Psychology 195B: Fieldwork in Cognitive Science
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.
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.
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.
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.
Research Assistant at Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies
Contact: Nicco Reggente, Ph.D.
E-mail: nicco@advancedconsciousness.org
Address: 2811 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 510 Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: 3109079216
Website: https://www.advancedconsciousness.org
Description of Organization and Population Served:
We leverage neuroimaging, neuromodulation, neurofeedback and virtual reality to assist individuals with transitioning into personalized, favorable states of consciousness.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The intern will serve as a Research Assistant to the Principal Investigator in scheduling participants, issuing behavioral questionnaires, preparing EEG and stimulus presentation software, and assisting with data organization and analysis.
Special Qualifications:
Experience with EEG and Python is a bonus. Otherwise, no special qualifications. All training will be provided on-site.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 8
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Our protocols are centered around determining neural correlates of consciousness and using neurofeedback and neuromodulation to re-instantiate those correlates.
Rice Games
Contact: Julian Rice
E-mail: julian@ricegames.net
Address: 11210 W Sardis Ave #202 Los Angeles CA 90064
Phone: 4157062315
Website: http://www.ricegames.net
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Rice Games is a brand new indie game studio filled with entrepreneurial spirits that are looking to design and create video games that change the industry. Founded in September 2018, Rice Games is a lean startup that may still be in its infancy, but is looking to enthrall core gamers and language learners alike through their first project, Shujinkou.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Interns will be able to gain skills in this unique dual internship, spending odd weeks learning about entrepreneurial marketing and social media data analysis, and spending even weeks working on small, but complex video game projects that will help develop a mind for game logic, proper design, and clean and efficient programming. The final will be a multipage single-spaced essay that will consist of research on appealing and creating new markets, as well as portions on efficient programming and the steps behind designing a fun to play video game.
Special Qualifications:
Interns should be familiar with some programming language (C++ preferred, basic knowledge of classes), with at least PIC10A completed. Skilled writers and those that are passionate with numbers and video games is a plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-15
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Understanding the relationship between a person's known interests and unknown interests is a key component in designing video games that attempt to appeal not only to core gamers, but to new markets as well. Using visual stimuli and storytelling within Rice Games' projects will be able to invoke emotions from players, and one big goal of this internship is to find ways to bring out many emotions from the player. Further developing programming logic and intuition through video game programming will allow the Intern to become a more proficient programmer, and data analysis and advanced topics such as Machine Learning and Computational Linguistics will become easier to pick up.
Rydeen Mobile Electronics
Contact: Joy Yang
E-mail: jyang@rydeenmobile.com
Address: 2701 Plaza del Amo # 705, Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: (310) 787-7880
Website: https://rydeenmobile.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Rydeen is a mobile electronics manufacturer that specializes in automotive safety. Rydeen's mission is to provide the safest vehicle driving experience with solution-based products and technologies. Here at Rydeen, we are aiming for zero auto accidents & auto thefts, thus creating "peace of mind every day" to drivers worldwide!
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Here at Rydeen, we pride ourselves on creating cutting-edge technology in order to keep drivers safe. As an intern at Rydeen, you will be tasked with creating and executing new ideas based on automotive safety. An example of a project would be assisting in creating UI for automated cars that people can easily understand and learn. Interns are expected to communicate well with their team and contribute to new ideas for automotive products.
Special Qualifications:
An ideal candidate for this position would be one who is communicative and willing to learn. We do not expect you to be an expert at coding, but we do expect that you are making an effort to expand on your skills and learn. As an intern at Rydeen, you will be tasked with not only technical work but also communication and interpersonal skills.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
At Rydeen, we emphasize the importance of the connection between the user and technology. We believe that Cognitive Science students perfectly fit into this belief as many of your courses have taught you to think in multidisciplinary ways. This internship will help students understand human interaction with technology by allowing them to explore and create new technological ideas for automotive safety.
Software Development Internship with Formosi
Contact: Stephen Pemberton
E-mail: frontdesk@formosi.com
Address: 2150 Park Pl #100, El Segundo, CA 90245
Phone: (310) 562-6207
Website: https://www.formosi.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Formosi is the premier beauty and marketing agency in the greater Los Angeles area. We serve as the bridge that connects consumers to health and beauty professionals.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Formosi is looking for software engineers to build online services that connect users to beauty and health professionals. Prospective interns should be eager to learn, work well in team settings, and have a sense of responsibility. We have positions available in various aspects of software development. Web development team uses React JS to create responsive webpages. Mobile development team uses SwiftUI to develop iOS apps. Backend team uses Spring framework to build reliable services. Depending on intern’s profile and preference, he or she will be placed in one of the development teams.
