Research and Teaching
2017 Lecturer, co-taught ANU course on Computational and Quantitative Linguistics.
2014-Now Post-Doctoral Researcher: Wellsprings of Language Diversity project. School of Culture, History and Language, Australian National University (ANU).
2012-2014 Researcher/Asst Prof: evolution of communication. Psychology, University of Western Australia (UWA).
2011 Tutor. Psychology, UWA. Sessional contract tutoring.
2007-2010 Senior Lecturer / Assoc Professor. Linguistics, UWA.
Sessional contracts for teaching on: syntax, Optimality Theory (focus on phonology and morphology), language variation and change.
1995-1998 Lecturer. Centre for Cognitive Science (CCS), University of Edinburgh. Roles: Developed and taught postgraduate courses to MSc/PhD students Supervised research projects for MSc and PhD students Pursued research in computational linguistics, and computational models of learning Administered departmental admissions
1995 Researcher. Speech Processing Group, National Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Lisbon. Developed links between Lisbon and other Research centres in computational phonology. Developed computational models of Portuguese phonological processes.
1991-1994 Researcher, computational phonology. CCS. Development and implementation of a constraint-based model of phonology.
1991 Lecturer, with Joan Romick 2nd/3rd-year course on the history of English at UWA. Contracting and Consulting
2000-2011 Consulting programming: artificial intelligence, data processing/analysis, Website design and dynamic content delivery
2009/1 Research consultancy to John Henderson, UWA Linguistics
2000-2007 Managed own consultancy company
2003 Liaison between University of Edinburgh, interested parties in Dubai, and the United Arab Emirates Education Department in establishing the British University in Dubai
2001-2002 Research consultancy on Natural Language Processing to Edify, Edinburgh, Scotland
University Degrees
1998-1999 Diploma in Polish Language and Culture. Jagiellonian University (UJ), Kraków.
1985-1992 Ph.D, Computer Science and Linguistics. University of Western Australia.
1981-1984 B.Sc. (Hons), Pure Mathematics. Sydney University.
Academic Accomplishments
Publications: 28 in journals/refereed conference proceedings, 3 book chapters.
Presentations from 2014: 28 at conferences, 13 at workshops, 12 seminars.
Organised: 6 international workshops.
Reviewed for: 10 journals, 3 publishers, 8 conferences, 1 funding body.
Edited volumes: 3.
Served on editorial board of: 2 journals.
Member of: Association for Computing Machinery, Association for Computational Linguistics.
Supervised: 9 PhD students, 14 MSc students.
CoEDL grants: $10580 (Tech stream with 3 others), $9618 (TDG applicant), $40792 (collaborator).
Technical Foci
Mathematical: Bayesian Inference, Information Theory, Category Theory.
Computational: Computational Linguistics, Probabilistic Modelling, Functional Programming.
Extensive Programming Experience: Haskell, Python, R, JavaScript, PHP, C++, SQL.
Interests
• Languages fascinate me, and I have studied many for my own enjoyment. I am currently learning German, Hindi and Adi.
• I enjoy history, in particular where there is the most scope for deduction and imagination: prehistory, alternative histories, and science fiction with historical sweep.