Scientific Computing Expert, Mathematics PHD - $300/Approved Task
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About Turing
Turing is one of the world's leading AGI infrastructure companies, working with frontier AI labs to accelerate model development through high-quality training data, evaluations, and engineering talent.
Engagement Details
Commitments Required: At least 6 hours per day and a minimum of 40 hours per week, with a 4-hour overlap with PST.
Employment Type: Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)
Duration of Contract: 5 weeks (expected start date is next week)
Payment Type: Pay per task, $300 per approved task
About the Role
We are seeking Mathematics experts to develop realistic, terminal-based scientific tasks for Terminal Bench Science. You will design tasks involving numerical analysis, optimization, statistics, mathematical modeling, probability, dynamical systems, and computational mathematics. The role focuses on evaluating whether AI agents can formulate mathematical problems, implement reliable algorithms, operate in a terminal environment, debug numerical workflows, and produce verifiable computational results.
What You'll Do
Design and build authentic computational mathematics tasks, translate mathematical and research workflows into self-contained, multi-step terminal environments, complete with datasets, equations, model definitions, constraints, and expected outputs.
Implement expert solutions using Python, R, Julia, C/C++, Bash, or other relevant tools, covering areas such as optimization, numerical integration, differential equations, matrix computation, statistical inference, stochastic modeling, or algorithm analysis.
Define rigorous grading criteria, including numerical accuracy, convergence, complexity, feasibility, and mathematical correctness, along with appropriate tolerances, stopping criteria, stability requirements, and reproducibility controls.
Develop automated tests and debug issues, validate results across edge cases and alternative valid implementations, and troubleshoot problems involving floating-point precision, solver failures, conditioning, convergence, and performance.
Document the work thoroughly, including assumptions, mathematical formulations, expected outputs, and known limitations.
What We're Looking For
Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced technical experience in mathematics, statistics, or a closely related discipline.
Strong programming skills in Python, R, Julia, C/C++, Bash, or another relevant language.
Experience working in Linux or terminal-based environments.
Experience with numerical methods, optimization, statistics, mathematical modeling, or scientific computation.
Ability to independently implement, test, and validate computational algorithms.
Key skills
Details
- Pay: Shared during the application process
- Company: Turing
- Location: Remote
- Eligible locations: Worldwide (no restriction)
- Platform: Turing
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Turing does not publish a pay rate for this Scientific Computing Expert, Mathematics PHD - $300/Approved Task position. Pay is shared during the application process and depends on your experience and the scope of the work.
Is the Scientific Computing Expert, Mathematics PHD - $300/Approved Task role remote, and can I work from home?
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Is Scientific Computing Expert, Mathematics PHD - $300/Approved Task full time or part time?
Turing lists this as a contractor remote role. Full details are in the role description above.
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