Psychology 195B: Fieldwork in Cognitive Science
Bruinshack
Contact: Daniel Tang
E-mail: contact@bruinshack.com
Address: Remote
Phone: (909) 522-7742
Website: https://bruinshack.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Bruinshack is an online service to help UCLA students look for apartments in the Westwood area. Founded by a UCLA student, we provide apartment reviews and contact information to give confidence to students when they are apartment hunting
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
We are looking for Web Development Interns, UX/UI Interns, Data Analytics Interns, and Marketing Interns. Bruinshack is looking to expand our most viable product (MVP) to be used by UCLA students in the near future. Each intern will play a vital role in rolling out Bruinshack to the UCLA community.
Special Qualifications:
All interns must be creative, self-starters who are eager to learn. Qualifications vary for each position. Please send us an email that includes your resume, the position you are interested in, and why you are interested in interning at Bruinshack.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
All interns will be required to think about the users of our site and Cognitive Science has given you the tools to understand consumer behavior and how people process information. Like the major, our work at Bruinshack is interdisciplinary and we know the Cognitive Science major has prepared you well to handle the multi faceted nature of working for a tech startup.
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
Contact: Amy Zheng, PhD
E-mail: azheng@casacolina.org
Address: 255 E. Bonita Ave
Phone: 9095967733
Website: https://www.casacolina.org/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare is a non-profit organization that offers medical and rehabilitative services to individuals who have sustained catastrophic physical and cognitive events such as brain injury (e.g. stroke, traumatic brain injury) and spinal cord injury, among other conditions that lead to short/long-term disability. The Casa Colina Research Institute conducts clinical studies to identify novel therapeutic interventions to enhance care for people with disabilities. Research is conducted as a collaboration with scientists, doctors, and other medical and rehabilitation professionals.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Casa Colina Research Institute is seeking interns to assist in the various research studies conducted here. Responsibilities will depend on the available position but could include subject recruitment, experimentation, data analysis, literature review, etc. Remote work may be possible for certain roles.
Special Qualifications:
We are looking for individuals with the following traits: organized, diligent, accountable, motivated, and self-reliant. Good communication skills and bedside manners are needed for positions that work directly with patients. For more technical positions, previous research experience (especially in neuroimaging), statistics knowledge, and programming experience are preferred.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
At Casa Colina Research Institute, we use multimodal approaches, including behavioral, genetics, and neuroimaging, to study how the brain changes as a result of brain injury and therapeutic intervention.
Center for Scholars & Storytellers
Contact: Yalda T. Uhls
E-mail: info@scholarsandstorytellers.com
Address: Franz Hall
Phone: 3102101244
Website: https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
We work to share psychological research with practitioners in the entertainment industry who create content for youth.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The project will include summarizing research papers, helping with events, reviewing content (scripts, shows) and writing up reports.
Special Qualifications:
English language. Please fill out the application here (https://uclapsych.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8HVZgqwNpqj9BVr) and email your resume and a cover letter briefly explaining your interest in the Center for Scholars & Storytellers to info@scholarsandstorytellers.com. Please include your first and last name in the subject of the email. We recommend that you submit your application, resume, and cover letter at least three weeks prior to the quarter in which you are interested in doing the internship, so there is ample time to review your application.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
One important component of reviewing scripts and designing entertainment for a specific audience is the knowledge of how that audience thinks. Cognitive Science students have the unique advantage of understanding both artificial and real systems, and this knowledge will serve within a sector associated in creating digital content for an audience. Additionally, the ability to read and summarize research reports is an important component within the cognitive science curriculum.
