Luca Cavasso
Research & IT Technician at Simon Fraser University
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolLuca Cavasso is a Research & IT Technician with eight years of experience bridging linguistics research and technical operations at Simon Fraser University. He combines strong empirical research skills—designing studies, collecting and analyzing acoustic and behavioral data—with hands-on IT work like administering cloud VMs, managing a shared MySQL participant database, and configuring specialized lab hardware such as eye trackers. Comfortable translating complex statistical findings for diverse audiences, he collaborators effectively with faculty, grad students, and undergrads to turn research questions into reproducible results. His background in multilingual linguistics and practical customer-facing roles gives him a rare blend of experimental rigor, user-centered troubleshooting, and documentation discipline that keeps labs running smoothly and research scalable.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Spanish (Hispanic Linguistics), French, Linguistics, 3.91 GPA (out of 4.0), Bachelor’s Degree, Spanish (Hispanic Linguistics), French, Linguistics, 3.91 GPA (out of 4.0) at The University of Texas at AustinMaster's degree, Linguistics, 4.11 GPA (out of 4.33), Master's degree, Linguistics, 4.11 GPA (out of 4.33) at Simon Fraser University
English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian
Github Skills (35)
sqlite10
postgresql10
mysql10
restful-api10
mariadb10
spreadsheet10
swagger10
airtable10
data-import10
rest-api10
sec9
corpus9
laravel9
low-code9
no-code9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lcavasso/Categorize_app_basel
Mar 2023 - Dec 2024
GUI to chop, categorize, and annotate short audio clips from daylong audio recordings using Lena
Contributions:12 PRs, 81 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 8 months
lcavasso/correct-onedrive-names
Sep 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:11 pushes, 6 branches, 1 comment in 22 days
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