Shranith Linga

About me

I am currently working as a Machine Learning Engineer with IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding. On a day to day basis I focus on supporting and expanding the service into new languages and new features.

Background

Self-motivated linguist with a strong, diverse background in linguistics and cognitive science. Areas of interest include natural language processing with Deep Learning, textual sentiment analysis, machine learning methods in linguistics; hoping to direct my skills towards improving the ways humans interact with technology.

Skill Set

• Languages - C++, Python, Java, Elixir
• Tools- Tensorflow, NLTK, Git
• Operating Systems- Linux/Ubuntu, MacOS

Hobbies

I like hiking (completed five 14ers this summer), swimming and badminton.