codeConnects
Contact: Lisa Carol
E-mail: info@the-cs.org
Address: 3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Ste. 153, Studio City, CA 91604 - Internship is Remote
Phone: 424-339-3977
Website: https://www.codeconnects.org/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
codeConnects is an initiative developed by The Coding School, a tech education nonprofit dedicated to ensuring computer science education is accessible and empowering for all students regardless of background or geographic location. The Coding School has taught over 70,000 hours of code to K - 12 students in 125 countries. We believe coding education is the key to social mobility, and that's why we're dedicated to developing a diverse set of programs to ensure underrepresented students - including females, students of color, low SES students, students with learning disabilities and those from rural communities - are empowered through code.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
codeConnects can offer excellent experience-gaining opportunities in both the tech education and nonprofit space. An intern working with us has the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in their specific area of focus and also gain overall knowledge of the inner workings of a nonprofit organization. We have intern positions with codeConnects in a range of areas including UI/UX design, web development (front & back end), curriculum development, video production, general tech or business development focus. We encourage you to reach out and share with us what are you are interested in.
Special Qualifications:
We look for interns who are driven to learn and grow in their specialty. We have a collaborative team who will help guide and support our interns; however, interns who will thrive working with codeConnects are self-starters who are willing to initiate ideas and take the steps to give them a try.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Understanding how people think and act upon those thoughts is at the forefront of all successful work - whether that work is grant writing, web design, writing press releases, developing corporate sponsorship outreach campaigns, and just about all you can think of. We're exciting for the insight that UCLA's Cognitive Science majors can bring to codeConnects and The Coding School.
Dive Chat
Contact: Kyle Brastorm
E-mail: Kyle@dive.chat
Address: 1350 Du Lock ln. Houston, TX 77055
Phone: 7132484995
Website: https://dive.chat/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Dive reimagines group messaging and is created by students for students. It takes the simplicity of products like Messenger or GroupMe and applies it to the high-level organizational features such as Slack or Discord. Dive allows for users to quickly and intuitively create group chats with smaller chats nested inside, discover new groups/student organizations, add personalization to every chat room, and create and share events. Ultimately, Dive was designed to bring communities together during a time of increased isolation.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Dive is looking for UX/UI designers to craft every single aspect of its products. UX/UI designers are expected to conduct research and exercises for design thinking, apply findings to design solutions, craft mockups/high-fidelity prototypes, test the designs, and iterate.
Special Qualifications:
UX/UI interns need to be highly proficient with Figma (components, prototyping, etc.,), understand how to conduct user research and synthesize findings, and have the ability to rapidly iterate and test a variety of ideas using wireframes and sketches.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-15
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Cognitive Science students study psychology (cognitive biases, visual perception, Gestalt principles, etc.,), research methods (statistical analysis, qualitative research, etc.,) and how both intersect with technology (artificial intelligence, user experience design and research, etc.,). This directly relates to the responsibilities of a UX/UI design intern who is expected to use their understanding of human cognition and research methods to design intuitive digital solutions.
DuMont Project
Contact: Mackenzie Knapp
E-mail: mknapp@dumontproject.com
Address: 4223 Glencoe Ave., Suite A-130, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Phone: (800) 778-2990
Website: https://dumontproject.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Dumont Project is a full-service digital consultancy providing services to Fortune 50-500 and leading e-commerce businesses. We provide direct-to-consumer marketing across digital and traditional channels and approach every project with hands-on testing. Our mission is to accelerate brands with high growth potential via digital marketing across multiple channels and business models.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The intern will work closely with the director of Business Intelligence and Analytics to drive client growth through digital marketing efforts. Primary tasks will include data analysis and drawing insights from this data to inform strategic business recommendations. The internship will be remote and there will be an option to come into the office once it opens if the intern so pleases. Work days are flexible so long as the intern completes 20 hours per week.
Special Qualifications:
Strong organizational and communication skills, great work ethic, and ability to work in a fast paced business environment is required. The ideal candidate will have proven business acumen through previous internships/extracurriculars in marketing or consulting. Strong analytical skills (experience in R, Python) preferred. Expertise in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) is necessary.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
This internship requires a deep understanding of consumers, how they think, and what appeals to them. Knowledge of Cognitive Science will help in understanding consumer behavior and how to adapt marketing strategies based on consumer and client needs. Additionally, Cognitive Science provides an analytical skillset (R, Python) that will be necessary for the intern to be successful in the role.
