Drew Curley
Ai Research Consultant at WYCLIFFE ASSOCIATES INC
Orlando, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolDrew Curley is an AI research consultant and applied linguist with nine years of experience using LLMs and deep learning to tackle translation and NLP challenges for ultra-low-resource language communities. He blends rigorous academic training—MS degrees in AI and Applied Linguistics plus doctoral work in theology and operations research—with practical engineering in Python, R, and Jupyter to deliver production-ready ML and optimization systems. Drew has led AI initiatives and academic programs at Wycliffe Associates, pioneering autoencoder-based evaluation for minority languages and integrating Bayesian MCMC and nested inference to guide decision-making under uncertainty. A former military police officer and longtime professor, he brings disciplined leadership, pedagogy, and cross-cultural field experience to complex, mission-driven projects. He's particularly focused on solutions that empower native speakers where large models are scarce, combining technical creativity with measurable organizational impact.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence at Colorado State UniversityMaster of Arts - MA, Theology/Theological Studies, Master of Arts - MA, Theology/Theological Studies at Liberty UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Operations Research, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Operations Research at Florida Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Applied Linguistics, Master of Science - MS, Applied Linguistics at East Texas A&M UniversityBachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences at North Carolina State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy, Bible and Theology, Doctor of Philosophy, Bible and Theology at Tyndale Theological Seminary
Github Skills (19)
tuple9
url-parsing9
phonetics9
lexicon8
prefix8
dictionary8
normalization8
furry8
apl8
abaqus8
agda6
spanish5
linguistics4
morphology4
equivalent3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
drew-curley/Abbott-Smith
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:6 pushes in 1 month
dictionarysmithlexiconmanual
drew-curley/autoencoding_editor
Feb 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 month
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