Korakot Chaovavanich
VP, AI Specialist at Kiatnakin Phatra Financial Group
Nonthaburi Province, Thailand
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Top SchoolKorakot Chaovavanich is a VP and AI specialist with nine years of experience applying AI and NLP to real-world problems, currently leading AI efforts at Kiatnakin Phatra Financial Group. Trained at Cambridge in Computer Speech and Language Processing and with a strong electrical engineering foundation from Chulalongkorn, he bridges rigorous research and production engineering. His background spans industry and academia—from senior data science roles at True Digital Group to research positions at VISTEC and NECTEC—bringing both product-focused delivery and deep technical inquiry. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core components of PyThaiNLP (tokenization, normalization, trie structures), demonstrating hands-on expertise in Thai NLP that few financial AI leads possess. Based in Nonthaburi, Thailand, he continuously explores emerging AI techniques with a pragmatic eye toward societal impact.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Computer Speech and Language Processing, Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Computer Speech and Language Processing at University of CambridgeBachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, 3.62, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, 3.62 at Chulalongkorn University
English, Thai, pali
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Github Skills (39)
python10
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nlpjs10
natural-language-processing10
google-colaboratory10
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nlp10
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Github contributions (5)
PyThaiNLP/pythainlp
Apr 2019 - Oct 2020
Thai natural language processing in Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Korakot contributed to the `pythainlp` repository by modifying core Python code related to Thai natural language processing. Their contributions included adding a tokenizer, fixing normalization rules to include edge cases, updating the trie data structure, and refactoring code by renaming variables. These changes improved the functionality and corrected bugs within the library.
nlpword-segmentationpythonthai-nlp-librarylanguage-processing
korakot/thainlp
May 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:21 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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