Developed an integration test framework which greatly reduced the frequency of live bugs. Lead accessibility training, research, and ensured products met WCAG AA standards. Worked with team members during shared hours to plan and develop features at a high level of quality. Mentored and performed code reviews for teammates.
Lead weekly planning scrums. Developed plans to ensure new features are developed efficiantly and with high quality. Developed and maintained processes (eg CI) to ensure code quality and reliablity using tools to automate linting, testing, and code coverage requirements. Mentored and worked with team members to develop style guides, and maintain code efficiency. Participated in candidate interviews.
Work in a team to develop and maintain key client-facing software. Quickly respond to and resolve bug reports, by isolating and fixing issues in the software, or liasing with relevant team members to ensure bug resolution. Implement new features, write tests, and ensure product stability and validity. Develop features in tandem with other team members.
Lecturer and Researcher
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Oct. 2012Aug. 2014
Conducted corpus research to develop a useful understanding of context-specific language use. Developed an online learning platform for engineering students learning English. Helped design questions for the Test of English for Thai Engineers and Technologists (TETET).
An "as-simple-as-possible" pan and zoom library for canvas 2D. Optional functionality is exposed through plugins. Available as the NPM package @dougalg/pan-handler
CEEM is a student vocabulary learning tool based on applied linguistics research focusing on technical engineering vocabulary. Includes an api written in Python as well as an interactive frontend written in JavaScript.
An MacOS input method for Thai. A user can type romanized Thai, and te input method will convert it to Thai characters. This was inspired by standard Japanese input methods which use romanization. This project is no longer maintained.
A tool to help applied linguistics researchers easily perform a variety of statistical word frequency analyses against data from the British National Corpus (BNC). Visit the Key-BNC website.
The Lesson Repository
A tool for English teachers in Japan to share lesson plans and lesson materials. Developed a theme using Wordpress with file upload, and login functionality.
Education
Memorial University of Newfoundland 2008 Master’s in Computational Linguistics - Finite-state Parsing of Cayuga Morphology
Memorial University of Newfoundland 2005 Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics, minor in German
Academic
Publications
Graham, Dougal; Osment, Christopher, Interactive Web-Based Learning of Corpus-Generated Phrases in Proceedings of AsiaCALL 2013, forthcoming
Graham, Dougal, The Engineering Phrases List: Towards Teachable ESP Phrases in Proceedings of the 34th Annual ThaiTESOL International Conference, forthcoming
Graham, Dougal. Finite-state Parsing of Cayuga Morphology. MA thesis, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, 2008
Graham, Dougal. A finite-state approach to morphological segmentation of Cayuga nominals, in Proceedings of WSCLA XII: The Twelfth Workshop on the Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas, UBCWPL 21, pp 60-71, March, 2008
Conferences
The Engineering Phrases List: Towards Teachable ESP Phrases
The 34th Annual Thailand Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages International Conference (Thai TESOL 34), the Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, March 30th – April 1st, 2013
Interactive Web-Based Learning of Corpus-Generated Phrases
The Asia Computer-Assisted Language Learning Conference (AsiaCALL 2013), University of Khon Kaen, Nov 21st – Nov 23rd, 2013
Morphological Parsing of Cayuga in a Finite-state Framework
The 12th Annual Workshop on the Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA 12), University of Lethbridge, March 30th – April 1st, 2007
Awards, Honors, & Diplomas
Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, MUN 2007Graduate Research Integrity Program, MUN 2007Completed the Graduate Program in Teaching, MUN 2006Completed the Teaching Opportunities for Graduate Assistants Program, MUN 2006