Tanner Sorensen

Tanner Sorensen is a Senior AI Scientist at Uniphore since June 2022, with previous roles as an AI Scientist. Prior experience includes serving as a Research Scientist at Cobalt Speech & Language, where systems for natural language understanding and question answering from knowledge graphs were developed. Tanner also worked as a Senior Research Scientist and Senior Data Scientist at Red Berry Innovations, Inc., focusing on machine learning technologies for anomaly detection in computer network traffic. Tanner completed a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Southern California, where research on assessing motor coordination with MRI earned recognition with a Best Paper Award at Interspeech 2016. Additional roles include a Machine Learning Engineer position at Behavioral Signals and a Graduate Student Researcher role at the University of Potsdam, concentrating on dynamical systems modeling of vocal tract movements during speech production. Educational background features a Master's degree from the University of Potsdam and a Bachelor's degree in German Language and Literature from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.