Fintech Behavioral Analyst 2020 Internship
Contact: Julio Lavalle
E-mail: julio@poupacerto.com
Address: 3400 Prospect St. NW. Washington DC
Phone: 202-375-9710
Website: http://mibolsillo.pe/en/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Through a mobile app, MiBolsillo substantailly reduces the operational costs for microfinancial institutions by using a proprietary credit score that allows these MFIs to access the unbanked/underbanked populations - usually MSMEs looking for flexible financing and payment solutions for their small businesses in the digital economy. In turn, MiBolsillo digitizes financial behaviors and transactions of those users to provide them with a digital financial identity that will later be used to access the financial services they need. MiBosillo is rapidly expanding across Latin America and is currently working in Peru, Brazil, Guatemala and Mexico. The company was recently name one of the top fintechs of Peru and has just finished the Village Capital Fast Forward LATAM - named as the best fintech accelerator. We're currently being part of the Halcyon Accelerator in Washington DC.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
https://angel.co/company/mibolsillo-financial-tecnologies/jobs/836002-fintech-behavioral-analyst-2020-internship - • Researching consumer trends • Analysing qual and quant research to identify killer insights • Writing engaging reports and innovative case studies • Telling stories through data • Survey design and research design • Conduct investigations and interviews • Presenting new trends and ideas • Perform administrative tasks to facilitate a long-term behavioral science research study including recruitment, correspondence, instrument deployment, data management, documentation, etc.
Special Qualifications:
• Background in research and/or behavioral sciences desirable (knowledge and experience on quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods for social research to elicit insights for improving user experience). • Educational background in psychology, sociology, anthropology, behavioral economics, or other human-centered scientific fields is a +. • Ability to distil complex data and ideas into plain language • Highly organized, methodical, and reliable work habits • First-class wordsmith and communicator • Proactive and self-motivated • Commercially aware and culturally attuned • Experience (preferred) or strong interest, aptitude, and coursework in data analysis (statistics, visualization, etc). Python, R, or similar. • Spoken Spanish/Portuguese is a +.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
This position is aimed to profiles ranging from psychologists to behavioral economists as it looks to bring different perspectives to the understanding of our users' financial lives to add to MiBolsillo's goal to lead the fintech for financial inclusion industry in Latin America. This is an exciting role for someone to make direct impact on the company’s value proposition and customer experience. Because the main tasks are related to researching and analyzing cultural, social, and technological shifts as well as changes in the fintech industry and users chnaging behaviors, a background in Cognitive Science becomes key. With your street smarts, a blend of quantitative & qualitative skills and will to get your hands dirty, you'll be recruiting, interviewing, moderating, analyzing culture, pouring over data, and writing about those powerful findings. You’ll need to excel at problem-solving, have emotional intelligence, and be a superb writer.
Foundation AI
Contact: Vivek Rao
E-mail: info@foundationai.com
Address: 4212 Glencoe Ave.
Phone: 3102948955
Website: http://foundationai.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Foundation AI leverages artificial intelligence to automate manual data extraction and processing in order to drive real business impact. We utilize natural language processing, computer vision, and learning capabilities to derive actionable insights, extract structured data, and optimize decision making for businesses. Foundation AI products are widely used in legal, healthcare, government, and insurance sectors by allowing businesses to interpret and analyze text to automate data gathering, processing, and entry.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Foundation AI is looking for UI/UX design intern to aid in creating a solid interface for our products by translating business requirements into creative and effective designs. This will include understanding and representing user needs, defining a vision for our products, and working closely with our data science and engineering team to deliver high quality products.
Special Qualifications:
We are looking for someone with strong communication and organization skills who can collaborate well with other members of our various teams. Strong candidates will be creative problem-solvers and willing to take initiative on projects. Special qualifications include proficiency in UI/UX design, product management, and analytics.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 15-20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
The interdisciplinary background of cognitive science will allow our intern to help create a user experience tailored to our clients by understanding their behavior and understanding how the clients think. Students with cognitive science background will also have good understanding of how human-computer experience ties to the products we are making and will be expected to use their knowledge on human cognition and artificial intelligence solutions.
