CIRES / NCAI Ocean Video AI Project Manager

at  University of Colorado Boulder

Requisition Number:
59347
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Research Faculty
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
18-Oct-2024
Date Posted:
20-Sep-2024

JOB SUMMARY

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado in Boulder has an opening for an ocean video project manager working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI).
CIRES is looking for a scientific project manager to design and implement artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) solutions for NOAA ocean video data management and video data reusability, including developing oceanographic imagery algorithms for metadata and improving the AI-readiness of ocean video data. The candidate will work with the oceanographic community to develop guidance and tools for AI/ML video annotation, and develop best practices for sharing and integrating information extracted from cloud-based AI/ML ocean video tools and algorithms. Efforts would incorporate ongoing NOAA work with ocean video annotation partners and tools, including: Kitware’s Video and Image Analytics for Marine Environments (VIAME), CVision AI’s Tator, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Video Annotation and Referencing System (VARS), Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE), FathomNet, Ocean Network Canada’s SeaTube, and others. The goal is to help make ocean video data and metadata AI ready, support and enable cloud computing on ocean video data, improve and coordinate NOAA use of AI/ML for video annotations across NOAA Line Offices using industry applications, and help improve ocean video discovery and access.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

WHO WE ARE

At CIRES, more than 950 environmental science professionals work to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people’s relationship with the planet. CIRES has partnered with NOAA since 1967, and our areas of expertise include weather and climate, changes at Earth’s poles, air quality and atmospheric chemistry, water resources, solid Earth sciences, and more. Our vision is to be instrumental in ensuring a sustainable future environment by advancing scientific and societal understanding of the Earth system.
As a program in the formulation stage, the NCAI development team is made up of members from several of NOAA’s Line Offices. With functionalities distributed across NOAA, the Center is programmatically organized under the National Centers for Environment Information (NCEI). NCAI teams develop and further the mission and vision of the organization. They volunteer their time to create a new environment within NOAA to further the knowledge and skills of the workforce, and promote collaboration in scientific development, both within the organization, and with external partners and stakeholders.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Applicants must be currently authorized to legally work in the United States on a full-time basis. Please note that those applicants requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future will not be considered for this position.
• Given project deliverables, the targeted start date for this position is 1 January 2025
• If you are the selected finalist you will be required to pass a federal laboratory background clearance for site access.

• Work with the community to develop guidance and tools for AI/ML ocean video annotation. (50%)
• Develop best practices for sharing and integrating information extracted from cloud-based AI/ML ocean video tools and algorithms. (20%)
• Help develop plans for managing ocean video in the cloud, including ingest, metadata, archive, search, access, and making the video AI ready. (20%)
• Serve as the subject matter expert on ocean video annotation. (5%)
• Supervise and mentor other CIRES employees and student workers. (5%)