Gwena Cunha is a Deep Learning Software Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in sequence learning and NLP for incomplete data, currently applying research-grade ML at NVIDIA. She earned an integrated Masters/PhD in Machine Learning from Kyungpook National University and has hands-on research experience from graduate work and internships at institutions including Brown University. Passionate about democratizing AI, Gwena has led open-source initiatives such as The Learning Machine and contributed code and writing to community projects like AI for COVID-19. Fluent in both research and production workflows, she bridges academic rigor with engineering pragmatism and is based in Kitchener, Ontario. An oft-overlooked strength is her cross-cultural academic path—from Brazil to South Korea and the U.S.—which informs a collaborative, globally-minded approach to building ML tools.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Student, Exchange Student at Brown University
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Masters and PhD Combined Degree, Masters and PhD Combined Degree at Kyungpook National University
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Gwena Cunha - Deep Learning Software Engineer at NVIDIA