Dmitry Nikolaev
Lecturer In Computational Linguistics
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDmitry Nikolaev is a Lecturer in Computational Linguistics at the University of Manchester with 11 years of research and teaching experience spanning typological linguistics, phonological typology, and the interface between linguistic typology and NLP. His work focuses on model evaluation and analysis, large-scale investigations of language contact, and classifier systems, blending rigorous linguistic theory with empirical, data-driven methods. He has held postdoctoral and research roles across Europe and Israel, bringing a strong academic track record from institutions including Stuttgart, Stockholm, and Hebrew University. Dmitry’s background in digital humanities and textual data analysis, coupled with a PhD in Philology, gives him a rare combination of computational skill and deep linguistic insight that informs reproducible evaluation practices in AI.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Literature, Master's degree, Literature at Russian State University for HumanitiesDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Philology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Philology at Russian State University for the Humanities
English, Russian, Hebrew, French, German
Github Skills (100)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
macleginn/eurasian-phonologies
Mar 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:14 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
macleginn/exploring-clmd-divergences
Apr 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:14 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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