Machine Learning Engineer // Computational Linguist

Ramiz Cuthbert

Ramiz
Cuthbert

Text • Speech • Video • Image • Graphs

I build reliable Machine Learning solutions to automate repetitive tasks.

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Experience

2024 — Present
Machine Learning Engineer
· Full-time
Led a team to deliver scalable solutions for multimodal problems
PyTorch Transformers Kubernetes Python
2025 — Present
Solo Developer
sVision · Part-time
PyTorch CNN OCR LSTM Transformers
2025 — 2026
Solo Developer
BoostYourWeb · Part-time
2023 — 2024
MSc Speech & Language Processing
University of Edinburgh · Distinction
Dissertation: Improving efficiency of multimodal Transformers through Dynamic Token Pooling
AI LLMs Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Speech Synthesis Automatic Speech Recognition Reinforcement Learning
2020 — 2023
BA Linguistics
Lancaster University · 1st Class
Dissertation: A computational analysis into passive construction usage in academic British English speech & writing
Computational Linguistics Forensic Linguistics Corpus Linguistics Phonetics & Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Pragmatics Discourse

Publications

Research &
Writing

Analysing Artefacts of Synthetic Speech
Cuthbert, R. · Unpublished
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Using speech synthesis to explain automatic speaker recognition: a new application of synthetic speech.
Brown, G., Kirchhübel, C., & Cuthbert, R. · INTERSPEECH 2023
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Improving Efficiency of Speech Transformers through Dynamic Token Pooling
Cuthbert, R. · Unpublished
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Open Source Projects

01
VOD Analyser
Input: YouTube Link for Esports VOD
Output: CSV containing match data
PythonPyTorch
GitHub →
02
Wesbite Builder
RustWASM
GitHub →
03
Third Project
Keep descriptions crisp. Recruiters and engineers appreciate clarity over hype.
GogRPC
GitHub →

Writing

Blog & Notes

BERT for Distinguishing Authorship: a case for Validation over Explainability NLP Apr 2021 Analysing Artefacts of Synthetic Speech NLP Jul 2022 Improving Efficiency of Speech Transformers through Dynamic Token Pooling Transformers Sept 2023 Automatically Analysing YouTube VODs Video Mar 2024 Agentic Systems for Video Generation Agentic Oct 2024 Optimising Video Content Features RL Oct 2024 Effective approaches to Language Learning Other Jul 2024 Explainable approaches to Accent Improvement Other Jul 2024 Scalable Website Generation Other Jul 2024 Building Habits and Reaching Goals Other Jul 2024 My Stint as an Esports Coach Other Jul 2024 Road to being a runner Other Jul 2024

Skills & Tools

ML / AI

PyTorch JAX / Flax HuggingFace sklearn OpenCV NLTK

Programming Languages

Python (Expert) C++ / CUDA Go SQL Bash / Linux Javascript

Infrastructure

Kubernetes Docker GCP / AWS MLflow / W&B Terraform Git LaTeX

Research

Experiment design Paper writing Statistical analysis

Foreign Languages

English • Native French • Working Russian • Working Latin • crazy right? Arabic • Basic

Contact

Open to interesting roles
and conversations.

cuthbert.ramiz@gmail.com Twitter / X Google Scholar