus there are always great people around the coffee
machine. We are located in Chicago, an amazing place to be during the summer
months!
Desired Skills
Applicants must have undergraduate research experience in any area of Computer Science or Electrical Engineering; however, interest and experience in machine learning, machine vision, electronics, or software engineering is preferred. You’ll love your experience if you’re passionate about research and are interested in learning the realities of research in industry. A well-qualified candidate would be: an enthusiastic problem solver with previous undergraduate research experience who is interested in working on interdisciplinary computer science research in an industry setting. C++ and/or Python programming experience is ideal.
Responsibilities
You will be working both independently and in collaboration with both local and remote current team members. You’ll be responsible for algorithm and software development around specific focused research tasks. Your time at Cadre will be similar to a university undergraduate research experience; but, unlike a university lab, our team works with university, corporate, and government partners. The details of our internship are flexible and together we will decide on the specifics of your experience.
Cadre
Cadre Research Labs and Cadre Forensics are Scientific Computing Research Groups specializing in algorithm development and technology transfer for the Biotech, Pharmaceutical, and Forensic sciences. The group exploits methods from Machine Learning, Machine Vision, Statistics, Combinatorial Search and Optimization, Modeling, and Data Mining. Cadre Forensics is a technology leader in the forensics space and is developing the TopMatch-GS 3D imaging and analysis system for firearm analysis.
Dates
We'll work with your school schedule to select good starting and ending dates for your internship.