Gains Group
Contact: Steve Gera
E-mail: steve@gainsgroup.com
Address: 12655 W Jefferson Blvd
Phone: 7604349361
Website: http://www.gainsgroup.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Gains Group is a strategic advisory and consulting agency focusing on sports and technology. Our company works with a variety of professional sport franchises around the globe, helping them achieve optimal performance through the integration of science and technology.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Assistant responsibilities include indexing technology companies and researching new applications for them. Additional responsibilities may include creating presentations on topics involving psychological principles or the strategies that professional organizations are using to achieve success. Build digital products, and applications for our clients for everything from performance, to fan engagement, to gaming. We're highly interested in anyone who can code, build websites, and data science is a real plus!
Special Qualifications:
Assistants should have an interest in technology, sports and be self starters willing to work on their own with a little guidance. Coding, design, research, and core technical skills are a plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
At Gains Group we are always looking at how humans interact and perform in sports, and the way the brain works greatly influences what we do. We want to work with Cognitive Science students looking to use their understanding of mankind to change the world through sport.
GrowSquares
Contact: Daeshaun McClintock
E-mail: daeshaun@growsquares.com
Address: 81 Prospect St. Brooklyn NY 11201
Phone: Contact by email.
Website: https://www.growsquares.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
GrowSquares engineers personalized urban gardens using advanced microbiology and data science. We've developed a proprietary two-part system built upon a mobile app engineered to identify the unique attributes of each users’ microclimate – along with providing our users tailored instructions on how best to garden – and a modular garden topper, composed of the precise soil composites (nutrients, minerals, etc.) most needed to grow our plants. With highly individualized gardening plans, backed up by our robust research and prediction algorithms, GrowSquares strives to simplify the gardening process so anyone can enjoy the fruits of gardening without worrying about what plants to choose or when to water them.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
GrowSquares is looking for iOS developers to help design, implement, and evolve our mobile app. Interns will partake in all aspects of mobile application development, including creating new UI elements, connecting with our backend servers, and maintaining the codebase.
Special Qualifications:
Interns should be familiar with iOS development in general. The following tools are used most regularly: 1. Swift, Xcode, Git 2. UIKit (primary), SnapKit, SwiftUI (knowledge preferred) 3. Asynchronous network calls 4. Other SDKs such as Firebase, Facebook SDK, Stripe
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Students who major in Cognitive Science and focus on Computer Science will gain hands-on experience with real-world programming and learn good coding practices that will be important for their future careers. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to use their psychology and other interdisciplinary knowledge learned in Cognitive Science courses to develop smart and elegant mobile applications that contribute value to the world.
HelloAdvisr
Contact: Laurent Haagsma
E-mail: laurent@helloadvisr.com
Address: Remote ¦ 8601 Lincoln Blvd, Suite 180, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: 323-940-3220
Website: https://www.helloadvisr.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
We are growth partners helping entrepreneurs and fast-growing companies leverage pricing and best-in-class go-to-market strategies to deliver sustainable high-growth. Most companies struggle with pricing and monetization. In fact, it is a top 5 reason why new ventures fail. Unfortunately, not everyone finds the help they need to tackle these topics. Large companies (and mature startups) use expensive consulting firms; we want to make this accessible to all, so we have developed a suite of technology-based solutions to achieve this.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
We have been building a Software layer on top of our existing Advisory services. This product is in stealth mode. We have already conducted successful UAT, validated the need, the business model and sustainable revenue stream. As we conduct further testing, we would like to invite someone to join us in the journey. We have an MVP which is constantly evolving. We estimate we have only tackled 5% of what could be done; but for now, we’re staying focused. Improvements to front-end, back-end, environment, all are up for grabs. We have a plan on what we wish to tackle but we're also very open to new ideas. What will you want to tackle?
