2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Safety Research, Human Behavior Analytics
Core
Research and development on computational road user behavior models and methods for evaluating the safety of the Waymo Driver at the intersection of AI/ML and cognitive science.
Role type
Summer intern, PhD candidate in Safety Research (Human Behavior Analytics)
Builds
Computational models representing human driving behavior aspects like collision avoidance and road user interaction for the Waymo Driver.
Domain
Autonomous driving, AI/ML, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience
Deliverable
research
Required skills
Cognitive science, Neuroscience, AI, Machine learning, Computational skills (math and coding)
Preferred skills
Mechanistic interpretability research
Responsibilities
Survey state-of-the-art in digital neuroscience and mechanistic interpretability; Develop models to represent human driving behavior aspects; Explore and demonstrate interpretability of internal model mechanisms.
