Benedikt Heller

Hello there,

My name is Benedikt Heller, and I am a data scientist. I am passionate about machine learning, data visualization, and the programming language R.

I studied linguistics, psychology, and sociology, finishing my Ph.D. in 2018. Before I became a full-time data scientist, I worked in academia.

	Since Aug 2018	Data Science Consultant
	Feb-July 2018	Postdoctoral researcher at Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany)
	Feb 2018	Ph.D. Quantitative Linguistics
	Sep–Dec 2016	Visiting Scholar at University of California, Santa Barbara (supervised by Prof. Dr. Stefan Th. Gries)
	May 2015	Winner of John Sinclair Prize for the excellence of the research paper “Cross-varietal patterns in the English genitive alternation: A pilot study”
	Feb 2014–Jan 2018	Ph.D. Fellow at QLVL (supervised by Prof. Dr. Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Dr. Jason Grafmiller, and Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee)
	Mar–Aug 2013	Tutor and Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Carolin Biewer
	Jan 2010–Feb 2013	Student Assistant to Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee and Prof. Dr. Carolin Biewer
	Mar 2013	M.A. Linguistics, Psychology, Sociology
	Aug–Sep 2007	Intern at German European School in Singapore
	Oct 2006–Feb 2013	Studied linguistics, psychology and sociology

2018

• Tamaredo, Iván, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Jason Grafmiller, Benedikt Heller & Melanie Röthlisberger. Measuring the variational homogeneity of English as a world language: Probabilistic indigenization effects in four syntactic alternations. ICAME 39, Tampere, 1 June 2018.
• Heller, Benedikt. Performing multifactorial linguistic analyses with R. Workshop given at the University of Colombo (Sri Lanka), 28 March 2018.
• Heller, Benedikt. Working with Corpora: ICE-SL Project Progress and Introduction to Corpus-Linguistic Analysis. Presentation and workshop given at the University of Colombo (Sri Lanka), 26 March 2018.
• Heller, Benedikt. Stability and Fluidity in Syntactic Variation World-Wide: The Genitive Alternation In Varieties of English. Invited talk given at the University of Trier, 24 January 2018.

2017

• Heller, Benedikt. The Genitive Alternation in Varieties of English. Doctoral maxi presentation given at KU Leuven, 29 September 2017.
• Gries, Stefan Th., Tobias Bernaisch & Benedikt Heller. A corpus-linguistic account of the history of the genitive alternation in Singapore English: evidence for the transition from nativisation to endonormativity? Invited talk given at the University of Trier, 25 October 2017.
• Hansen, Beke & Benedikt Heller. Expansion of the s-genitive in World Englishes. 7th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English, Vigo, 28–30 September 2017.
• Heller, Benedikt, Tobias Bernaisch & Stefan Th. Gries. A corpus-linguistic account of the history of the genitive alternation in Singapore English: evidence for the transition from nativisation to endonormativity? ICAME 38, Prague, 24–28 May 2017.

2016

• Bernaisch, Tobias, Stefan Th. Gries & Benedikt Heller. Epicentres in South and South-East Asian Englishes: Empirical Perspectives. Presented at VEIP 2, Freiburg, 6–7 June 2016.
• Heller, Benedikt, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Jason Grafmiller & Melanie Röthlisberger. Syntactic Variation and Probabilistic Indigenization in World Englishes. Presented at ICAME 37, Hong Kong, 25–29 May 2016.
• Gries, Stefan Th., Benedikt Heller & Tobias Bernaisch. Epicentres in South and South-East Asian Englishes: Empirical Perspectives. Presented at ICAME 37, Hong Kong, 25–29 May 2016.
• Grafmiller, Jason, Benedikt Heller, Melanie Röthlisberger & Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Syntactic variation and probabilistic indigenization in World Englishes. New Ways of Analzying Syntactic Variation, Ghent, 19–20 May 2016.
• Röthlisberger, Melanie, Jason Grafmiller, Benedikt Heller & Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Syntactic variation, probabilistic indigenization, and World Englishes. Presented at BKL Taaldag, Louvain-la-Neuve, 13 May 2016.
• Heller, Benedikt. Stability and Fluidity: Genitive Variation Across Varieties of English. Presented at Probabilistic variation across dialects and varieties, Leuven, 4–5 April 2016.
• Grafmiller, Jason, Melanie Röthlisberger, Benedikt Heller & Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Syntactic variation as a measure of probabilistic indigenization in global varieties of English. The Annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Washington D.C, 7–10 January 2016.

