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Croatia

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Cognitive Scientist & AI Researcher | Study Design, Statistical Analysis, Human-AI Interaction

Profile Summary

I’m a cognitive scientist and human-AI interaction designer with a background in behavioural research, psychology, and HCI. I work with research teams and organisations that need someone who can both design a study and make sense of what it produces. On the research side, I write proposals and design studies across qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods for academic, clinical, and industry contexts. On the analysis side, I work with behavioural and psychological data using SPSS, Jamovi, and Python, and write up results in a way that’s tailored toward the desired target audience. I also consult on AI implementation, helping teams figure out what inefficiencies they may be facing, and therefore what they might benefit from introducing to their work. If it’s a question about developing or optimizing a new product, again first come the questions, then collaboratively building and designing AI systems that work in a way that helps people. Previous work includes AI agent design at Mindsmiths, teaching at Vienna University of Technology, research at the University of Vienna, and an internship at the Austrian Institute of Technology.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Applied Statistics
• ★ Study Design
• ★ Human Behavior & Psychology
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Comparative Analysis
• ☆ Social Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Survey Design
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Trend Analysis
• ☆ Cognitive Science
• ☆ Human-Computer Interactions (HCI)
• ☆ Visual Perception

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research User Research, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Recipe Development, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Concept Development, Product Launch Support, Prototyping

Work Experience

Product Designer

Mindsmiths

July 2025 - Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Vienna University of Technology

February 2024 - February 2025

Research Intern

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

June 2023 - December 2023

Education

MSc (Cognitive Science)

University of Vienna

October 2022 - February 2025

BA (Psychology)

University of Zagreb

October 2018 - September 2022

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

DISSERTATION THESIS

Barbara Geld (2024). Faking It Right: Human-Likeness in Pragmatic Authenticity .