JakeĀ Vasilakes
Research Associate In Natural Language Processing And Machine Learning
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolJake Vasilakes is an NLP and ML researcher with 11 years of experience applying deep learning to clinical, biomedical and speech data, now a Research Associate at the University of Sheffield. He completed a PhD in biomedical NLP at the University of Manchester after MSc-level training in speech and language processing, and has contributed to multilingual speech projects and clinical information extraction across institutions including Cambridge and Minnesota. Jake blends rigorous academic research with practical model development, focusing on improving information extraction from scientific and clinical text to make AI useful in healthcare. Based in Saint Paul, he brings a rare combination of philosophy-trained analytical thinking and hands-on technical expertise in state-of-the-art NLP methods.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Speech and Language Processing, Distinction, Master of Science (MSc), Speech and Language Processing, Distinction at The University of EdinburghDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Natural Language Processing, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Natural Language Processing at The University of ManchesterBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, 3.84/4.00 GPA, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, 3.84/4.00 GPA at Loyola University Chicago
English, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
curses6
heredoc6
shell6
rounding6
bash6
controlstructure6
python6
ascii-art6
nltk5
nlp4
natural-language-processing4
machine-learning3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jvasilakes/disentanglement-vae
Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:200 commits in 1 year
jvasilakes/nltk
Mar 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:183 commits, 61 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
nlpnatural-language-processingmachine-learningnltk
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