Work Experience
You can see a compact version of my CV in PDF format here. Otherwise, read below (not really kept to date.)
Machine Learning Engineer | Accenture | Zurich, Switzerland | June 2022 - Present
Team lead rapid prototyping projects using Gen(AI) tools, delivering end-to-end projects.
Train image diffusion pipeline that generated novel, unseen 3D shapes 90% faster than conventional
manual design methods, leveraging generative modeling algorithms of neural implicit fields.
Build diffusion prototypes using fine tuning, in-painting, knowledge distillation - HuggingFace,
Diffusers, AWS, Sagemaker, Gradio, etc..
Apply computer vision models (YOLO, SAM, OWL, Pytorch, MONAI, Vision Foundation Models) for image
classification and object detection in manufacturing, life sciences and energy sectors.
PhD Researcher | University of Bern | Bern, Switzerland | 2017 - 2022
Led the integration of AI/ML technologies in cross-functional European teams from 3 different countries
formed of engineers, radiologists and surgeons to implement data-driven decisions minimally invasive
ablation treatments.
Build statistical, mathematical and ML models using Python, R, and SQL to curate and analyze large,
multimodal data including images (CT, MRI) and patient records from European patient clinical trials.
Senior Scientist & Technical Expert | CSL Behring AG | Bern, Switzerland | 2021 - 2022
Programmed reproducible and repeatable analytics pipelines for automatic data quality controls of
pharmaceutical drugs manufacturing processes.
Developed and implemented efficient data processing pipelines in R and Visual Basic to streamline data
analysis procedures, resulting in reduction of validation errors.
Junior Research Scientist | Philips Research | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2016 - 2017
Designed and implemented one custom front-end web application for image annotation and labeling (Python,
Javascript, HTML and CSS) that sped up the data acquisition and pre-processing.
Applied image processing and statistical methods for quantifying the effect of diet on people's facial
appearance with statistical metrics.
Education
PhD in Biomedical Engineering | University of Bern | Bern, Switzerland | 2017 - 2022
Thesis: “Quantitative assessment of ablation treatments for liver tumours — image-based efficacy
analysis and predictive modelling”. Parts of my thesis have been published in peer-reviewed journals
that you can read about on my Publications.
Master of Science (MSc) in Biomedical Engineering | RWTH Aachen University | Aachen, Germany | 2014 - 2017
Thesis: “Image Segmentation and Semantic Description: Tools and Analytics”. Implemented computer vision
algorithms for segmentation and classification of skin structures as part of a research project at
Philips Research that achieved 98% accuracy with Random Forests.
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Applied Computer Science | Bucharest, Romania | 2010 - 2014
Thesis: “Volumetric Capnography Respiratory Signals for Spontaneously Breathing Subjects”. Applied
signal processing and ML algorithms in MATLAB that achieved classification of respiratory diseases with
90% accuracy.