Rayyan is a first year undergraduate student double-majoring in Computer Science and Linguistics. His research, partnered with Alexandra Kcomt, seeks to focus on computational analysis of different Spanish dialects beyond detection of colloquial words and phonological differences. He is interested in Computational Linguistics, minority languages of the Middle East and South Asia, and the intersection between singing and language. In his free time, he enjoys watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Barry.
Fun Fact: I do not have webbed toes!
Email: rayyan.merchant@ufl.edu