Roger L
Applied Scientist at Amazon
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRoger L is an Applied Scientist with a PhD in Linguistics from the University of British Columbia and a decade of experience applying statistical and machine learning methods to language data. Based in Vancouver and currently at Amazon, he blends deep linguistic expertise with practical skills in Python for ML/NLP and R for statistical modeling and visualization. His work emphasizes rigorous analysis of linguistic phenomena using a mix of probabilistic models and modern NLP techniques, bridging research-grade methods and production-ready solutions. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex linguistic theory into reproducible experiments and interpretable models that inform product decisions. Notably, his background as a trained linguist gives him a nuanced perspective on data bias and annotation practices that improves model robustness beyond standard engineering approaches.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Linguistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Linguistics at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (27)
bayesian3
regression3
classification3
wizard3
longitudinal-data3
octave3
linguistics3
web-application3
recording2
gaussian-processes2
spatial-analysis2
survival-analysis2
django2
prediction-model2
bayesian-inference2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
YuHsiangLo/SLP-AA_new
Dec 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:122 commits, 49 PRs, 86 pushes in 6 months
PhonologicalCorpusTools/SLP-AA-old-
Mar 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:3 releases, 153 commits, 146 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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