Paul Boersma
Professor at University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolPaul Boersma is a Professor and chair of Phonetic Sciences at the University of Amsterdam with over 21 years of academic and research experience in phonetics and computational tools for speech analysis. Trained as an MSc physicist from the University of Nijmegen, he blends rigorous quantitative thinking with linguistic expertise to advance phonetic science and pedagogy. Paul contributes to the widely used open-source Praat project, improving phonetic symbol rendering, text formatting, and cross-platform compatibility, showing a hands-on commitment to tools that underpin much speech research. His long tenure at a leading European university and sustained code contributions reflect a rare mix of deep scholarship and practical software craftsmanship.
21 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Physics, MSc, Physics at University of Nijmegen
Github Skills (11)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
text-formatting10
text-format10
data-structure9
computer-engineering9
data-structures9
graphics-programming8
multiplatform7
cross-platform7
compatible7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
praat/praat.github.io
Feb 2005 - Jan 2023
Praat: Doing Phonetics By Computer
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:198 releases, 12 reviews, 4758 commits in 18 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Paul's contributions center on enhancing the Praat software by adding phonetic symbols to EPS files and improving the text formatting capabilities, specifically through changes to the sys/Graphics_text.cpp and the test/sys/graphicsText.praat. Furthermore, the user demonstrates an understanding of software compatibility by addressing Monterey compatibility concerns in the melder/MAT.cpp. The user also contributes by fixing bugs.
praatspeechphoneticsacousticsspeech-analysis
PaulBoersma/praat
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Paul's buffer for the Praat mirror
Contributions:3 releases, 28 commits, 3 PRs in 6 days
praat
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