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Robby Goetschalckx, Senior Artificial Intelligence Programmer and Consultant.

Robby Goetschalckx

Verified Expert in Engineering
12 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

Robby is a machine learning expert with 10+ years of experience in research and back-end software development for machine learning solutions. With master's degrees in computer science and artificial intelligence in addition to his Ph.D. in computer science, Robby is well equipped to provide solutions to a variety of issues in companies of all sizes.

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Darron Fuller, Artificial Intelligence Freelancer.

Darron Fuller

Verified Expert in Engineering
20 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

Darron has 15 years of experience in R&D and client-facing roles as lead engineer of mission-critical artificial intelligence and machine learning and advanced analytics software for notable clients in global media, renewable energy industries, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Darron holds a BSc in computer science and an MSc in data analytics engineering with disciplines in AI and machine learning, decision optimization/mathematical modeling, and computational statistics.

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François Le Lay, Freelance Artificial Intelligence Engineer.

François Le Lay

Verified Expert in Engineering
21 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

François is a seasoned leader with experience building data platforms and machine learning solutions at major technology companies and startups in B2C and B2B settings. François has spent seven years at Spotify building data infrastructure teams as a manager and leveraging machine learning techniques to improve the music catalog as a staff engineer.

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Martin Elias Costa, Freelance Artificial Intelligence Programmer for Hire.

Martin Elias Costa

Verified Expert in Engineering
9 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

Martin is an experienced data scientist with vast knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence. After completing his Ph.D. in physics, he has worked on a wide range of projects from both the private and public sectors. He has extracted meaningful insights throughout the years and created products leveraging data sources in the most varied formats, including images, geospatial data, structured databases, time series, and text.

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Jared Cameron Stanley, Senior Artificial Intelligence Programmer and Consultant.

Jared Cameron Stanley

Verified Expert in Engineering
11 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

Jared has 10 years of experience in data science and machine learning, both as an IC and manager. He has served a wide range of clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies across the defense, energy, healthcare, tech, and retail industries. Past projects include Gen AI content generation, Gen AI medical agent, outreach optimization through uplift modeling, development of a fully autonomous drone, and climate resiliency planning using machine learning.

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Karla Brkić, Ph.D., Accomplished Artificial Intelligence Freelancer.

Karla Brkić, Ph.D.

Verified Expert in Engineering
15 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

Karla is a bilingual professional with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and 10+ years of experience in developing outstanding computer vision, machine learning, and AI technologies as a dedicated research scientist. As a motivational leader, she thrives in building research agendas and managing complex projects to provide world-class products, systems, and platforms. She also forges lasting relationships and uses out-of-the-box thinking to drive cutting-edge research efforts.

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Kartik Godawat, Senior Artificial Intelligence Programmer and Consultant.

Kartik Godawat

Verified Expert in Engineering
11 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

Kartik is a senior full-stack AI engineer. His work seamlessly fuses software engineering and artificial intelligence, enabling him to develop smart, scalable, and impactful solutions. Kartik takes a keen interest in emerging technologies, integrating them into production-ready systems to give his clients a competitive edge. Staying ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving tech landscape is crucial for him.

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Naoki Shibuya, Freelance Artificial Intelligence Developer for Hire.

Naoki Shibuya

Verified Expert in Engineering
28 Years of Experience

AI 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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Pawel Kaplanski, Freelance Artificial Intelligence Engineer.

Pawel Kaplanski

Verified Expert in Engineering
17 Years of Experience

AI 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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Sheng Han Lim, Freelance Artificial Intelligence Programmer for Hire.

Sheng Han Lim

Verified Expert in Engineering
11 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

Sheng Han is a senior machine learning (ML) engineer with 10 years of experience in the research, development, and application of various ML, AI, and generative AI solutions. He has turned big data into valuable actions and has a demonstrated history of driving business efficiencies and cost reductions. Sheng is proficient in generative AI, prompt engineering, computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), anomaly detection, and prediction tasks.

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Claudio Verdú Ruiz, Expert Artificial Intelligence Programmer for Hire.

Claudio Verdú Ruiz

Verified Expert in Engineering
6 Years of Experience

AI Engineer

Claudio is an artificial intelligence engineer with a master's degree in AI and a certification in TensorFlow. He's passionate about learning—not only within AI but also generic software concepts and how to apply them to projects productively. Claudio feels especially comfortable working with deep learning and enjoys facing challenging projects that make him a better developer and problem solver.

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