Raúl Garreta

Raúl Garreta is a Computer Engineer with much experience in the theory and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), where he specialized in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

He has an entrepreneur profile with much interest in the application of science, technology, and innovation to the Internet industry and startups. He has worked in many software companies, handling everything from video games to implantable medical devices.

In 2009, he co-founded Tryolabs with the objective to apply AI to the development of intelligent software products, where he performs as the CTO and Product Manager of the company. Besides the application of Machine Learning and NLP, Tryolabs' expertise lies in the Python programming language and has been catering to many clients in Silicon Valley. Raul has also worked in the development of the Python community in Uruguay, co-organizing local PyDay and PyCon conferences.

He is also an assistant professor at the Computer Science Institute of Universidad de la República in Uruguay since 2007, where he has been working on the courses of Machine Learning, NLP, as well as Automata Theory and Formal Languages. Besides this, he is finishing his Masters degree in Machine Learning and NLP. He is also very interested in the research and application of Robotics, Quantum Computing, and Cognitive Modeling. Not only is he a technology enthusiast and science fiction lover (geek) but also a big fan of arts, such as cinema, photography, and painting.

Guillermo Moncecchi

Guillermo Moncecchi is a Natural Language Processing researcher at the Universidad de la República of Uruguay. He received a PhD in Informatics from the Universidad de la República, Uruguay and a Ph.D in Language Sciences from the Université Paris Ouest, France. He has participated in several international projects on NLP. He has almost 15 years of teaching experience on Automata Theory, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning.

He also works as Head Developer at the Montevideo Council and has lead the development of several public services for the council, particularly in the Geographical Information Systems area. He is one of the Montevideo Open Data movement leaders, promoting the publication and exploitation of the city's data.

Experience the benefits of machine learning techniques by applying them to real-world problems using Python and the open source scikit-learn library.