Rodrigo Laguna
Data Science Technical Leader
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Summary
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Top SchoolRodrigo Laguna is a Data Science Technical Leader with nine years of experience specializing in deep learning, computer vision and applied reinforcement learning, currently leading embedding-model initiatives at Mercado Libre. He combines hands-on model development—spanning image classification, segmentation, facial recognition and text retrieval—with end-to-end production ownership from data curation to monitoring. Rodrigo has worked across industry and academia in Uruguay, teaching multiple postgraduate machine learning courses while researching practical applications like predictive maintenance and energy forecasting. His master’s research and undergraduate thesis both explored reinforcement learning in unconventional domains, reflecting a penchant for applying advanced algorithms to real-world, cross-domain problems. Known for maintaining state-of-the-art practices in model evaluation and for supporting hiring and onboarding, he blends technical depth with mentorship and operational rigor.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Science (PEDECIBA) Computer Science Machine Learning Machine Learning, Master in Science (PEDECIBA) Computer Science Machine Learning Machine Learning at Universidad de la República
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Github Skills (102)
python10
image-processing10
deep-learning10
prediction10
scikit10
statistics10
ml10
neural-network10
object-detection10
multiclass-classification10
data-science10
densenet10
tensorflow10
theano10
data-analysis10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rola93/altBotUY
Apr 2021 - May 2022
Es un bot de Twitter para promover el uso de alt_text para describir imágenes en Twitter.
Contributions:2 releases, 2 reviews, 63 commits in 1 year
twitter-botaltbotalt-textgenes
rola93/rola93.github.io
Apr 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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