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Metti Paak, Freelance machine learning Developer for Hire.

Metti Paak

Verified Expert in Engineering
15 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Mehdi is a data scientist and machine learning/deep learning expert who has extensive experience in software development and mathematical/statistical modeling. He has worked in the aerospace, manufacturing, and healthcare industries developing custom, data-driven predictive software tools. He is proficient in translating business goals into data products and architecting the entire pipeline to the point of delivery. His work has led to multiple patents, publications, and successful fundraising.

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Ishola Babatunde Isaac, Freelance machine learning Developer for Hire.

Ishola Babatunde Isaac

Verified Expert in Engineering
13 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Isaac brings extensive experience in applying machine learning (ML), including Generative AI (GenAI), across diverse fields and complex challenges. He has worked on ML applications in ad security, supply chain management, business analytics, image tracking, healthcare technology, hardware, and failure prediction. Isaac has successfully led teams and managed projects from initial conception through full deployment in both startup and enterprise environments.

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Matias Aiskovich, Toptal machine learning Developer.

Matias Aiskovich

Verified Expert in Engineering
14 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Matias is a machine learning engineer who's delivered creative solutions for social impact projects. His past experience includes working at IBM Research as a machine learning engineer (collaborating with IBM's Yorktown Heights research lab), co-founding a startup that develops research-backed cognitive games for the elderly (which was a provider for a Uruguayan government program), and working on several projects that use machine learning to innovate in the healthcare sector.

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David Dai, machine learning Engineer.

David Dai

Verified Expert in Engineering
10 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

David has extensive experience in building machine learning and deep learning (DL) solutions at top companies, including Apple, Google, and Facebook, unicorn startups, and academia, as he has a PhD from Carnegie Mellon U. He holds multiple patents in DL-based medical imaging tech and large-scale AI systems. David has grown an AI team to 60+ as the director and tech lead.

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Lovro Iliassich, machine learning Engineer.

Lovro Iliassich

Verified Expert in Engineering
22 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Lovro is a machine learning engineer and data scientist, especially enthusiastic about deep learning applications. Combining his academic knowledge with practical experience in the industry, he can contribute to any part of an AI software development process. Lovro's work experience ranges from startups to corporations—he worked as an engineer at Amazon—and research in academic institutions and universities.

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Timo Klock, Accomplished machine learning Freelancer.

Timo Klock

Verified Expert in Engineering
12 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Timo is a full-stack data scientist with eight years of professional experience in data-heavy applications and a PhD in machine learning and statistics. He can work in different roles on the data lifecycle in industrial applications as a data engineer, data scientist, ML engineer, or data analyst. Timo is experienced with Python and SQL, and many modern data frameworks.

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Pawel Kaplanski, Freelance machine learning Engineer.

Pawel Kaplanski

Verified Expert in Engineering
17 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Pawel is an experienced data-scientists and machine learning professional. He has worked for Fortune 100 companies, and he has an academic background in the field. Before moving to data science, he was a former lead architect in Samsung R&D Center. Pawel holds a Ph.D. in knowledge representation and reasoning as well as a master's degree and a bachelor of science degree in computer science.

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Peter Papai, machine learning Engineer.

Peter Papai

Verified Expert in Engineering
13 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

With a PhD in physics, Peter is a developer working in the field of data science. He has five years of full-time experience working on big data projects at a large internet company. Peter has formulated business goals and designed, prototyped, productized, and A/B-tested machine learning algorithms in several areas. His insights gleaned from data have helped stakeholders make impactful business decisions.

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David Sainz, Freelance machine learning Developer for Hire.

David Sainz

Verified Expert in Engineering
15 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

David is an experienced data scientist and software and algorithm developer, passionate about new technologies. He started coding when he was eight and has never stopped evolving his tech skills. He has a solid background in .NET, Java, Python, R, and C++ and has proven expertise in machine learning and data analysis. Despite being a self-driven and autodidact professional, David believes the most significant achievements are made in collaborative environments.

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Naoki Shibuya, Freelance machine learning Developer for Hire.

Naoki Shibuya

Verified Expert in Engineering
29 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Naoki is a senior machine learning engineer with experience in PyTorch. He is passionate about deep learning training, and he worked on model quantization and neural architecture search for vision models. Naoki is also an experienced C++ programmer who has worked on real-time algorithmic trading systems.

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Adrian Curic, machine learning Freelancer.

Adrian Curic

Verified Expert in Engineering
24 Years of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Adrian is a software engineer and data scientist working at the intersection of software engineering, computer vision, and machine learning. He has experience in research, multinational corporations, and startup environments and was awarded patents for real estate and financial modeling projects. Adrian also contributed to surveillance systems for Singapore's border security and participated in competitive coding and hackathons, consistently ranking in the top 1% on platforms like HackerRank.

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