Ivan Vulić
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolIvan Vulić is a research scientist based in Zurich with eight years of experience at the intersection of academic NLP and industry-scale AI research. He joined Google DeepMind after a visiting researcher stint there and concurrently holds a Research Professor role at the University of Cambridge, bridging cutting-edge deep learning research with long-term academic inquiry. His background includes a summa cum laude PhD from KU Leuven and a track record of roles from postdoc to senior scientist at PolyAI, where he translated research into deployed conversational AI systems. Ivan’s work blends theoretical rigor and engineering pragmatism, often focusing on language understanding and information retrieval developed across top European labs. Colleagues know him for moving fluidly between fast-paced industry projects and sustained, high-impact academic programs, bringing both publication-grade research and product-aware implementation to bear.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Summa cum laude with congratulations of the examination board, Ph.D., Computer Science, Summa cum laude with congratulations of the examination board at KU LeuvenM.Sc., Computer Science, Summa cum laude, M.Sc., Computer Science, Summa cum laude at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
English, Croatian, Dutch, German, French
Github Skills (9)
nlp3
machine-learning3
natural-language-processing3
semantic3
sec2
datasets2
lexical2
nlu1
dialogue-systems1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ivulic/hyperlex
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
HyperLex: a gold standard resource for measuring and evaluating how well semantic models capture graded or soft lexical entailment
Contributions:27 commits in 1 day
nlpgoldmachine-learningsemantic-modelsmeasuring
cambridgeltl/iso-study
Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:22 commits, 1 push in 6 months
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