2015

• Heller, Benedikt & Melanie Röthlisberger. Big data on trial: Researching syntactic alternations in GloWbE and ICE. Presented at From Data to Evidence (d2e), Helsinki, 19–22 October 2015.
• Röthlisberger, Melanie, Jason Grafmiller, Benedikt Heller & Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. What choice(s) do we have? Processing and contextual constraints on syntactic variation across the globe. Presented at IAWE 21, Istanbul, 8–10 October 2015.
• Heller, Benedikt. Cross-Varietal Patterns in the English Genitive Alternation: A Pilot Study. Presented at ICAME 36, Trier, 27–31 May 2015.
• Szmrecsanyi, Benedikt, Jason Grafmiller, Benedikt Heller & Melanie Röthlisberger. Probabilistic variation in a comparative perspective: the grammar of varieties of English. Presented at ICLAVE 8, Leipzig, 27–29 May 2015.

2014

• Heller, Benedikt. Genitive Variation in English: Development, Factors, and Operationalization. Guest lecture at the University of Marburg (Germany), 27 November 2014.
• Heller, Benedikt. The Genitive Alternation in Varieties of English. Presented at PhD Day, Leuven (Belgium), 19 September 2014.
• Grafmiller, Jason, Benedikt Heller, Melanie Röthlisberger & Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Exploring probabilistic grammar(s) in varieties of English around the world. Poster presented at ISLE 3, Zurich, 24–27 August 2014.
• Grafmiller, Jason, Benedikt Heller, Melanie Röthlisberger & Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Exploring probabilistic grammar(s) in varieties of English around the world (WiP). Presented at ICAME 35, Nottingham, 30 April–4 May 2014.
• Biewer, Carolin, Tobias Bernaisch, Mike Berger & Benedikt Heller. Compiling The Diachronic Corpus of Hong Kong English: Motivation, Progress and Challenges. Poster presented at ICAME 35, Nottingham, 30 April–4 May 2014.
• Heller, Benedikt. Automatic N-Gram Analysis (ANGA) on the Basis of Biber et al.’s (1999) Lexical Bundle Categories (WiP). Presented at ICAME 35, Nottingham, 30 April–4 May 2014.

2011

• Saage, Sven, Viktoria Künstler & Benedikt Heller. Englisch als lingua franca: Zur Nutzung von Mehrworteinheiten in Foren, Blogs, Homepages und Wikis. Presented at LOEWE-Doktorand/innen-Ringvorlesung, Giessen, 11 May 2011.

To Appear

• Gries, Stefan Th., Tobias Bernaisch & Benedikt Heller: A corpus-linguistic account of the history of the genitive alternation in Singapore English. In: Deshors, Sandra C. (Ed.). Modeling World Englishes: Assessing the interplay of emancipation and globalization of ESL varieties. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
• Heller, Benedikt & Benedikt Szmrecsanyi: Possessives World-Wide: Genitive Variation in Varieties of English.

2018

• Grafmiller, Jason, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Melanie Röthlisberger & Benedikt Heller: General introduction: A comparative perspective on probabilistic variation in grammar. Glossa 3(1).
• Heller, Benedikt: Stability and Fluidity in Syntactic Variation World-Wide. The Genitive Alternation Across Varieties of English. KU Leuven: Ph.D. dissertation.

2017

• Grafmiller, Jason, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Melanie Röthlisberger & Benedikt Heller (eds.): Probabilistic grammars: Syntactic variation in a comparative perspective. Special Collection in Glossa.
• Heller, Benedikt, Tobias Bernaisch & Stefan Th. Gries: Empirical Perspectives on Two Potential Epicenters: The Genitive Alternation in Asian Englishes. ICAME Journal 41 (1). 33–66.
• Heller, Benedikt, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi & Jason Grafmiller: Stability and Fluidity in Syntactic Variation World-Wide: The Genitive Alternation Across Varieties of English. Journal of English Linguistics 45 (1). 3–27.

2016

• Szmrecsanyi, Benedikt, Jason Grafmiller, Benedikt Heller & Melanie Röthlisberger: Around the World in Three Alternations: Modeling Syntactic Variation in Varieties of English. English World-Wide 37 (2). 109–137.

2018

Forensic Linguistics

2017

F0XX6A: English Linguistics III: Special Topics: Varieties of English around the world. Bachelor course, co-taught with Benedikt Szmrecsanyi & Melanie Röthlisberger. KU Leuven.

2016

F0XX6A: English Linguistics III: Special Topics: Varieties of English around the world. Bachelor course, co-taught with Benedikt Szmrecsanyi & Melanie Röthlisberger. KU Leuven.

2014/2015

F0AE3A: English Linguistics III: Special Topics: Diachronic-Descriptive. Bachelor course; irregular replacements. KU Leuven.

2014

F0VI5A: English Linguistics: selected Topics. Master course co-taught with Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Jason Grafmiller and Melanie Röthlisberger. KU Leuven.

2013

Research Methods in Linguistics. Tutorium accompanying Carolin Biewer’s seminars. JLU Giessen.