Vilen Jumutc is a Senior AI Researcher based in Luxembourg with over a decade of hands-on experience building production ML systems and more than 20 years in software development and applied AI. He combines deep academic credentials (PhD in Machine Learning) with industry leadership, having driven NLP/NLU engines, healthcare deep learning initiatives at Intel, and advanced social media intelligence models at Talkwalker and Hootsuite. Vilen has led cross-functional teams as a development lead and scrum master, architected AI and blockchain prototypes, and translated research into scalable tooling for big data, computer vision, and text analytics. He is comfortable across the full ML lifecycle—from kernel methods and anomaly detection in his PhD work to modern deep learning frameworks and high-performance computing optimizations. Known for pragmatic research-to-product delivery, he often surfaces novel modelling ideas while keeping an eye on production constraints and team velocity. Based in Luxembourg, he blends academic rigor with enterprise-grade engineering to tackle real-world AI challenges.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning and Black-Box Modelling, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning and Black-Box Modelling at University of Leuven
Secondary education, Secondary education at Daugavpils 9.vsk
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Machine Learning, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Machine Learning at Rigas Tehniska Universitate
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