Digital Humanities · HSE University
Stylometry can identify the most likely author of an anonymous text. But which features of the text contribute most to that attribution? My research explores how stylometric methods describe writing style and why they work.
I am a programmer and visiting lecturer at HSE University’s School of Philological Studies, Faculty of Humanities. I develop research software and teach on the Literature and Digital Humanities course.
Together with Evgeny Kazartsev, I work on interpretable stylometric methods. I also contribute to SOCIOLIT and PROZIMETRON and write practical guides to computational text analysis.
My research questions, methods, and findings in a nutshell.
Burrows’s Delta and its variants can group texts by authorship with good accuracy. Yet not all words contribute equally to the result. Let’s decompose Delta into its components to identify the strongest authorial signals.
Rank-Turbulence Delta
Read the explanationGenome-wide association studies (GWAS) have proved effective in genomics, revealing statistical links between genetic markers and traits such as height or disease. Let’s apply the same logic to authors’ word-frequency profiles.
From Genes to Tokens
Read the explanationDmitry Pronin and Evgeny Kazartsev
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 41(3), 1616–1630.
Dmitry Pronin and Evgeny Kazartsev
arXiv:2606.09543 · Digital Humanities 2026.
Evgeny Kazartsev and Dmitry Pronin
St Petersburg: Politekhnika. Book in Russian.
Bibliography on Google ScholarTools for studying Russian literature and its relationship with society.
SOCIOLIT is a project of HSE University’s School of Philological Studies. It brings together texts and tools for exploring word use, comparing corpora, and analysing sentiment through a web interface.
As a core developer, I work on analytical modules, corpus processing, APIs, and interfaces for researchers.
Guides and essays on language, literature, and AI. All articles are in Russian.
How to chart a novel’s emotional tone with Python and a neural model, using A Hero of Our Time.
System Block · In Russian
How to collect posts automatically and discover linked Telegram channels for media research.
System Block · In Russian
Why language models can write code, struggle to count letters, and sometimes produce unexpected answers.
System Block · In Russian
Why a recognisable human voice matters amid the growing flood of AI-generated writing.
System Block · In Russian
Contact
For questions about my research, collaboration, or teaching, email me at the address below. You can also find me on Telegram.
