Karin Sim
Senior Research Scientist at Language Weaver
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKarin Sim is a Senior Research Scientist based in the UK with 11 years of experience specializing in machine translation and large language models, blending academic rigor with production deployment. Currently at Language Weaver (formerly Iconic Translation Machines), she builds and refines NMT systems and practical ML pipelines informed by a PhD focus on coherence in machine translation. Her background spans industry roles from JPMorgan Chase—where she developed domain-specific NER, sentiment and summarization models—to hands-on model deployment for clients at Lingo24, showing a rare mix of research depth and operational delivery. Fluent in both technical implementation and multilingual language expertise (formerly a conference interpreter), she excels at bridging linguistic nuance and scalable engineering.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), IT Software and Systems, Master of Science (MSc), IT Software and Systems at Glasgow UniversityHeriot-Watt University Edinburgh CampusDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate, Coherence in Machine Translation, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate, Coherence in Machine Translation at The University of Sheffield
French, Finnish, GermanGithub contributions (2)
karins/CoherenceFramework
Nov 2014 - Nov 2018
Contributions:84 commits, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
karins/test
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
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