Afonso Sousa
Data Scientist
São Paulo, São Paulo, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolAfonso Sousa is a Data Scientist and PhD candidate in Machine Learning who blends nine years of industry and research experience to build applied NLP and predictive systems. Currently at Automaise, he focuses on turning cutting-edge paraphrase generation research into real-world solutions, drawing on past projects ranging from in-vehicle action recognition to flight-time prediction pipelines. His academic roles as a Junior Research Fellow and long-time teaching assistant sharpen his ability to communicate complex models and mentor others. Comfortable across the stack, he explores web and game development and design, bringing a creative, product-minded lens to technical problems. Based in Porto and São Paulo, he pairs rigorous experimental methodology with pragmatic engineering to move models from corpus-building to production. An understated strength is his track record of integrating research datasets (e.g., parliamentary minutes corpora) into robust predictive workflows.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoBachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Github Skills (7)
rio6
uri5
sqlite2
mysql2
database2
postgresql2
sql2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
afonsir/PostgreSQL-URI
Nov 2017 - Oct 2020
Contributions:22 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
uri-online-judgeurionlinejudgemysqlurionline-judge
afonsir/clean-node-api
Mar 2021 - Jun 2024
Contributions:55 pushes, 7 branches, 11 tags in 3 years 3 months
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