Alessandro Sordoni
Research Scientist at Microsoft
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolAlessandro Sordoni is a research scientist in Montreal with 11 years of experience at the intersection of NLP, deep learning and information retrieval, currently working at Microsoft and affiliated with Maluuba. He completed a PhD at Université de Montréal exploring IR models inspired by the mathematical and geometric tools of quantum theory, bringing a rare theoretical lens to practical ML problems. His background spans research internships at Google and Microsoft, production-oriented research engineering, and early work on scalable information extraction and decision-support agents. Comfortable moving between rigorous academic research and applied engineering, he often blends probabilistic and geometric approaches to tackle ambiguous language and retrieval challenges. Trained in AI and computer engineering across Europe and Canada, he also has creative training in dramatic arts, reflecting a multidisciplinary curiosity that informs his communication and problem framing.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Università Politecnica delle MarcheB.Sc., Artificial Intelligence, B.Sc., Artificial Intelligence at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityDramatic Arts, Dramatic Arts at Conservatoire Gabriel FauréErasmus Year, Computer Engineering, Erasmus Year, Computer Engineering at ESIEA - ÉCOLE D'INGÉNIEUR·E·S D'UN NUMÉRIQUE UTILEDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Artificial Intelligence at Université de Montréal
Github Skills (46)
debugging10
pytorch10
python10
encoder-decoder10
data-science9
agentic9
artificial-intelligence9
lms9
machine-learning9
pretrain9
fine-tuning9
tensorflow9
ai9
deep-learning9
file-transfer8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sordonia/hred-qs
Feb 2015 - Apr 2017
Hierarchical Recurrent Encoder Decoder for Query Suggestion
Contributions:29 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
encoder-decoder
microsoft/mttl
May 2023 - Aug 2025
Building modular LMs with parameter-efficient fine-tuning.
Contributions:66 reviews, 109 PRs, 826 pushes in 2 years 3 months
fine-tuninglms
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