Jiří Lhotka
Machine Learning Research Engineer at Apple
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJirka Lhotka is a Machine Learning Research Engineer with a decade of experience bridging programming languages, AI, and bioinformatics across startups and leading research labs. He has moved between founding-engineer roles (Deepnote), applied ML at Nexthink, and research internships at DeepMind, and now works on ML research engineering at Apple, combining production instincts with research rigor. Trained at Cambridge and EPFL, he thrives at the intersection of engineering and communication, making complex technical ideas accessible to non-technical stakeholders. Known for tackling NLP and LLM problems in product contexts, he brings both entrepreneurial grit and academic grounding to deliver practical, research-informed solutions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of CambridgeMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at EPFLMaturita, Mathematics, Mathematical Studies, Physics, Czech, English, Maturita, Mathematics, Mathematical Studies, Physics, Czech, English at PORG
Czech, English, French, German
Github Skills (69)
python10
deep-learning10
openai-gym10
machine-learning-algorithms10
ml10
neural-network10
data-science10
typescript10
mlp10
tensorflow10
jupyter-notebook10
antd10
data-mining10
machine-learning10
scikit-learn10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Jirka-Lhotka/handson-ml
Dec 2018 - Aug 2019
A series of Jupyter notebooks that walk you through the fundamentals of Machine Learning and Deep Learning in python using Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow.
Contributions:8 pushes in 7 months
pythondata-sciencedeep-learningjupyter-notebookfundamentals
Jirka-Lhotka/python-machine-learning-book
Dec 2018 - Aug 2019
The "Python Machine Learning (1st edition)" book code repository and info resource
Contributions:7 pushes in 7 months
pythondata-sciencepython-machine-learningmachine-learningcode-book
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