Student assistant in record linkage and geocoding in large-scale Chinese datasets

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Updated: 2 months ago
Job Type: Permanent

20%-30%, Zurich, fixed-term

The chair of applied economics headed by Prof. Dr. Peter Egger pursues research mainly in the areas of applied international and public economics and in applied econometrics.


Job description

The research assistant will provide support mainly on the following tasks:

  •  record linkage using simple NLP techniques in large-scale Chinese databases (million scale), 
  • managing SQL database and support the team with SQL-to-Python export,
  • geocoding Chinese addresses with Gaode API and visualization of firm locations using a GIS software, preferably ArcGIS.

    • The project team have already developed codebases for these two tasks. The RA is expected to run the scripts, evaluate the output, document the pipeline as well as assist paper writing. 


    Your profile
    • Master student from ETH/Uni. Ideally, in the field of computational linguistics, computer science, data science, GIS.
    • You can start ASAP and stay with the team for at least 6 months and ideally 12 months. 

    Skill set:

  • Chinese knowledge. The addresses and the map API are in Chinese.
  • SQL (MySQL).
  • Python.
  • Big data analytics.
  • GIS software (plus).

    • You can work 20% during the semester and full time during the semester break.



    Your workplace

    Your workplace

    We offer
    • Standard ETH student RA salary.
    • An interdisciplinary team with good support and a friendly learning environment.
    • A possibility to work both remotely and on-site. 

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    Curious? So are we.

    We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:

    • CV
    • Motivation letter
    • Transcripts
    • Coding snippets (git, zip)

    Interview: We might be giving you a small mock task after the interview. We encourage you to send in your code repositories as application material. 

    Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.

    Further information about the chair of applied economics can be found on our website . Questions regarding the position should be directed to Dr. Susie Rao Xi, email: [email protected] under the subject "RA Chinese firms" (no applications). 


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