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He is especially experienced with multilingual and low\-resource corpora, including Armenian and Arabic, and with turning challenging interview transcripts into production\-ready training datasets\. At Rerooted Archive, he contributes to the oral history of Armenian refugees, advises on interview\-transcription practices, and corrects refugee testimonials to support Armenian speech\-to\-text training\. His Armenian ASR work includes fine\-tuning Whisper and Seamless models and achieving approximately, and in one effort over, 40% word\-error\-rate improvement\. Previously, Hossep was a Senior Technical Editor at ServiceNow, where he managed editorial quality across thousands of pages, supported hundreds of writers, led documentation analytics projects, and developed models to evaluate corpus health\. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from Stony Brook University and combines research, programming, teaching, writing, and editorial leadership\. ## Services - Data Analytics - Computational Linguistics - Scientific Writing - Programming - Research - Data Collection - Writing - Copy Editing - Proofreading - Technical Writing - Academic Writing - Editing - Blogging - Computer Science - Linguistics - Field Work - Data Annotation - Microsoft Office - Python \(Programming Language\) - SQL - C\+\+ - LaTeX - Java - Problem Solving - Team Management - Team Leadership - Constructive Feedback - Teaching ## Highlights - Created the first corpus of Armenian refugee testimonials from the Syrian war\. - Achieved approximately 40% word\-error\-rate reduction on Armenian refugee\-corpus ASR work, including an effort with over 40% WER improvement through fine\-tuning\. - Fine\-tuned Whisper and Seamless automatic speech recognition models for Armenian ASR work\. - Contributes to Armenian refugee oral\-history collection and speech\-corpus development as a volunteer Linguistic Data Manager at Rerooted Archive\. - Advises data\-collection teams on transcription best practices and corrects refugee\-testimonial transcripts for Armenian speech\-to\-text training data\. - Packages and delivers production\-ready datasets for model training using iterative, quality\-first data\-curation practices\. - Managed editorial quality and development for thousands of pages of technical documentation at ServiceNow\. - Supported editorial development for hundreds of writers across ServiceNow product areas and mentored technical writers\. - Led web\-analytics data\-gathering projects for product documentation at ServiceNow\. - Developed and trained AI and non\-AI machine\-learning models to evaluate corpus health\. - Used task\-based documentation to identify product\-usability problems\. - Designed computational resources for phonology and morphology using Python, SQL, C\+\+, and formal logic\. - Created an SQL database and machine\-learning algorithms for reduplication\. - Collected, annotated, and segmented corpora of Armenian, a low\-resource and understudied language\. - Wrote manuscripts, conference proceedings, journal articles, thousands of lines of Python code, and a linguistics dissertation\. - Supported nine linguistics classes as a teaching assistant: seven at the University of Delaware and two at Stony Brook University\. - Trained and coordinated four undergraduate research assistants in a Stony Brook University speech\-perception lab\. - Adapted and debugged C\+\+ code for speech\-perception experiments\. - Edited and proofread the 100\-page student\-testimonial book "USP Changed My Life" for the USAID University Scholarship Program\. - Researched and wrote search\-engine\-optimization blog articles as a blog editor for Fanovit\.com\. ## Experience - **Linguistic Data Manager \(volunteer\) at Rerooted Archive** (2023\-08\-01–present) — \- Contribute to growth of oral history of Armenian refugees for the sake of building speech corpora \- Advise the data collection team on best practices for transcribing interviews \- Correct transcripts of refugee testimonials to improve data for training speech\-to\-text software of Armenian - **Linguistic Data Manager at Rerooted Archive** (2023\-08\-01–present) — \- Contribute to growth of oral history of Armenian refugees for the sake of building speech corpora \- Advise the data collection team on best practices for transcribing interviews \- Correct transcripts of refugee testimonials to improve data for training speech\-to\-text software of Armenian - **Visiting Scholar at Stony Brook