
Antonio Artur de Holanda e Ayres de Moura
Verified Expert in Engineering
Data Scientist and AI Developer
Fortaleza - State of Ceará, Brazil
Toptal member since October 28, 2022
Antonio is a data science and AI developer specializing in natural language processing and speaker recognition. He has worked in the government and private sectors and is currently a data scientist at a cybersecurity company. Antonio has nano degrees in AWS ML, ML DevOps, and NLP, 10+ program certifications in data science and AI, and a master's degree from the University of Fortaleza.
Portfolio
Experience
- Statistics - 4 years
- Python 3 - 4 years
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) - 4 years
- Machine Learning - 4 years
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) - 4 years
- Deep Learning - 4 years
- Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) - 4 years
- Data Analysis - 4 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Ubuntu, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Jupyter Notebook, Python 3, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've created is a speaker verification model, which has been used to identify the speaker of unknown audio from a phone apprehended by the police.
Work Experience
Data Scientist
Axur
- Built machine learning (ML) models for detecting fraud cases, such as phishing and other online scams.
- Performed content classification, threat risk evaluation, threat actor reputation assessment, and data analysis for other teams and projects.
- Used technologies such as sci-kit-learn, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, and others from the AI stack.
- Developed LLM-based products using technologies such as LangChain, Hugging Face Transformers, and OpenAI.
Data Science Tech Researcher
University of Fortaleza
- Contributed to projects in partnership with Ceará's justice department.
- Developed machine learning models in Python for speaker identification and verification.
- Created a module that compares audio from the state's prison database with that from police apprehension and returns a reasonable similarity score to aid investigators' work.
Artificial Intelligence Researcher
Dell Lead
- Contributed to creating the voice assistant module for Dell's matrix app, used internally by employees.
- Set up the software consisting of two modules: speech recognition and natural language understanding.
- Developed the speech recognition module using Vosk and the natural language understanding module using Rasa.
- Configured the application for Dell employees' internal use.
Data Scientist
Superintendence of Research and Public Security Strategy (Supesp)
- Performed extract-transform-load processes on social media data.
- Built sentiment analysis models on extracted data.
- Worked with the state's government to continuously assess the public opinion of policies enacted in the early days of the pandemic.
Machine Learning Intern
Lanlink Informática Ltda.
- Developed machine learning models using Python and scikit-learn for churn prediction, contributing as part of a team.
- Performed data acquisition and machine learning modeling-related tasks.
- Trained other employees in AI and machine learning as part of my secondary responsibilities.
Quality Trainee
Eletra Energy
- Contributed to projects targeting how to change manufacturing procedures to improve product quality.
- Analyzed data with Python and Excel as the primary tools.
- Used the Lean Six Sigma methodology for project development.
Experience
Polaris
https://www.axur.com/polaris/cybersecurity-teamsRisk Protection Platform
https://www.axur.com/PEDE Platform
Dell Matrix
Smishing Detector
https://github.com/AntonioArtur/AWS-ML-Engineering/Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
University of Fortaleza - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
University of Fortaleza - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Certifications
AWS Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree
Udacity
Machine Learning DevOps Engineer Nanodegree
Udacity
Practical Data Science on the AWS Cloud
Coursera
Natural Language Processing Specialization
Coursera
MicroMasters Program in Artificial Intelligence
Columbia University | via edX
Machine Learning Engineering for Production (MLOps)
Coursera
MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | via edX
Natural Language Processing Expert Nanodegree
Udacity
TensorFlow: Advanced Techniques
Coursera
Applied Social Network Analysis in Python
University of Michigan | via Coursera
Deep Learning Specialization
Coursera
TensorFlow in Practice
Coursera
Machine Learning Specialization
Stanford | via Coursera
Data Scientist in Python
Dataquest Labs, Inc.
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Pandas, NumPy, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Rasa NLU, NetworkX
Tools
Amazon SageMaker, Git, AWS CloudFormation
Languages
Python 3, Python, SQL
Platforms
Jupyter Notebook, Ubuntu, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Visual Studio Code (VS Code), AWS Lambda
Paradigms
ETL, Unit Testing
Other
Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Statistics, Probability Theory, Sentiment Analysis, Deep Learning, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Data Analysis, BERT, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Speech Analytics, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Social Network Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Lambda Functions, Lean, Computer Vision, Graph Theory, Quality Control (QC), Statistical Quality Control (SQC), Time Series Analysis, Speech Recognition, Large Language Models (LLMs), LangChain, OpenAI, GitHub Actions
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