Visiting Postdoctoral Scientist - Cultural Geography

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and first responders. Anyone who sails a U.S. ship, flies a U.S. aircraft, makes national policy decisions, fights wars, locates, targets, responds to natural disasters, or even navigates with a cellphone relies on NGA. NGA enables all of these critical actions and shapes decisions that impact our world through the indispensable discipline of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT).

NGA’s Research directorate – Predictive Analysis Pod – Encompasses techniques from data mining, predictive modeling, and machine learning that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future or other unknown events. Sometimes the event is in the future, but predictive analytics can be applied to any type of unknown – past, present or future.

Under the guidance of a mentor, the participant selected for this research will participate in a project focused on cultural geography, social psychology, behavioral sciences, and human geography studies. The project will support the mission of the NGA Research directorate Predictive Analysis Pod and provide the candidate experience in predictive analysis.

Social Network Analysis, Cultural Geography, Human Geography, Data Mining, Data Science, Social Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Predictive Analysis, Algorithm Development, Satellite Image Processing, GIS, Cloud Data Analytics, Data Fusion, Object Modeling, Multi-dimensional Data Warehouse, Query Language, Data Visualization Techniques

This appointment is a 12-month research appointment, with the possibility to be renewed for additional research periods. Appointments may be extended depending on funding availability, project assignment, program rules, and availability of the participant.

Participants will receive a stipend to be determined by NGA. Stipends are typically based on the participant’s academic standing, discipline, experience, and research facility location. Other benefits may include the following:

The participant will not enter into an employee/employer relationship with ORISE, ORAU, DOD, or any other office or agency. Instead, the participant will be affiliated with ORISE for the administration of the appointment through the ORISE appointment letter and Terms of Appointment.

A background check will be conducted for an SCI security clearance. Completion of Questionnaire for National Security Positions is required.