TA (CUPE) - SYS5185 A/GNG5300 G - Winter 2027

Posting Reason:

New Position

Location where work is to be performed:

Main Campus

Session:

2027 Winter Semester | Trimestre d'hiver

Faculty:

Faculté de génie / Faculty of Engineering

Unit:

School of Engineering Design and Teaching Innovation_ST

Job Classification:

Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator/Lab Monitor (CUPE)

Posting Type:

Cours précis / Specific course

Course Title:

Foundations and Applications of Machine Learning

Course Code:

SYS5185 A/GNG5300 G/ IAI5100 A

Section:

Supervisor name (if known):

Yiwei Lu

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/10/27

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/11/12

Description of tasks (hours):

Unless specified below, specific allocation of hours to various tasks should be articulated in a description of work negotiated and signed by you and the supervising professor prior to the commencement of work.

Recherche / Research :0Préparation / Preparation :0Contact avec étudiants / Contact with Students :28Correction - Notation / Grading :32Surveillance / Proctoring :5Formation / Training :0Autre / Other :0

Number of positions:

1

Expected Enrolment:

70

Work Start Date:

janvier 04, 2027

Work End Date:

avril 30, 2027

Total Work Hours:

65

Hourly Rate:

AE-RA-Tuteur / TA-RA-Tutor : $33.83 ou/or $53.31 (Sept. 2026 - Aug. 2027)

Undergraduate students will be paid at the lower rate; while graduate students will be paid at the higher rate.

These rates do not include vacation pay nor statutory pay.

Method of Delivery:

na

Language of Work:

Anglais | English

Requirements and Nature of Work:

"Preference will be given to candidates who have completed an equivalent course and its prerequisite(s) with a mark of A or better. Must be ready for an interview if considered for this position. Excellent knowledge of machine learning theory and applications, including methods for feature engineering; supervised learning algorithms; unsupervised learning methods; evaluation strategies and metrics; as well as experience with machine learning programming."

Additional Information and/or Comments:

Proctoring mid-term and Final Exam

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