Summary
Chau Kot is a Machine Learning Engineer with a Master's in Computer Science from EPFL and nine years of hands-on experience turning research prototypes into production-ready AI systems. He has deep experience in defect detection for manufacturing, combining computer vision, domain adaptation, and dataset engineering to improve real-world robustness. Chau bridges software engineering and ML deployment—integrating Python models into C++ codebases with CUDA acceleration to meet production constraints. He’s worked on LLM fine-tuning and modern NLP teaching at EPFL, reflecting both practical and pedagogical strengths. Based in Bussigny, Switzerland, Chau excels at translating messy, domain-specific data into actionable models and pipelines. Colleagues describe him as someone who thrives on pragmatic solutions that balance cutting-edge methods with deployability.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Maturité gymnasiale Art visuel, Maturité gymnasiale Art visuel at Gymnase d'Auguste Piccard
Bachelor's degree Informatique (Logiciel), Bachelor's degree Informatique (Logiciel) at HEIG-VD
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at EPFL
Module complémentaire technique, Module complémentaire technique at Centre professionnel du Nord vaudois
French, chinois (cantonais), English