Ross McDonald

Ross McDonald

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Information Analyst @ Public Health Scotland

  • Education

    • The University of Edinburgh

      2021 - 2022
      Master of Science - MSc Speech and Language Processing

      An interdisciplinary programme that combined linguistics, computer science, engineering and psychology. Topics covered included Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, NLP, Automatic Speech Recognition, Data Analytics and UX.Dissertation project: "Automated Classification of Speaker Accent" in conjunction with Cisco/WebExCourses:•Accelerated Natural Language Processing•Automatic Speech Recognition•Natural Language Understanding, Generation, and Machine… Show more An interdisciplinary programme that combined linguistics, computer science, engineering and psychology. Topics covered included Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, NLP, Automatic Speech Recognition, Data Analytics and UX.Dissertation project: "Automated Classification of Speaker Accent" in conjunction with Cisco/WebExCourses:•Accelerated Natural Language Processing•Automatic Speech Recognition•Natural Language Understanding, Generation, and Machine Translation•Research Ethics Training in Linguistics & English Language•Speech Processing•Algorithms and Data Structures•Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing•Reinforcement Learning•The Human Factor: Working with Users•Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R Show less

    • The Open University

      2016 - 2020
      Bachelor of Arts - BA HISTORY 2:1
  • Experience

    • Freelance

      May 2020 - Dec 2022
      Freelance Developer
    • 8 Million Stories Ltd

      Aug 2020 - May 2021
      Web Developer
    • Webex

      Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
      Machine Learning Research Student

      MSc Dissertation Project: Automated Classification of Speaker Accent

    • Code First Girls

      Nov 2022 - May 2023
      Instructor

      Instructor on the Python & Apps course and Data & SQL

    • Public Health Scotland

      Jun 2023 - now
      Information Analyst
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by CodeYourFuture on Dec 2020
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    • Instructor

      Issued by Code First Girls on Aug 2022
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