Boris Capitanu
Staff Machine Learning Engineer at ASAPP
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBoris Capitanu is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer with 13 years of experience blending research-grade computing and applied software engineering from the University of Illinois research ecosystem to production ML at ASAPP. He pairs an M.S. in Computer Science and an MBA with deep experience at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, bringing strong architecture and systems thinking to large-scale, research-driven projects. Known as a quick learner and strategic thinker, he reliably turns experimental prototypes into extensible, production-ready systems—evident from his earlier redesign of educational software into a modular, Python-scriptable framework. Comfortable leading and mentoring cross-functional teams, he thrives under pressure and bridges technical and interpersonal gaps to accelerate delivery. Based in Champaign, IL, he combines academic rigor with practical product sensibility, often spotting integration opportunities others overlook.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of BusinessUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Romanian, French
Github Skills (200)
python10
arabic-nlp10
coreference10
saml10
lda10
fasttext10
ruby10
launcher10
glove10
word2vec10
corpus10
acs10
sentiment-analysis10
reactivemongo10
topic-modeling10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
htrc/HTRC-EF-RsyncGenerator
Aug 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 28 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 8 months
htrc/HTRC-FeatureExtractor
Aug 2016 - May 2024
Extracts features (token counts, POS tags, etc.) from a list of HT volumes, to aid in non-consumptive research.
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 5 PRs in 7 years 10 months
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