Education
M.Sc. - Computer Science | 2018 - Present | Université de Montréal
- Professional Masters in Machine Learning under the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms
B.A.&Sc., First Class Honours - Cognitive Science | 2014 - 2018 | McGill University
- Major streams: Linguistics and Computer Science, with an additional focus in Neuroscience
- Minor: German Language
- Related coursework: See coursework
- Honours project: Implementation of neural networks into a forced phonetic alignment system
- Supervisor: Morgan Sonderegger
International Baccalaureate Diploma | 2010 - 2014 | Garland High School
- Related coursework: Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Psychology (extensive empirical experience in experimental design, data manipulation, and statistical processing)
Skills & Abilities
- Programming/Scripting: Python, Java, C, Bash, R, Javascript, JQuery, PHP, Lua
- Frameworks/Tools: Unix, Git, Praat, Kaldi, Unisyn, Excel, nltk, scikit-learn, Tensorflow
- Design: HTML, CSS, Photoshop, LaTeX
Experience
Research Assistant | Montreal Computational & Quantitative Linguistics Lab | 2017 - Present
- Developed data-preprocessing pipelines used to prepare corpora for forced phonetic alignment
- Developed modifications to existing forced-alignment software to account for new input formats and new speaker accents, and refined eventual alignments of large corpora
- Implemented an algorithm to automatically measure vowel formants of all vowels in a corpus, in the context of a corpus database system
- Assisted in version control, unit testing, and benchmarking of new algorithms and features
- Created and maintained extensive documentation for all pipeline procedures and new scripts
Freelance Web Developer | Tamy Christ Studios | 2017 - Present
- Constructed a commercial website for a small business client
- Interfaced with and consulted client regarding marketing, communications, and consumer outreach
- Implemented server-side architecture to allow easy configuration by the client
Linguistics Tutor | Society of Linguistics Undergraduates of McGill | 2016 - 2017
- Tutored linguistics undergraduates one-on-one in phonetics, acoustic analysis, and syntax
- Prepared and led group review sessions for course materials in these domains
Volunteer Research Assistant | McGill Infant Development Center | 2015 - 2016
- Developed and debugged scripts for acoustic analysis of mass datasets to be used for experimental stimuli
- Assisted in version control and testing of experimental pilot programs
- Managed and performed analysis on Excel-based participant databases
- Maintained phone, email, and in-person communications (in English and French) and their records
- Performed collection of language processing and acquisition data on adult participants
International Baccalaureate Tutor | Lower Canada College | 2014 - 2015
- Tutored high school students one-on-one in epistemology, mathematics, and chemistry (including data processing techniques)