Curricula Vitae
George Flint
Boston, MA;
Berkeley, CA
gflint@mit.edu
georgeflint@berkeley.edu
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Undergraduate, Class of 2026
Cognitive Sciences, 3.8
Research
Semantic gender associations and grammatical gender in word embeddings
Ongoing
EvLab, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT
Experience
Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 2023 - present
Cambridge, MA
- Directing first-authorship study on linguistic relativity in large language models
- Hypothesis: grammatical gender influences semantic gender associations of nouns in word embeddings space in gendered languages, with promising results thus far
- Assisted Interesting Brains study on brain-lesioned but phenotypically normal individuals
Instructor - University of California, Berkeley
January 2023 - May 2023
Berkeley, CA
- Sole instructor, designer for new Linguistics 198 course on Linguistic Relativity Theory.
- Class size: 50
Web Designer - Freelance
November 2018 - present
Boston, MA & Berkeley, CA
- Provided web design, graphic design, & content management systems for over two dozen clients.
- Services have been and will continue to be free for nonprofits, and pay-what-you-can (if not free) for individuals; corporations are charged.
Areas of Interest
Theoretical linguistics, linguistic relativity, grammatical gender, interaction between linguistic and nonlinguistic networks
LLMs & NLP, word embedding spaces & semantic projection
Neuroplasticity & Entropic Brain Theory, Multiple Demand Network & Language Network, Default Mode Network
Skills
Programming
Python, HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, SQL
Libraries
FastText, Numpy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, pandasDB
Research
LLMs, word embeddings, fMRI scanning and data analysis, theoretical computational linguistics
Languages
English (native), Spanish (fluent), Dutch (intermediate), Esperanto (intermediate)
Licenses & Certifications
CITI Biomedical Research Code of Conduct
May 2023, MIT
CITI Biomedical Research Investigators
May 2023, MIT
MRI Yellowbadge
May 2023, MIT
Personal Interests & Activities
Rowing, boxing (Cal Boxing Team), Muay Thai, marathons, creative/theoretical linguistics, journaling/scrapbooking, Polaroid photography calligraphy, neography, linguistic anthropology
References
Anna Ivanova
Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
annaiv@mit.edu
Carol Jenkins
Co-President and CEO of The ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality
carol@caroljenkinsmedia.com
+1 (646) 596-2550

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