Alvaro Orsi
Lead Domain Architect (AI) at Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Top SchoolAlvaro Orsi is an Enterprise AI Architect based in Wellington, New Zealand, with 11 years of experience translating advanced AI, digital twins and machine learning into operational systems across energy, government and agriculture. At Contact Energy he designs AI architectures to support Aotearoa’s decarbonisation, applying intelligent systems across generation, trading, corporate and retail domains. Previously a Principal Scientist and Data Science Lead, he has a strong track record turning generative AI research into tangible outcomes for industry clients and public-sector projects. His technical foundations are rooted in computational astrophysics—he holds a PhD and has authored 80+ peer-reviewed papers—which gives him unique strengths in large-scale data modelling and scientific collaboration. Active in the ecosystem, he sits on the board of the Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association of NZ and has led national digital twin initiatives. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges rigorous research methods with pragmatic engineering to deliver measurable impact in complex, safety- and policy-sensitive systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree Astronomy and Astrophysics, Licentiate degree Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Astronomy and Astrophysics at Durham University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
information-theory7
causal-inference5
statistics5
graph5
machine-learning4
causality4
fairness-ml4
python4
deep-learning3
artificial-intelligence3
lidar3
causal-discovery3
segmentation2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
aaorsi/get_emlines
Nov 2016 - Mar 2019
Contributions:35 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
aaorsi/plot_lightcone
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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