(Part time/Temporary)

Read the full position description here: https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/space-enabled-remote-sensing-and-gis-analyst-position/

Overview: The Space Enabled Research group at the MIT Media Lab seeks an experienced analyst with skills in satellite remote sensing data analysis, geospatial mapping, and applications of machine learning for classifying geospatial information. The position will be responsible for assisting with tasks in support of existing projects that include remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems. The analyst will complete tasks as part of a team effort to build integrated modeling that includes physical, social and economic parameters.  The analyst may also be asked to create and deliver training material related to the methods used in the work. Professor Danielle Wood, director of the Space Enabled Research Group, is working with a team to pursue research applying earth science data to support societal applications with a focus on work to monitor and manage progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. As part of this effort, Space Enabled is developing and implementing a framework called Environment-Vulnerability- Decision Technology or EVDT, first published under the following citation: Reid, Jack, Cynthia Zeng, and Danielle Wood. “Combining Social, Environmental and Design Models to Support the Sustainable Development Goals,” in 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, pp. 1-13. IEEE, 2019. The EVDT Framework is both a design approach and research method that guides the development of Decision Support Systems, which in turn help leaders implement projects that leverage data in support of societal needs toward sustainability. In most cases, Sustainability is defined based on progress toward one of the Sustainable Development Goals, however, Space Enabled seeks to follow the priorities set by community, national and regional leaders in each project based on EVDT. The EVDT framework curates data and models related to environmental changes, socio-economic benefits and hazards, decision making and the technological systems that provide greater insight into environment and social outcomes. In the course of implementing EVDT projects, Space Enabled applies a design framework called Systems Architecture to understand and analyze context, stakeholders, objectives and implementation approaches for each project.

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