Michael Arrigo Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pa

As a senior research coordinator and project manager, I worked in several different capacities across multiple research programs. I primarily managed data collection and annotation efforts to advance the research and development of machine learning models for dozens of languages. I also served as primary technical liaison between the principal investigator, other project managers, and the software group; developed tools for data processing, quality assurance, and resource distribution; and provided user experience design support.𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀• Managed teams of 5-10 full-time linguists and software developers.• Defined project protocol, technical requirements, and milestones.• Developed infrastructure for data collection, annotation, and quality assurance using Python.• Prepared technical specifications for design and development of graphical user interfaces and database schemas.• Designed and maintained databases using SQL.• Represented team efforts to external sponsors and stakeholders at telecons and site visits.𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀• Led creation of several multi-language speech and text corpora to support automatic speech recognition and machine translation systems.• Developed corpus of thousands of annotated and transcribed images to train OCR systems for 35 languages.• Designed and implemented automated crowdsourcing pipeline using Boto3 (AWS SDK for Python) to compile large, annotated data sets.• Transformed and documented system of best practices for cross-functional team management.

Philadelphia, Pa

As a coordinator and lead annotator, I oversaw data collection and linguistic annotation for dozens of languages across multiple research programs focused on information extraction and machine translation, including Deep Exploration and Filtering of Text (DEFT), Broad Operational Language Translation (BOLT), and Low Resource Languages for Emergent Incidents (LORELEI). I also managed and troubleshot an automated end-to-end NLP pipeline for parallel text collection and alignment.• Developed annotation guidelines and technical requirements.• Ticketed technical needs via Jira and advised on software development.• Designed and implemented quality assurance metrics.• Carried out web scraping, lexicon development, and data processing using Python.• Hired, trained, and supervised 100+ part-time and contracted language analysts.

Philadelphia, Pa

Provided linguistic analysis, including semantic inference annotation, for data used to support human language technology research and development.

Philadelphia, Pa

Co-founded Wharton-backed technology startup that developed mobile app to capture and automatically solve math problems in images. Developed NLP pipeline using Python and NLTK to ingest and clean OCR output and parse language of given instructions to provide end users with step-by-step solutions.

Philadelphia, Pa

Made telephone solicitations to University of Pennsylvania alumni and conducted systems training with new employees. Ranked highest yielding caller, securing over $630,000 in alumni contributions.

Philadelphia, Pa

Designed and ran experiments for BOLT project on deep semantic language acquisition using robotic tactile information. Research and data collection led to Best Cognitive Robotics Paper Award and Penn Haptic Adjective Corpus.

Philadelphia, Pa

Carried out observational studies focused on understanding how children acquire language. Performed experiments that tracked eye movement patterns of infants in response to aural stimuli and coded results.

Philadelphia, Pa

Compiled audiovisual resources for Intermediate French I course and posted them to instructor’s Blackboard site.

Philadelphia, Pa

Assisted elementary- to advanced-level French students with pronunciation, grammar, and reading comprehension.

M.A., Linguistics

Thesis: Automatic Recognition of Natural and Portrayed Emotional Speech Using Linguistic Features

B.A., Cognitive Science, Linguistics

Activities and Societies: Penn Linguistics Society Graduated 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦. Dean's List (2009-2013). Mayor's Scholarship (2008-2013)..