WLSP Career Workshop: Data Science for Linguists

Description

Join us for a dynamic and interactive workshop hosted by Marina Sánchez Torrón, Linguistic Engineer at Smartling, who will give you a peek behind the curtain into the world of data science.

In this session, we'll explore basic data analysis techniques, visualization methods, and how to extract meaningful insights from linguistic data. Through a live demonstration, you'll see how these data science approaches can reveal patterns in linguistic data. This demo is ideal for beginners curious about data science applications or linguistics enthusiasts interested in analytical approaches to their field.

Meet the host:

Marina Sánchez Torrón | Linguistic Engineer at Smartling
Marina is a Linguistic Engineer at Smartling with over 20 years of experience in the language industry, having worked as a translator, a computational linguist, and a language analyst. She holds a Ph.D. in Translation Studies from The University of Auckland. Her expertise spans Translation Quality, User Experience, and AI, and her research interests focus on the application of AI technologies to optimize translation workflows and enhance translation productivity.