Pascal Dufour
Founder at Renaissance AI
Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPascal Dufour is a founder and AI specialist based in Bern with 11 years of experience applying deep learning from research to production. He builds and advises Swiss SMEs on pragmatic GenAI adoption—combining consulting, training, and bespoke tool development to lower the barrier to AI. His background spans deep-learning engineering roles at Glory Global Solutions and Accenture, where he focused on data strategies, model optimization, and deployment to both cloud and low-power devices. Pascal holds advanced computer science degrees from ETH Zürich and a PhD from Universität Bern, grounding his product work in rigorous research (including medical imaging reconstruction during early research). He currently leads NeuroQP and consults at Renaissance AI, blending entrepreneurial drive with hands-on model engineering. Colleagues describe him as a systems-minded practitioner who surfaces practical problems early and accelerates reliable AI delivery for constrained business environments.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Universität BernMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at ETH Zürich
English, German, French, Spanish
Github Skills (6)
val6
backbone6
efficientnet5
re-identification4
resnet4
mxnet2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dufourpascal/multi-layer-segmentation
Dec 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push in 4 months
dufourpascal/stepupai
Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 25 days
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