Summary
Oswaldo Ludwig is a Principal Research Engineer with a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and over a decade of experience applying deep learning to NLP, ASR, and computer vision, primarily within the automotive and voice technology domains. He leads long-term research at Cerence AI on machine learning for automatic speech recognition and multimodal large language models, building on prior roles at Nuance, Zalando, and KU Leuven. His background blends academic rigor—from a PhD and postdoc in machine learning—with practical product-focused research, enabling transitions of advanced models into real-world systems. Known for interdisciplinary teaching and research earlier in his career, he pairs signal processing and programming-language expertise with modern deep-learning practices. Based in Merelbeke, Belgium, he brings a research-first approach to solving multimodal perception and language challenges for embedded and enterprise applications.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
PostDoc, Machine Learning, PostDoc, Machine Learning at KU Leuven
master´s degree, Electrical Engineering - Artificial Intelligence, master´s degree, Electrical Engineering - Artificial Intelligence at Universidade Federal da Bahia
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD thesis in Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD thesis in Machine Learning at Universidade de Coimbra
English, Spanish, Portuguese