Nelson Forte
Machine Learning Engineer at The RealReal
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolNelson Forte is a Machine Learning Engineer based in São Paulo with 11 years of experience applying computer vision and large-scale ML techniques to real-world problems. He holds a master’s degree in computer vision and pairs strong academic training with practical software craftsmanship. Nelson is the creator of pupyl, a Python image search library, demonstrating an interest in open-source tooling for visual search. His background spans technical and business education, including an MBA, which helps him bridge research, product, and deployment considerations. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who combines data-driven modeling with production-aware engineering. He often focuses on making advanced vision models accessible and performant in large-data settings.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Bachelor of Technology (BTech) at Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia Avançada - IBTATechnician, Technician at Etec Comendador João RaysMackenzie Presbyterian University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
convolutional-neural-networks10
image-search10
hiveserver26
hide5
python4
computer-vision3
image-processing3
similarity3
gnome2
data-science2
machine-learning2
spark2
scene2
vim1
feed1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
policratus/pupyl
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022
🧿 Pupyl is a really fast image search library which you can index your own (millions of) images and find similar images in milliseconds.
Contributions:54 releases, 110 reviews, 217 commits in 2 years 10 months
image-searchapproximate-nearest-neighborsconvolutional-neural-networkspythonic-librarygif-search
policratus/redeye
Jan 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:7 releases, 55 commits, 21 PRs in 2 years 4 months
image-processingpythoncomputer-visionvision
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