James Tanner
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Tanner is a postdoctoral research fellow and data-driven linguist with eight years’ experience applying statistical modelling and corpus analysis to phonetics and speech science. He blends academic research at the University of Glasgow and McGill with industry practice from roles at Resemble AI and Amazon, delivering reproducible analyses and production-ready language models using R and Python. His work spans mixed-effects regression, large-scale corpus extraction, and TTS language engineering—skills that let him move smoothly between hypothesis-driven research and applied ML for speech. Notably, he combines editorial and teaching experience with hands-on scripting to communicate complex results clearly and mentor students, reflecting a rare mix of research rigor and product-oriented impact.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.), Linguistics, GPA: 3.83/4.0, Master of Arts (M.A.), Linguistics, GPA: 3.83/4.0 at McGill UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Linguistics, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Linguistics, First Class Honours at University of Kent
Github Skills (25)
acoustics10
neo4j10
speech-processing9
spade9
rest-api9
database8
api8
sql7
influxdb7
praat6
corpus6
datasets6
tuple6
speech5
bootstrapping5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
james-tanner/james-tanner.github.io
Sep 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 7 months
james-tanner/scripts
Jun 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:59 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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