Graduate Nike Sports Research Lab (NSRL) Data Science Internship

Qualifications

• Pursuing an advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in a quantitative discipline (Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Human Research or Sport Science, etc.) with an expected graduation of Winter 2022 or Spring/Summer 2023 

• Demonstrated experience in a programming language (e.g. Python, C++) and ML/DL frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-learn) including data synthesis, machine learning, statistical modeling or signal processing 

• Demonstrated experience with data visualization and interaction tools and frameworks (e.g. Tableau, Plotly, Streamlit, Matplotlib, d3.js)  

• Ability to read, interpret, and implement methods described in research papers, journals, and articles in signal processing, machine/deep learning, behavioral economics and related fields 

• Ability to build software tools or applications and dashboards using front-end development skills 

• Proven experience communicating technical information in written and verbal formats 

• Proven ability to sift through data, identify critical information, develop hypotheses, perform rigorous analyses, and make recommendations to broader audiences 

• Strong interpersonal skills and open to learning new tools/techniques 

• Passionate about sport, fitness, exercise science and related areas  

Preferred Qualifications 

• 2+ years of experience in a role developing predictive or explanatory models and/or experimentation processes 

• Experience with neural nets and deep architectures 

• Experience with distributed computing systems and environments (Spark, Hive, Airflow, Kubernetes etc) 

• Experience with moderate to large-scale data sets (>100GB) 

• Experience in at least one production-quality programming language (e.g. java, python, scala, C++) 

• Experience with activity recognition/classification, physiological signal processing, time-series analysis, biomechanical modeling or related areas using data captured in real-world settings 

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