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1 year ago Background
The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is looking for help building an interactive map to help state and local policymakers understand the risks of climate change in their communities.
Term
IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall
Work
You will work with our senior software engineer to add features to a frontend and backend for an interactive mapping and data-visualization website. The website is open-source (github.com/cypressf/climate-risk-map). Some potential improvements include:
- Add a global map
- Add a grid-based map
- Add a visualization of future projections
- Create a data import tool
- Make the website mobile-friendly
Frontend
- React
- Redux
- TypeScript
- d3
Backend
- Rust
- PostgreSQL
Experience
TypeScript, React, and git experience is necessary. Experience with SQL queries and Rust (the backend) is a bonus. Experience with GIS is a bonus.
Further details
You will work within a diverse team of researchers with interests in the area of Earth-system and climate science, climate-related impacts on human health and biodiversity, land-energy-water systems, agro/socio/energy economics, data/machine-learning and visualization. You will have opportunities to contribute to multi-author publications. For more information on the research mission and goals of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, visit globalchange.mit.edu.
| Contact | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adam Schlosser | PI, Faculty Sponsor, & Program Director | casch@mit.edu |
| Cypress Frankenfeld | Senior Software Engineer | cypress@mit.edu |
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