Special Qualifications:
Interns should have general knowledge of programming and be proficient in at least one modern programming language. However, they can learn about the specific tools we use during their internship.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 16
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Interns are required to not only create services using computer science fundamentals but also use psychology knowledge to develop user-friendly interaction patterns. This internship allows students to practice the psychology and computer science they acquired in their Cognitive Science courses.
The Integrated Clinic
Contact: Lev Gottlieb, PhD
E-mail: Admin@TheIntegratedClinic.com
Address: 2811 Wilshire Blvd Suites 680, 690, & 790, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (424) 226-6128
Website: https://www.theintegratedclinic.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
The Integrated Clinic provides client-centered, collaborative, coordinated care to clients, leveraging the latest advances in neuroscience and technology in order to foster health, wellness, and performance. Our team comprises leading clinicians and researchers from allied fields including neuropsychology, cognitive rehabilitation, sleep & behavioral medicine, biofeedback, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, educational therapy, and nutritional counseling. Together, we work synergistically to offer scientifically-informed and seamless care that promotes patient outcomes.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
This internship will involve interns in applied science and media/technology within an interdisciplinary health and wellness clinic. Roles may include business development, market research, UX/UI design, social media, video editing and production, website and newsletter management, provider outreach, administrative and back-end support, and data informatics and analytics.
Special Qualifications:
No special qualifications are required. However the intern must be motivated and diligent. Creative and entrepreneurial interest would be additive. Familiarity with technology and/or media would also be helpful. Relevant computer skills: Python, HTML, Heroku, AWS, Google Drive, Squarespace, Slack, Jira, Miro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro, Canva, Firebase, Xcode, GitHub, GitLab, social media platforms.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Our Clinic is guided by the study of brain-behavior relationships--comprising functional neuroanatomy and the study of thought, learning, and mental organization--and thus by definition relates to cognitive science.
Tutorfly Software Development OR Strategic Growth Intern
Contact: Alejandro Mendoza (Software Development) | Parsa Rezvani (Strategic Growth)
E-mail: info@tutorfly.org
Address: 200 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (424) 653-6159
Website: https://www.tutorfly.org
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Tutorfly is an education technology platform that is working to level the access to educational help outside of the classroom, specifically through peer tutoring. We focus on sourcing high school and university students as peer tutors, 20% of whom decide to volunteer to raise money for local charities and PTA groups. We have over 1,200 tutors on the platform that use our web and mobile apps to connect with clients.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
You can choose one of the two roles to apply for: Software Development: -Work with our CTO to design and implement changes to the Tutorfly site. Strategic Growth: -Use various techniques to drive traffic to our website, with the ultimate goal of increasing user acquisition. -Identify and optimize growth channels -Create lasting symbiotic partnerships with various groups.
Special Qualifications:
Software Development: -You should be well versed in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills. -Knowledge of the Material UI framework (front end) as well as express/GraphQL (back end) is preferred too. User Acquisition: Willing and able to forge relationships with complementary groups of teachers, parents, and students. -Experience with as many of the frameworks as possible from the following book: TRACTION: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers. By: Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares. Both: -Have tutoring experience and great communication skills. -Comfortable asking questions and learning at a rapid pace.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 15
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
For both positions listed above, it's imperative to always understand what leads a customer to wanting to schedule a tutoring session. In most cases, our customers are parents, but parents have a wide array of different behaviors based upon a slew of factors. Through user surveys, research, analyzing data, and applying techniques learned in the classroom, interns should use their cognitive science studies to propel their work forward in this internship.
Instructional Design Internship (Environment, Health and Safety)
Contact: Karin Wasler
E-mail: kwasler@ehs.ucla.edu
Address: 501 Westwood Plaza, 4th Floor, Box 951605
Phone: 3107945669
Website: https://ehs.ucla.edu/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
EH&S Training designs safety-based web and mobile learning, videos and classroom training for campus employees using eLearning tools and strategies. Our programs educate UCLA personnel in identifying workplace hazards and reducing accidents and exposure to harmful situations and substances (think earthquakes, fires, explosions, and workplace injuries).
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The Instructional Design Internship is a remote, paid internship that partners cognitive science students with the EH&S Training Team and Subject Matter Experts to create effective online instruction, presentations, videos and/or graphics. You will learn the instructional design process for an educational program as you create new e-learning modules and presentations, convert pre-existing modules to UCLA-specific content, create videos or design graphics. Interns available for two quarters are highly preferred. Internship positions are limited to students not employed by other UCLA departments.
Special Qualifications:
EH&S uses Articulate Storyline to create elearning modules, so a familiarity with video editing and design software (or a strong motivation to learn them) is required. Other strongly desired qualifications include: excellent communication/presentation skills; experience in tutoring or teaching; proficiency with Microsoft Office, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator/Premiere Pro, Figma, Canva, Zoom a plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-19
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Effective eLearning, videos and in-person training draw from knowledge of how people learn and absorb information. Put your classroom education to work as you help us design instructional materials and videos.