Summary
Erik Nikulski is a PhD student in AI & ML based in Barcelona with eight years of hands-on software engineering experience bridging academic research and industry. His background blends data integration of heterogeneous, domain-specific text sources with full-stack development using AngularJS, React, NodeJS, Python and C, gained through roles at TU Dresden, Robotron and university labs. He is transitioning from practical energy-industry systems and web engineering into doctoral research at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, focusing on machine learning approaches to fuse disparate data. Erik’s profile reflects a pragmatic researcher-engineer who moves fluidly between scientific experimentation and production-oriented development. His career path suggests strong expertise in turning messy, real-world data into structured inputs for ML pipelines—an often underappreciated but critical skill for applied AI.
8 years of coding experience
Graduate in Computer Science, Informatik, Graduate in Computer Science, Informatik at Technische Universität Dresden
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Universitat Pompeu Fabra