Also called: Neuron Tracing Annotator, Connectomics Annotator
Fixes mistakes in AI-made 3D maps of brain wiring, tracing neurons through microscope images so scientists get an accurate brain map.
Opens a 3D view of a fly or mouse brain neuron that the AI traced from electron microscope slices. You spot where it wrongly merged two cells or cut a branch off, and fix it with a few clicks. Hundreds of proofreaders together finished the first complete fruit fly brain wiring map.
Estimate; many jobs are project-based contracts.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Often a bachelor's in neuroscience or biology; some teams hire based on a skills test.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Neuroscience, Biology.
Growing slowly. AI keeps getting better at tracing, but huge new brain maps still need human checks.
High risk for 10 years. AI tracing improves fast, so fewer human fixes are needed over time; skills in 3D data transfer well.
Classes: Biology, Computer science, Art (spatial skills).
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