Marcio Fonseca
Machine Learning Engineer at Câmara dos Deputados
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
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Top SchoolMarcio Fonseca is a Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of experience combining production software engineering and academic research, currently applying generative and classical ML techniques to legislative problems at Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies. He holds a PhD in NLP from the University of Edinburgh, where his work under Prof. Shay Cohen deepened expertise in language models and cognitive approaches to text. Marcio’s career spans roles as a software architect and engineering lead, giving him a rare blend of systems design, team mentoring, and hands-on model deployment in public-sector settings. He has a track record of analyzing parliamentary data and building legal text classification systems that inform policy insights. Comfortable moving between research and production, he also brings entrepreneurial experience from founding a tech startup and practical AI training from a Udacity autonomous-systems nanodegree.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at The University of EdinburghBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at Instituto Militar de EngenhariaSelf-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, Artificial Intelligence, Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, Artificial Intelligence at UdacityHigh School, High School at Colégio de Aplicação da UFRJ
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (80)
transformers10
language-model10
python10
deep-learning10
transformer10
nlp10
jax10
seq2seq10
tensorflow10
natural-language-processing10
pytorch10
machine-learning10
bert10
speech-recognition10
keepass9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
thefonseca/car-nanodegree
Dec 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:47 commits, 67 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
thefonseca/lex2vec
Mar 2017 - Oct 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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