About Me
I am Tiago Tresoldi, currently working as an Insight Analyst at Etraveli in Uppsala, Sweden, and serving as an Affiliate Researcher at the Department of Linguistics and Philology of Uppsala University.
Current Position
| Insight Analyst |
Etraveli, Uppsala, Sweden |
2024-present |
| Affiliate Researcher |
Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University |
2023-present |
Previous Positions
| Postdoctoral Researcher |
Uppsala University |
2021-2023 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher |
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena |
2018-2021 |
| Security Analyst |
Banrisul, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
2016-2018 |
| Administrative Assistant |
UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
2015-2016 |
| Italian Language Teacher |
ACIRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
2014-2015 |
Education
Ph.D. in Language / History of Literature | UFRGS, Brazil | 2018
Thesis: O Ulisses dos muitos retornos: uma história do “clássico” (The Ulysses of many returns: a history of the “classical”)
Master in Language / History of Literature | UFRGS, Brazil | 2010
Thesis: A teorização e a prática do romance histórico em “Os noivos”, de Alessandro Manzoni (Theory and fiction of the historical novel in “The Betrothed” of Alessandro Manzoni)
Bachelor in Italian Language and Culture | ICoN / Università di Pisa, Italy | 2008
Thesis: Utilizzazione di “Hidden Markov Models” ed altri modelli per il tagging dell’italiano (Usage of Hidden Markov Models and other models for the tagging of Italian)
| Bachelor in Portuguese & English |
UFRGS, Brazil |
2007 |
Research Interests
My research focuses on computational historical linguistics, particularly:
- Phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics (“phylolinguistics”)
- Sound correspondences and inference of sound changes
- Native South American languages (Tupían, Arawan families)
- Large language models in production environments
- Computer game programming (Tafl games with chess-inspired algorithms)
- Data management and stewardship in scientific research
- Reproducible research methodologies
- Digital humanities applications
Email: tiago@tresoldi.org
GitHub: tresoldi
Twitter: @tresoldi
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