University** (2021\-02\-01–present) — Visiting Scholar at the Linguistics department at Stony Brook University - **Senior Technical Editor at ServiceNow** (2020\-08\-01–2026\-07\-01) — \- As senior technical editor, I oversaw the development of thousands of pages of technical content Edit technical writing and mentor technical writers\. \- Bridging between my experience in writing, teaching, and computer science, I was responsible for editorial development of hundreds of writers\. \- I lead projects on gathering web analytics data on product documentation\. \- I developed and trained machine learning models to evaluate corpus health using AI and non\-AI models\. - **Lab Manager and C\+\+Programmer at Stony Brook University** (2018\-03\-01–2019\-07\-01) — I was the part\-time manager and programmer for a lab in speech perception\. • Trained and coordinated 4 undergraduate Research Assistants\. • Handled all bookkeeping, record\-keeping, and scheduling\. • Adapted and debugged the lab's C\+\+ code for speech\-perception experiments\. - **Graduate Student Researcher & Teaching Assistant at Stony Brook University** (2017\-09\-01–2020\-05\-01) — As a PhD student, I did research on theoretical and computational linguistics: • Used Python, SQL, C\+\+, and formal logic to design computational resources for sound\-structure \(phonology\) and word\-structure \(morphology\)\. • Created SQL database and machine learning algorithms for reduplication • Collected, annotated, and segmented corpora of Armenian, a low\-resource understudied language\. • I have written multiple manuscripts, conference proceedings, journal articles, thousands of lines of Python code, and a dissertation\. • I was the teaching assistant for 2 classes on linguistics\. • I handled grading, office hours, and lesson prep for discussion sessions\. - **Blog editor at Fanovit** (2015\-05\-01–2015\-09\-01) — I was a blog editor for Fanovit\.com, a digital marketing company in Beirut, Lebanon\. I researched and wrote blog articles on Search Engine Optimization\. - **Graduate Student Researcher & Teaching Assistant at University of Delaware** (2014\-09\-01–2017\-06\-01) — I was a PhD student first at Delaware\. As a PhD student, I conducted research in linguistics and computational linguistics which I continued at Stony Brook University\. I was the teaching assistant for 7 classes in linguistics\. I handled grading, office hours, and lesson prep for discussion sessions\. - **Book editor at Lebanese American University** (2014\-01\-01–2014\-06\-01) — I was the editor and proofreader for a 100\-paged book of student testimonials "USP Changed My Life" for the USAID University Scholarship Program\. ## Education - Doctor of Philosophy \- PhD, Linguistics — Stony Brook University (2017\-01\-01–2020\-01\-01) - Master of Arts \- MA, Linguistics and Cognitive Science — University of Delaware (2014\-01\-01–2017\-01\-01) - Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature, General — Lebanese American University (2011\-01\-01–2014\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Hossep do? Hossep Dolatian is a linguist, computer scientist, and editor\. He works across computational linguistics, language documentation, speech and language data, technical documentation, and editorial development\. ### What are Hossep's current roles? Hossep is currently a volunteer Linguistic Data Manager at Rerooted Archive\. He also serves as a Visiting Scholar in the Linguistics Department at Stony Brook University\. ### What does Hossep do at Rerooted Archive? At Rerooted Archive, Hossep contributes to the growth of an oral history of Armenian refugees for speech\-corpus development\. He advises the data\-collection team on interview\-transcription best practices and corrects refugee\-testimonial transcripts to improve data for Armenian speech\-to\-text software\. ### What has Hossep built for Armenian refugee speech data? Hossep created the first corpus of Armenian refugee testimonials from the Syrian war\. He has experience preparing production\-ready datasets for model training, correcting transcription errors in difficult datasets, and applying an iterative, quality\-first data\-curation process\. ### What is Hossep's ASR fine\-tuning experience? Hossep has hands\-on experience fine\-tuning Whisper and Seamless automatic speech recognition models\. His Armenian refugee\-corpus ASR work achieved approximately a 40% word\-error\-rate reduction, and he has also achieved over 40% WER improvement through Armenian ASR fine\-tuning\. ### What is