Special Qualifications:
* A smart person, willing to think outside the box and happy to have an open discussion. While we have strong expertise in the market we are targeting; we are playing in an unchartered territory when it comes to how we are tackling it. * An entrepreneurial spirit. Willing to be agile, learn on the go, go beyond what a standard developer would do in a bigger team * A tinkerer, pursuing a technical degree or with equivalent experience with a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, a strong development basis and a willingness to find solutions on their own. * We are not developers ourselves but have worked alongside them so we know the language (just don’t expect us to be purists when it comes to naming things!). * Skillsets which we're interested in: full stack (tackle both the front and the back-end of the issue); good basis in modern web development, frameworks, programming languages, and database solutions; ability to work on a solution together with non-tech specialists * Due to the global nature of our team, the ability to spend a few hours either early morning PST or late evening PST (Hours flexible under prior arrangement). You will still have a point of contact the whole day PST.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-20 (flexible)
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
When talking pricing, we are tackling a topic that everyone knows, but very few actually comprehend. Pricing is not just 1 number; it is thousands of decisions. It is not just building an algorithm; it is also understanding how different people will tackle the elements of this algorithm. It is building a medium that offers as much coaching as it does number crunching.
HTC, Vive Studios
Contact: Chris Chin
E-mail: Chris_Chin@htc.com
Address: 5200 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: 310-955-6464
Website: https://developer.vive.com/us/vive-studios/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
HTC Vive is a virtual reality platform developed in partnership by HTC and Valve. Designed from the ground up for room-scale VR, Vive allows true-to-life interactions and experiences thanks to an adjustable headset displaying stunning graphics, two wireless controllers with HD haptic feedback and 360˚ absolute motion tracking. Vive Studios’ mission is to discover and empower development talent, and give everyone access to content that pushes the boundaries of VR.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The Vive Studios Team is looking for a Developer Relations Intern for testing and development support for current and new VR projects. The intern would help provide the technical knowledge, tools, and resources necessary to support and promote our developer facing offerings to content creators and partners. This individual will be part of a team that will drive the creation of innovative experiences and high-quality content through the developer community. This individual will be a key contributor in engaging and supporting developers and partners, elevating Vive technology, and enabling meaningful high-quality content submissions to our distribution platform.
Special Qualifications:
Experience as a developer with a focus on VR and mobile technologies Experience with C# or C++ coding for 3D graphics Experience with both Unity and Unreal game engine technology and engine performance optimization Active member in developer user groups and engagement with groups driving development efforts Excellent documentation and presentation creation skills Excellent oral, written and public presentation skills Ability to work well within a team is a must.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Virtual Reality leverages our visual and auditory perception through immersive virtual experiences, which can be advantageous in furthering our understanding of the mind, memory, and our senses. A Cognitive Science student can apply their interdisciplinary background in human psychology, neuroscience, and computer science to aid in developing embodied 3D spatial content that feel immersive to the brain. With hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and even lip-tracking - a Cognitive Science student would be able to explore the frontiers of mixed and virtual reality while gaining industry experience driving efforts to support the VR developer ecosystem
Jazz Hands For Autism
Contact: Ifunanya Nweke
E-mail: Info@jazzhandsforautism.org
Address: 10880 Wilshire Blvd, ste 800
Phone: 4242097190
Website: http://www.jazzhandsforautism.org
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Jazz Hands For Autism is a nonprofit organization that provides job development, job training and job placement for adults on the autism spectrum. Through the Jazz Hands Concert Series and the Jazz Hands Musicians Academy, Jazz Hands For Autism helps musicians on the autism spectrum develop transferrable social, professional and on stage skills that increase employability and their success as working musicians.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Positions: 1. Public Policy Intern: Researching legislation issues Identifying supportive government figures and organizations. Providing research support in development of advocacy positions and funding opportunities 2. Development Intern: Assisting with grant-writing and donor relations. 3. Teacher's Assistant Intern: Assisting with class instruction, monitoring daily student behavior and daily student progress (Jazz Hands Musician's Academy) 4. Student Mentor Intern: Assisting students with non-musical and non-social goals (Jazz Hands Musician's Academy) 5. Research & Evaluation Intern Assisting staff with compiling and analyzing student data trends to help ensure long term student progress (Jazz Hands Musician's Academy) 6. Information Analyst Intern: Providing non-experimental and theoretical research support on topics relevant to music and autism.
