Research Intern
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Job Description
About Tableau Research:
Tableau Research is an industrial research team dedicated to Tableau’s mission of helping people see and understand data. They function as a world-class industry research lab, collaborating with internal teams and academia to foster innovation and act as thought leaders in data and analytics. Their work generates ideas that influence, drive, or significantly change Tableau’s product offerings. They actively publish and participate in top-tier academic conferences and journals.
Job Description: Research Internship
A Tableau Research internship involves a collaborative project defined by the intern and their mentor. The project aims to advance the intern’s research career and inspire Tableau & Salesforce with innovative ideas for future product development. The internship offers opportunities to explore industry research, gain insights into product development, and potentially publish work at top academic conferences.
Responsibilities:
• Project Collaboration: Daily meetings with a mentor to plan and manage the research project. Regular presentations and updates at team meetings.
• Research Activities: This may involve designing and/or prototyping, conducting user studies, data analysis, statistical modeling, and UX/UI design depending on the project.
• Deliverables: Creation of a final presentation and written report detailing the project’s findings. Potential co-authorship of an academic paper extending beyond the internship.
• Technical Skills (depending on project): Strong programming skills (e.g., D3/JavaScript, Python, R, C++, C#, Java, Go), experience with user studies (design, data collection, analysis), statistical modeling skills (data wrangling, model validation, uncertainty assessment), or a UX/interaction/visualization design portfolio.
Research Topics: The internship may focus on various areas, including:
• Visual Analytics
• Conversational Analytics
• Semantics & Data Preparation
• Human-Computer & Multi-modal Interaction
• Machine Learning
• AI/LLMs
Qualifications:
• Alignment with Tableau’s Mission: A passion for research that aligns with Tableau’s mission.
• Academic Standing: A PhD student in good standing with at least two years of research and publishing experience in high-quality conference and journal venues (e.g., VIS, EuroVis, IUI, CHI, CSCW, UIST, AAAI, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS).
• Technical Proficiency: Strong technical skills relevant to the chosen project (programming, user studies, statistical modeling, UX/UI design).
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Executive Skills: Diligence, responsibility, effective time management, ability to balance independent work with deadlines, and prioritization skills.
• Prior Internship Experience: A plus, but not required.
