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Samy TF

@samytf

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Versatile AI and computer vision expert with global experience.

Switzerland

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation and collaboration, where I can leverage my AI expertise to drive impactful projects and contribute to a forward-thinking team.

I am a versatile professional with a PhD in AI from a leading European university and over 8 years of combined research and professional experience across academia, industry, and entrepreneurship. My journey has taken me through seven countries, where I have initiated and led end-to-end machine learning projects, secured funding, and fostered cross-functional collaborations.

Throughout my career, I have built and annotated datasets from scratch, often under challenging real-world conditions. My work has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Best PhD Candidate of 2024. I have published in high-impact AI research venues and have a proven track record of contributing to significant advancements in computer vision and multimodal methods.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

AI Research Intern

NVIDIA Research

Apr 2025 - Present (3 months)

Quickly mastered the 3D human mesh reconstruction (HMR) field despite no prior exposure; proposed a detailed project plan by week 2. Designed a novel two-stage HMR architecture and built a clean, modular codebase from scratch (including data loaders, training pipeline, metrics, and losses), now adopted for future team projects.

Deep Learning PyTorch Data Loader

Fellowship

Verve Ventures

Feb 2023 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Selected for a competitive VC fellowship with Verve Ventures, where I worked closely with an investment team mentor to research novel investment opportunities at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity. Mapped emerging market trends, scouted startups, engaged with founders, and contributed to deal-flow generation and investment selection processes.

Venture Capital AI Cybersecurity Market Research

R&D Data Scientist

Octopeek

Mar 2020 - Present (5 years 4 months)

Envisioned and led the development of an Auto Exploratory Data Analysis tool as a proof-of-concept, driving its solution architecture, implementation, and delivery. Delivered professional training courses in machine learning and deep learning, consistently receiving high ratings from attendees.

Auto EDA Solution Architecture Machine Learning Deep Learning Technical Training

ML Engineering Intern

IBM Research & Development

Jul 2019 - Present (6 years)

Designed and implemented a machine learning solution to reduce database synchronization latency, leading to the submission of a patent. Presented the findings to different types of audiences during various internal and external events, research meetups, and exhibitions.

Machine Learning Patent Submission Technical Presentations Data Analysis

Data Scientist

Bouygues Telecom

Jun 2017 - Present (8 years 1 month)

Conducted data-driven analyses of mobile network performance to identify anomalies and congestion issues. Developed and deployed an analytical dashboard to monitor performance metrics and investigate critical outages using network data.

Data Analysis Mobile Network Performance Anomaly Detection Dashboard Development SQL

Data Science Intern

Nokia

Oct 2015 - Present (9 years 9 months)

Developed sentiment analysis and topic modeling methods to extract actionable insights from client satisfaction surveys, enabling data-driven recommendations to enhance customer service. Implemented a machine learning solution to automatically identify causes of product delivery failures, saving approximately 10 man-hours daily.

Topic modeling Machine Learning

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

PhD in Machine Learning, Machine Learning

Activities and societies: Selected for and completed the competitive EPFL PhD Excellence program in Leadership and Communication.

Completed the competitive EPFL PhD Excellence program in Leadership and Communication. Focused on advanced topics in machine learning and artificial intelligence.