Mark Fishel
Professor Of NLP at University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science
Tartu, Estonia
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Top SchoolMark Fishel is a Professor of NLP with 11 years of experience leading research, teaching and collaborations in language technologies and core AI methodology from the University of Tartu in Estonia. He combines deep academic credentials (PhD in computer science) with practical engineering, having contributed localization work to Mozilla’s high-profile Common Voice project to improve Estonian speech data and interfaces. His career spans academia and industry—postdoc work in Zurich, a deputy head role at his institute, and a short-term AI consultancy—reflecting a blend of leadership, applied research and product-minded problem solving. Known for expertise across text and speech, he focuses on making large language models and language technology accessible and robust for smaller languages.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Supplementary graduate education, Natural language processing, Supplementary graduate education, Natural language processing at Nordic Graduate School of Language TechnologyComputer Science, Computer Science at Tallinna TehnikaülikoolPhD, computer science, PhD, computer science at University of Tartu
English, Russian, Estonian, Latvian, German, French
Github Skills (4)
internationalization10
localization10
crowdsourcing9
open-data8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
common-voice/common-voice
Jun 2018 - Feb 2019
Common Voice is part of Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:7 commits, 3 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Mark's commits primarily focus on updating the Estonian (et) localization files within the Common Voice project. They have added and modified translations for various interface elements, including language names, shortcut keys, and download modal text. These updates ensure the Common Voice platform is accessible and user-friendly for Estonian speakers. The changes involve modifications to the web/locales/et/messages.ftl files.
internet-freedommachinesinitiativeopen-datavoice
TartuNLP/coupled-seq2seq
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:257 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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