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About Me

I graduated from Stony Brook University with a Master’s in Computational Linguistics in January 2021. I am interested in linguistics and its application to language technology and natural language understanding.

I have extensive experience with the Linux command line, Python for scripting and tools, and Git for version control. I’ve used the Java Speech Grammar Format (JSGF) in context-free grammar development to be used as training data for NLU machine learning models. I’ve also coordinated the training of said models, including error analysis and model accuracy evaluation.

I’ve worked with n-grams and PCFGs for language modeling, and I’ve utilized content-based filtering for recommendation software development.

I’ve also worked with multiple web development tools like Node.js, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Mustache, and jQuery to develop websites and web apps.

Some useful links

• my résumé
• my academic papers, project reports, and code repositories
• my LinkedIn profile
• my GitHub profile

Education

Year	Degree Earned	Institution
2019 – 2021	M.A. in Computational Linguistics	Stony Brook University
2016 – 2018	B.A. in Linguistics, Summa Cum Laude	Stony Brook University
2013 – 2016	Coursework in Computer Science & Japanese	Suffolk County College

Personal Projects

Project	Description
Headline Snap Toolkit	a toolkit for creating and interfacing with a database of news headlines created with Snapchat
Studying Saturdays	an automated weekly learning event that takes place in a Discord server
Custom blog engine	the backend for my blog, utilizing Node.js, Showdown.js, and Mustache.js
buzzrec	a recommendation engine for academic papers in linguistics, utilizing content-based filtering
Language modeling	a comparison of two different language modeling techniques: n-grams and PCFGs
banjospeedruns.com	the community website for the Banjo-Kazooie speedrunning community
Bingo-Toolie	a companion web app for Banjo-Tooie speedrun bingo written with jQuery
PokeQuiz	a Python package for command-line Pokémon knowledge quizzes
speedrunb0t	an IRC chatbot for Twitch.tv with Speedrun.com API integration

Publications

• 2023 “MLRegTest: A Benchmark for the Machine Learning of Regular Languages” (co-author) [abstract] [paper] [code]

Coursework

• Computational Linguistics I, II
• Computational Phonology
• Statistics for Linguists Using R
• Language & Technology
• Syntax
• Phonology
• Phonetics
• Intermediate Japanese I, II