Leonardo Cotta
Research Scientist at Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolLeonardo Cotta is a research scientist with 8 years of experience applying machine learning and AI across academic and industry settings, currently based in Stony Stratford and working at the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Purdue and has held distinguished postdoctoral fellowship at the Vector Institute, blending deep research with applied projects at Intel and collaborations in sports analytics and human mobility. His background spans IoT security, parallel software interfaces, and quantum information research, reflecting a rare mix of theoretical rigor and systems-level implementation. Leonardo has a track record of securing competitive fellowships and international research placements (including Science Without Borders and a University of Calgary internship) that shaped his interdisciplinary approach. He often bridges academia and industry to translate novel ML methods into practical tools and analyses. An observant researcher, he brings both experimental depth and an appetite for cross-domain problems that reveal subtle patterns in complex datasets.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Purdue UniversityB.Sc. Computer Science, Computer Science, B.Sc. Computer Science, Computer Science at University of CalgaryBachelor of Science (BSc), Ciência da Computação, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Ciência da Computação at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Portuguese, English, SpanishGithub contributions (3)
PurdueMINDS/SPNN
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:20 commits in 17 days
causalidade/causalidade.github.io
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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