Patrick Chu, PhD

Experienced Data Scientist and Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in various Asian and Souteast Asian languages, experimental design, eyetracking and neuroscience (ERP) research and data analysis and natural language processing using R and Python. Strong research professional with a PhD focused in Psychology and Linguistics from University of New South Wales. I am open for any data science contractual work in Hong Kong or overseas.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia (2009-2013)  
(Thesis: Interlanguage Speech Intelligibility Benefit: Implications for a Model of Second Language Word Production and Recognition  
Supervisor: Prof. Marcus Taft)

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (1st class) (2002-2006)
(Minor in Business Administration and Japanese Studies)
(Thesis: The Perception of Cantonese Codas by Native Speakers of Cantonese and Mandarin 
Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Lee).

Research interests

  1. Phonetics and psycholinguistics
  2. Cantonese tone
  3. L1 and L2 Spoken word recognition (Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay/ Indonesian and English)
  4. Interlanguage Speech Intelligibility Benefit
  5. Second language phonology and accent perception and adaptation
  6. Speech production and perception in infants and adults
  7. Phonological acquisition in monolingual and bilingual children
  8. Music cognition
  9. Digital humanities
  10. Entrepreneurship, Belt and Road initiative and big data analysis

Technical skills

Programming languages                    :     R, Python
Statistical software                              :    SPSS
Mobile and web development             :    Django, Flask, Javascript, JQuery, iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin)
Phonetic software                               :    Praat, Audacity
Experimental software                        :    DMDX, E-Prime, Inquisit
EEG hardware and software               :    ANT Neuro, EEGLAB, ERPLAB
Eye-tracking hardware and software   :    Tobii X300, Tobii X120, Tobii Studio

Languages

Chinese (Cantonese)        :     Native
Chinese (Mandarin)           :     Intermediate
English                               :     Advanced   (IELTS (Academic) 7.5 achieved in April 2008)
Japanese                           :     Intermediate (Pass in Japanese Proficiency Test Level 2 in December 2005)
Korean                               :     Upper-Intermediate
Thai                                    :     Lower-intermediate
Vietnamese                        :     Lower-intermediate
Malay/ Bahasa Indonesian :    Lower-intermediate


Last updated: 9/5/2018