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Drew Galbraith

Provo,UT

Summary

As a student of natural language processing (NLP), I want to train and evaluate language models for scoped, meaningful use cases. Designing a useful technology requires a keen understanding of real-world problem. I look forward to applying both technical and research skills to analyze and solve these real-world problems using NLP.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Undergraduate Researcher

BYU DRAGN Labs
12.2022 - Current
  • Cooperated with others in team-based environment to elaborate on transformer architectures for model distillation.
  • Taught 20 undergraduate students language modelling concepts over 3-month course.
  • Trained language models from ground up on remote, multi-GPU machines.
  • Developed skills in collaboration, compromise, interpersonal communication and writing through hands-on work.
  • Participated in regular meetings to discuss aspects of research and experiments.

Research Assistant

BYU Neurolinguistics Lab
  • Designed experiment using EEG to better understand linguistic phenomena among multilingual speakers.
  • Conducted preliminary hypothesis testing for neurolinguistic projects.
  • Worked both independently and collaboratively in fast-paced laboratory environment.
  • Maintained up-to-date records of research activities and results for future reference.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Linguistic Computing

Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
04.2024

Skills

  • Python/C/R
  • PyTorch
  • Research
  • Git
  • Team-Work
  • Self-Motivated
  • Project Design
  • Communication

Additional Information

Grants:

  • BYU HUM Research Grant ($3500)
  • Linguistics Experiential Learning Grant ($1200)

Timeline

Undergraduate Researcher

BYU DRAGN Labs
12.2022 - Current

Research Assistant

BYU Neurolinguistics Lab

Bachelor of Arts - Linguistic Computing

Brigham Young University
Drew Galbraith