Emiel Van Miltenburg
Assistant Professor at Tilburg University
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolEmiel Van Miltenburg is an assistant professor in computational linguistics with 11 years of experience researching pragmatic factors in automatic image description and evaluation metrics for NLG/NLP. He studies how people talk about images and builds systems to generate accessible visual descriptions, combining linguistic theory (pragmatics) with practical system development and teaching. At Tilburg University he teaches research methodology, Python programming, annotation and the social implications of language technology, and contributes course material and Flask examples to an open Python-for-text-analysis repository. His work emphasizes rigorous evaluation, ethics in ML/NLP, and improving accessibility—bringing a rare mix of hands-on coding, pedagogy, and theoretical insight.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Linguistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Linguistics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)MA, Linguistics: the Study of the Language Faculty, Cum Laude, MA, Linguistics: the Study of the Language Faculty, Cum Laude at Universiteit Utrecht
English, Dutch
Github Skills (6)
jupyter-notebook10
python10
flask10
flask-ask10
web-development9
documentation8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
cltl/python-for-text-analysis
Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
If you want to use Python for text analysis, this course is for you!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:144 commits, 121 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Emiel's commits primarily involve updating and restructuring the course materials, specifically the readmes and Jupyter Notebooks (.ipynb files). They are also adding new chapters and creating examples, including those for a Flask-based website. The changes indicate a focus on developing content and implementing basic web application functionality to support the course material.
nlpnatural-language-processingpythonpython3
evanmiltenburg/dm-graphs
Feb 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:26 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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