Ismail Prada
Project Assistant at University of Basel
Biel/Bienne, Bern, Switzerland
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Top SchoolIsmail Prada is a computational linguist and project assistant with 11 years of experience applying NLP and digital humanities methods to historical texts across Swiss universities including ETH Zürich, University of Zurich, Bern, and Basel. He blends strong Python skills with expertise in named entity enrichment, linking historical documents to authority databases (e.g., GND/Wikipedia) and supporting scholarly digital editions. Currently pursuing a doctorate in Digital Humanities while completing an MA in Computational Linguistics and History, he bridges rigorous historical training with hands-on machine learning and text-processing workflows. Based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, he’s equally at home developing research software and exploring computer game design—an unconventional hobby that informs his interest in interactive textual tools.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor's Degree, Digital Humanities, Doctor's Degree, Digital Humanities at University of BernMaster of Arts - MA, Computational Linguistics / History, Master of Arts - MA, Computational Linguistics / History at University of Zurich
Github Skills (27)
named-entity-recognition9
word-embeddings9
sequence-labeling9
natural-language-processing9
azerothcore9
sparql9
vtt9
intelligent9
nlp9
uima9
active-learning8
machine-learning8
java8
pytorch8
csharp7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
raykyn/heraldik
Sep 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 58 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 3 months
raykyn/abbrevSolver
Nov 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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