About

Broadly, I’m an interdisciplinary data scientist with special interests in psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, statistics, and Japanese. More specifically, I apply statistical and natural language processing techniques to solve problems and enrich my and my team’s understanding of whatever data is at hand. I bring a strong statistical background to my work, whether in the form of data handling, ad-hoc statistical analyses, or machine learning applications.



Skills / Stack

Statistics [●●●●●●●●○○]
python, R, julia, hypothesis testing, bayesian modeling, GLM/SEM/MLM, MCMC methods

Data Analysis [●●●●●●●●○○]
python, R, pandas, numpy, tidyverse

Machine Learning [●●●●●●●○○○]
scikit-learn, tensorflow, (un)supervised learning, clustering, generative models, RAG, prompt engineering, NLP, embedding methods

Data Reporting [●●●●●●○○○○]
static & interactive reports, dashboards, data visualization, matplotlib, plotly, LookerStudio

Data Management [●●●●●○○○○○]
data cleaning, data collection, (No)SQL, BigQuery

Knowledge Management [●●●●○○○○○○]
document processing, ontologies, knowledge graphs



In addition to the above data science skills, I’ve also got:

Research [●●●●●●●●○○]
research/experimental design, scientific writing, technical reporting

Conversational Design [●●●●●●○○○○]
Google CCAI/Dialogflow, NLU, chatbot integration

Misc Programming [●●●●●○○○○○]
go, ruby, linux, git & its myriad hosting services

Japanese [●●●●●○○○○○]
immersion, teaching, professional communication

Cloud Platforms [●●●○○○○○○○]
Google Cloud Platform, Azure



Interests

Speech Processing
speech intelligibility, phonology, emotional word characteristics

Bilingualism
language acquisition, L2 phoneme processing

Natural Language Processing
word & sentence embedding, unsupervised learning, document classification

Statistical Methods
Bayesian modeling, MCMC simulation, clustering


 

Ryan Hildebrandt

Data Scientist, etc.