Taras Zakharko
I am a data scientist and software architect passionate about complex systems modeling and tool development. My work blends linguistics, computer science, and mathematics to support interdisciplinary research at the Distributional Linguistics Lab and the NCCR Evolving Language. I create digital resources, methods, and tools to empower researchers and open new avenues for scientific exploration.
I am the architect and technical lead of the AUTOTYP database, one of the world’s most comprehensive open resources of language structures. I also coordinate and teach the Quantitative and Computational Methods in the Linguistics program. Beyond my scholarly work and contributions to research infrastructure, I mentor scientists on workflows, data design, and high-performance computing.
Teaching
| V-Nr | Course | Start / End | Date | Lecturers | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3370 |
06UE272-015a
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from 16.02.2026
to 18.05.2026
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Mo 14:00-15:45, bis 18.5. | Taras Zakharko |
ZORA Publication List
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Publications
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Curating global datasets of structural linguistic features for independence Scientific Data, 12(1):106.
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Densify: An R package to reduce empty cells in dataframes of typological linguistic data Journal of Open Source Software, 9(101):7024.
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Managing AUTOTYP Data: Design Principles and Implementation In: Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L; McDonnell, Bradley; Koller, Eve; Collister, Lauren B . The Open Handbook of Linguistic Data Management. Cambridge: MIT Press, 632-642.
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Exploring diachronic universals of agreement: alignment patterns and zero marking across person categories In: Fleischer, Jürg; Rieken, Elisabeth; Widmer, Paul . Agreement from a diachronic perspective. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 29 - 51.
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Syntactic mixing across generations in an environment of community-wide bilingualism Frontiers in Psychology, 6:82.
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Digging deep: mining corpora for typological patterns and beyond 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Arts.
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US Dialect App Apple App Store: iTunes.
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Semantic role clustering: an empirical assessments of semantic role types in non-default case assignment Studies in Language, 38(3):485 - 511.
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Typological evidence against universal effects of referential scales on case alignment In: Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Ina; Malchukov, Andrej; Richards, Marc . Scales and Hierarchies: a cross-disciplinary perspective on referential hierarchies. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 7-44.
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Patterns of alignment in verb agreement In: Bakker, Dik; Haspelmath, Martin . Languages across boundaries : Studies in memory of Anna Siewierska. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 15-36.