{"id":16982,"date":"2015-07-28T11:01:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T15:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=16982"},"modified":"2015-07-28T11:01:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T15:01:51","slug":"gig-processing-assistant-for-data-visualization-project-the-rap-research-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2015\/07\/28\/gig-processing-assistant-for-data-visualization-project-the-rap-research-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"[GIG] Processing Assistant for Data Visualization Project, The Rap Research Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Rap Research Lab is currently seeking to hire an assistant to help with\u00a0developing\/modifying\/<wbr \/>updating a small\u00a0data visualization project programed in\u00a0Processing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT<br \/>\nCandidates should have:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8212; Experience with Processing<br \/>\n&#8212; Proficiency in p5.js with WebGL and\/or three.js<br \/>\n&#8212; Experience with computational typography, ideally in 3D<br \/>\n&#8212; Comfort using trigonometry and spherical coordinates<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>APPLICATION<\/div>\n<div>The applicant should send a brief note, CV and project urls to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@staplecrops.com\" target=\"_blank\">info@staplecrops.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>APPLICATION DEADLINE<br \/>\nApplications should reach RRL no later than August 3, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>REMUNERATION<br \/>\nThe successful candidate\u00a0will be paid a project rate.<\/p>\n<p>DURATION AND LOCATION<\/p><\/div>\n<div>The successful candidate will begin on August 5 2015 for a period of approximately fifteen (15) days \u2013\u00a0working both remotely and on-site.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>BACKGROUND<\/div>\n<div>Rap Research Lab (RRL) is a youth program that teaches art &amp; design, cultural analysis, data\u00a0mining, and data visualization to teens using a design process and project-based curriculum\u00a0that visualizes hip-hop as a cultural indicator.<\/p>\n<p>Students learn how to use a number of tools, including the Rap Almanac, a searchable\u00a0database built from the lyrics of over 50,000 hip-hop songs from 1979 to present day, which\u00a0generates textual and quantified reports on searched words, phrases and ideas.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/rrlstudentresearch.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/rrlstudentresearch.<wbr \/>tumblr.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rap Research Lab is currently seeking to hire an assistant to help with\u00a0developing\/modifying\/updating a small\u00a0data visualization project programed in\u00a0Processing. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}