Special Qualifications:
Positions: 1. Public Policy Intern: ability to research and analyze data 2. Development Intern: strong writing skills, experience using MS excel/ Google sheets and other data bases 3. Teacher's Assistant Intern: ability to collect, track and analyze data 4. Student Mentor Intern: ability to understand mental processes and give positive feedback 5. Research & Evaluation Intern: ability to compile and analyze data and make inferences from collected data 6. Information Analyst Intern: ability to review information and data and write pieces about it.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 8-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Positions: 1. Public Policy Intern: public policy affects every domain and discipline so familiarity with public policy as it relates to mental health, cognitive deficits, etc greatly informs practice. 2. Development Intern: this internship provides students with real world experience in learning how to track, and maintain multi faceted information on a database which is important to the cognitive science discipline 3. Teacher's Assistant Intern: this internship provides students with real world experience in collecting potentially quantitative data, codifying data and tracking data which is important to the cognitive science discipline 4. Student Mentor Intern: this internship provides students with real world experience in interacting with clients who have a developmental disability and exploring ways to provide positive feedback. 5. Research & Evaluation Intern: this internship provides students with real world experience in compiling and analyzing data and making inferences from collected data 6. Information Analyst Intern: this internship provides students with experience in review information and data and writing pieces about it.
KAV
Contact: Whitman Kwok
E-mail: uclainternships@kavsports.com
Address: 520 Broadway, Santa Monica
Phone: (650) 440-6588
Website: http://kavsports.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
KAV makes custom helmets in 8 billion sizes to fit the best, the weird and the beautiful. Knowing the best helmet is the one that fits you, the 3D printed KAV Portola helmet exceeds industry safety standards by at least 25% and has won Cycling's Innovation and Design Award, the Red Dot Design Awards and Time Magazine’s Invention of 2022. The intersection of additive manufacturing, polymer science and software creates lightning in a bottle, leap frogging existing foam helmets. We’re looking for interns who share our mission of saving lives and reducing brain trauma.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
One of the challenges of a custom helmet is communicating the brand and how the helmet will look so it exceeds the customer's expectations when it arrives on their doorstep. There are two opportunities for one or more interns that will accelerate our mission to protect the next generation of athletes.
We’re looking for an intern to analyze our web analytics, social media traffic and in person feedback to engage with the cycling community. Projects may include one or more of the following depending on your skills and experience:
• Provider interactive and informative info graphics and web pages that engage as much as they inform.
• Provide as an immersive experience as possible for every feature, to convey every aspect of the helmet and how it will benefit cyclists.
• Implement an AR plugin to our website so a customer can see how the helmet would look and fit on their head.
• Create and/or augment a fit app to help guide customers through the fit process.
You will work with and have the full support of our CTO, David, who led Search Quality and YouTube recommendations at Google and can play the drums with the best of them and our Head of Marketing who has launched some of the biggest apparel brands in SoCal and makes a mean home baked bagel.
Special Qualifications:
• Driven - as your interaction with the team will largely be text, calls and a weekly hour meeting, interns must be self-motivated and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
• Analytical skills - both projects benefit from A/B testing, analytics and user engagement to optimize both the online experience and community engagement.
• HTML, CSS and Javascript experience to modify our website to post instructional content but also create a seamless (and ideally fun) UX as the person measures and provides their data. Experience with the Apple ecosystem is a plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 12-15
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Your work engages your coursework in the following ways:
• Analyze and learn how customer experiences can be optimized for their enjoyment and benefit
• Implement new technology (AR) in a meaningful and beneficial application
• Learn how to build a community and relationships to accelerate our mission of protecting the next generation of athletes.
Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA Luskin
Contact: Carrie Miller
E-mail: cemiller@ucla.edu
Address: 6241, Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
Phone: 5085050451
Website: http://laeri.luskin.ucla.edu
Description of Organization and Population Served:
The Los Angeles Education Research Institute (LAERI) at UCLA Luskin conducts research to inform solutions to educational challenges facing L.A. Our mission is to improve the equity and quality of students’ educational experiences by producing research evidence that decision-makers and educators find useful for educational improvement.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
LAERI seeks an undergraduate research assistant to work part-time to help create and revise data documentation that will facilitate research on a wide range of research projects related to education in Los Angeles. Job Responsibilities include: • Review historical documentation for the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) annual School Experience and College and Career Readiness Surveys • Develop data documentation for LAUSD surveys that will facilitate future research projects • Review existing documentation for Los Angeles Unified School District administrative data • Revise and update existing administrative data documentation to improve usability • Produce descriptive statistics and update administrative data documentation to include information about potential data issues to improve the documentation’s accuracy.
Special Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: • Current undergraduate student • Strong organizational skills • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Excellent attention to detail • Ability to work independently and meet deadlines Preferred Qualifications: • At least one course in statistics • Familiarity with statistical software.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Research interns will develop data management and statistical skills that are broadly applicable to social and behavioral science research. Interns will also have to the opportunity to explore topics related to children’s educational experiences and wellbeing from early childhood through late adolescence.
Neuralace Medical
Contact: Joe Milkovits
E-mail: joe@neuralacemedical.com
Address: 3770 Tansy St. #101, San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: 858-229-9218
Website: http://neuralacemedical.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
A medical start up company developing and commercializing a non-invasive, non-opioid pain therapy for chronic, intractable nerve pain.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The fieldwork project will be to support 2 Axon Therapy clinical trials under the supervision of Neuralace CEO Shiv Shukla. Responsibilities will include working with the lead clinician on data capture and analysis, engagement with patients and practitioners to refine and document the therapy and other activities to ensure successful progress of the trial. We are also interested in entertaining candidates who are willing to do research projects with regards to improving our therapy and doing mechanistic studies of the neuropathic process within the body.
Special Qualifications:
Intern must be self motivated, creative, and able to work on a variety of different projects. Must be able to work with and understand data, and be able to use information from data to inform the team how treatment sessions are performing as well as how the device is operating. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills are required for oversight of clinical trials. Programming experience preferred.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20-40
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Combining statistical, computational, clinical, and psychological methods will help NeuraLace develop its product as well as assist patients seeking an alternative treatment for neuropathy and pain. Basic understanding of neuroscience concepts are also essential in understanding how the device works and its positive effect on patients.
NextBest AI, Inc
Contact: Minh Mai
E-mail: minh@nextbest.com
Address: 200 De Neve Drive, Los Angeles, CA (Covel Commons)
Phone: 7142249798
Website: https://nextbest.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
NextBest is an online marketplace where users can search, shop, and sell apparel among their local community. Existing local marketplace platforms have a generic design that is not pleasant for shopping fashion. By prioritizing the value of community and offering the user experience customers expect from shopping apps, NextBest makes shopping and selling secondhand apparel more convenient, enjoyable, and efficient.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
We are looking for a) Software Engineering Interns, b) Product Design or UX/UI Interns, and C) Marketing Interns. We are a small startup team focused on increasing our user base and improving our product as quickly as possible. Because of that, all interns will have the opportunity to work extensively on individualized and high impact projects throughout the quarter. Come join the team!
Special Qualifications:
Please shoot us an email that includes your resume, the position you are interested in, and a short tidbit as to why you are a great fit for the NextBest team. Interest in entrepreneurship, fashion, e-commerce, and/or product development is a huge plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-12
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Product development, product design, and product marketing all require an extensive application of human focused processes. At NextBest AI, we strive to create solutions that simplify and improve the lives of our users. A strong understanding of the mind and human behavior is necessary to do so.
