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Focusing on Large Language Models (LLMs): architecture optimisation, fine-tuning, prompt engineering and performance metrics.\n"},{"company":"University of Sussex","position":"Visiting Research Fellow","website":"https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/","startDate":"2020-01-01","endDate":""},{"company":"Nested Minds Network Ltd.","position":"Research Consultant and Developer","website":"https://nestedminds.pubpub.org","startDate":"2021-09-01","endDate":"2021-10-31"},{"company":"RIKEN Centre for Brain Science","position":"JSPS/Royal Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow","website":"https://cbs.riken.jp/en/","startDate":"2019-11-15","endDate":"2021-10-31"},{"company":"University of Sussex","position":"Postdoctoral Research Fellow","website":"https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/","startDate":"2019-03-01","endDate":"2019-10-31"},{"company":"University of Sussex","position":"Lecturer in Machine Learning (Fixed term)","website":"https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/","startDate":"2019-02-01","endDate":"2019-06-30"}],"education":[{"institution":"University of Sussex","area":"Informatics and Artificial Intelligence","studyType":"Ph.D.","startDate":"2015-10-01","endDate":"2019-07-24"},{"institution":"University of Sussex","area":"Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems","studyType":"M.Sc.","startDate":"2013-10-01","endDate":"2014-09-30"},{"institution":"University of Trento","area":"Information and Business Organisation Engineering","studyType":"B.Eng.","startDate":"2009-10-01","endDate":"2012-09-30"}],"publications":[{"name":"See a complete list here","website":"https://manuelbaltieri.com/research/publications/"}],"skills":[{"name":"Mathematics","level":"Master","keywords":["Probability theory","Stochastic processes","Applied category theory"]},{"name":"AI and ALife","level":"Master","keywords":["Systems thinking","Complex systems","Agent-based modelling","Computational modelling"]},{"name":"Neuroscience","level":"Master","keywords":["Mathematical Neuroscience","Motor Neuroscience","Decision making"]},{"name":"Machine learning","level":"Master","keywords":["(Geometric) Deep learning","Large Language Models (LLMs)","Python (Pytorch/JAX)"]}],"languages":[{"language":"Venetian","fluency":"Native speaker"},{"language":"Italian","fluency":"Native speaker"},{"language":"English","fluency":"Native or bilingual proficiency"},{"language":"Spanish","fluency":"Professional working proficiency"},{"language":"Japanese","fluency":"Limited working proficiency"},{"language":"French","fluency":"Limited working proficiency"}],"interests":[{"name":"Exploring","keywords":["Travelling"]},{"name":"Land sports","keywords":["Kickboxing","Cycling"]},{"name":"Water sports","keywords":["Kayaking","Canyoning","Rafting","Snorkelling"]}]}