Valentin Richard
PhD Student at University of Amsterdam
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Grand Est, France
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Top SchoolValentin Richard is a PhD student in computer science specializing in computational linguistics, with eight years of research and programming experience gained through top French institutions including École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay and Université de Paris. His work focuses on the syntax-semantics interface—designing and analyzing models that compute sentence meaning from word meanings and structure—combining formal linguistic theory with practical implementation in Python and OCaml. Currently affiliated with Université de Lorraine and the University of Amsterdam, he bridges rigorous academic research with collaborative projects and interdisciplinary thinking. Beyond academia, he has engaged with civic tech and environmental finance initiatives, reflecting an interest in applying technical skills to social and ecological challenges.
8 years of coding experience
Lycée ChateaubriandBaccalauréat, Baccalauréat at Lycée Jeanne d'ArcMaster 2, Computational linguistics, Master 2, Computational linguistics at Université de ParisComputer science master, Computer Science, Computer science bachelor, highest honours mention, Computer science master, Computer Science, Computer science bachelor, highest honours mention at École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
French, English, German
Github Skills (4)
openfst9
lexicon9
speech-to-text7
speech-recognition6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Valrictin/CL-Benchmarking
May 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:109 commits, 108 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
Valentin-D-Richard/Valentin-D-Richard.github.io
Sep 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:148 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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