Pareto Operations Intern
Contact: Phoebe Yao
E-mail: phoebe@hellopareto.com
Address: 8145 Halifax Drive, Saint Louis, MO
Phone: 3144593291
Website: http://www.hellopareto.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Pareto helps startup founders overcome the distinct challenges at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey. Whether you’re exploring a new idea, launching your MVP, or scaling to 1M users, the Pareto team takes care of handling tedious or repetitive tasks.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The Intern will be responsible for (but not limited to): Business Operations and Product Development - learning and assisting with research into operations team behavior, developing strategic product roadmaps based on research, and building workflow automation to streamline team behavior.
Special Qualifications:
Understanding of product roadmaps and lifecycles through previous product management experience preferred. Company value alignment and previous experience working in a startup environment.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
The product operations/management role requires the intern to apply technical skills learned in programming courses, understanding of behavior/thinking of clients learned in psychology coursework, and analysis of data/metrics learned from mathematics/statistics coursework. The skills acquired through the interdisciplinary nature of the Cognitive Science major will allow the intern to successfully manage projects and help scale the future of Pareto’s business.
Plan Provide
Contact: Mark Lee
E-mail: mark@planprovide.com
Address: 202 Bicknell Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: 8588636533
Website: https://www.planprovide.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Plan Provide helps insurance professionals enroll seniors in their optimal Medicare plan. Founded by LA’s Mucker Capital and Techstars alum, Plan Provide is a tech startup aimed at simplifying health insurance for seniors. Those turning 65 in the US are overwhelmed by the hundreds of Medicare plans to choose from and there are no good resources to help with making this choice. We are on a mission to make Medicare simple by providing the best tools to those helping the individuals
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The marketing intern will work closely with the CEO to ultimately drive customer growth through the company’s marketing and sales efforts. Tasks include content marketing for our website, email marketing and social media. We will work with the numbers to see how things are performing using the latest analytics tools. Finally, the intern may help with data-collection tasks to enable the company to better understand overall sales and marketing performance. The intern will gain a wide exposure to various aspects of a early stage tech startup.
Special Qualifications:
Those with a technical or mathematics background will work with Python, ReactJS, and SQL. For marketing, we look for both a data-driven mindset to make sense of the numbers and a creative mentality to brainstorm ideas that can boost our growth. Healthcare and insurance are highly complex areas and will require high detail orientation.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
We use insights derived from user behavior to ultimately get the user to move through the marketing funnel. The human-computer interaction is integral to our user experience and one that is rooted in behavioral and cognitive sciences.
Purveyists
Contact: Grace Bukunmi
E-mail: info@bukunmigrace.com
Address: 9200 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: 7086465218
Website: http://www.bukunmigrace.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Purveyists is a creative collective that specializes in digital content, marketing, photography, styling, art direction, seeding, editorial and celebrity placement and creative consulting. Founded by Bukunmi Grace, the collective was created to address the artistic needs of major publication, brands, publicists, and musicians. Thus connecting the dots between established and upcoming artists and established and upcoming brands with the most adept creative tools and resources.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Purveyists seeks digital content, photography and styling interns interested in fashion, music, social entrepreneurship and leadership. Intern must have the ability to strategize and implement on-brand digital content within the publishing, fashion and music sector. Intern will be required to conceptualize creative campaigns, contact new and current clients, manage project, manage social media outreach and engagement, research market trends and organize schedules. Photo interns will be required to assist on photo shoots and help create engaging content. as well as day to day operations including administrative duties, brainstorms and content scheduling.
Special Qualifications:
Intern must be creative, highly skilled, willing to learn, computer literate, administratively adept, consistent, results driven and polite. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Entrepreneurial mindset and discerning eye for content, copy and style is a must. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Wordpress and Excel proficiency s is a +
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 12-16
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Enhances ability to work in multi-disciplinary environment while developing best system processes for organization and business development. Furthers understanding of business psychology, communication and linguistic