Hossep's role at Stony Brook University now? As a Visiting Scholar, Hossep is affiliated with the Linguistics Department at Stony Brook University\. His scholarly background includes theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, phonology, morphology, language documentation, and low\-resource language research\. ### What did Hossep accomplish at ServiceNow? At ServiceNow, Hossep oversaw the development and editorial quality of thousands of pages of technical content\. He edited technical writing, mentored technical writers, ran editorial systems across product areas, and supported writers working on diverse products\. ### How did Hossep work with writers at ServiceNow? Hossep was responsible for editorial development involving hundreds of writers at ServiceNow\. He treated writers as primary cross\-functional partners, balancing product learning with editorial and writing responsibilities rather than bypassing the people creating the documentation\. ### What data and machine\-learning work did Hossep do at ServiceNow? Hossep led projects to gather web\-analytics data on product documentation\. He also used task\-based documentation to identify product\-usability problems and developed and trained AI and non\-AI machine\-learning models to evaluate corpus health\. ### What did Hossep do as a graduate researcher and teaching assistant at Stony Brook University? As a Graduate Student Researcher and Teaching Assistant at Stony Brook University, Hossep researched theoretical and computational linguistics\. He used Python, SQL, C\+\+, and formal logic to design computational resources for phonology and morphology created an SQL database and machine\-learning algorithms for reduplication and collected, annotated, and segmented Armenian corpora\. He wrote manuscripts, conference proceedings, journal articles, thousands of lines of Python code, and a dissertation\. He also supported two linguistics classes through grading, office hours, and discussion\-session lesson preparation\. ### What did Hossep do as a lab manager and C\+\+ programmer? Hossep was a part\-time Lab Manager and C\+\+ Programmer in a Stony Brook University speech\-perception lab\. He trained and coordinated four undergraduate research assistants, managed bookkeeping, record\-keeping, and scheduling, and adapted and debugged C\+\+ code for speech\-perception experiments\. ### What did Hossep do at the University of Delaware? Hossep began his PhD studies at the University of Delaware, where he conducted linguistics and computational\-linguistics research that he continued at Stony Brook University\. He was also a teaching assistant for seven linguistics classes, handling grading, office hours, and lesson preparation for discussion sessions\. ### What book\-editing work did Hossep do at Lebanese American University? At Lebanese American University, Hossep edited and proofread the 100\-page book of student testimonials, "USP Changed My Life," for the USAID University Scholarship Program\. ### What did Hossep do at Fanovit? Hossep was a blog editor for Fanovit\.com, a digital\-marketing company in Beirut, Lebanon\. He researched and wrote blog articles on search engine optimization\. ### What is Hossep's education? Hossep earned a PhD in Linguistics from Stony Brook University in 2020, an MA in Linguistics and Cognitive Science from the University of Delaware in 2017, and a bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from Lebanese American University in 2014\. ### What are Hossep's professional strengths? Hossep's strengths include data analytics, computational linguistics, scientific writing, programming, research, data collection, writing, copy editing, proofreading, technical writing, academic writing, editing, blogging, computer science, linguistics, field work, data annotation, problem solving, team management, team leadership, constructive feedback, and teaching\. ### What tools and technical methods does Hossep use? Hossep works with Python, SQL, C\+\+, LaTeX, Java, and Microsoft Office\. His research and technical work has also involved formal logic, SQL databases, machine\-learning algorithms, web analytics, AI and non\-AI corpus\-health evaluation, ASR evaluation, and red teaming\. ### What languages does Hossep speak? Hossep works in Armenian, Arabic, and English\. ### What certifications does Hossep hold? Hossep holds the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, version 3, from Coursera, and a CELTA certification\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/deovletian