Hi! 👋 I’m a senior data scientist and NLP/LLM researcher based in Valais, Switzerland. Over the past nine years, I’ve worked at the intersection of academia and industry, building machine learning systems end to end. My main focus is on large language models — from data preparation and fine-tuning to evaluation and deployment in production. Along the way, I’ve worked on retrieval-augmented generation, predictive analytics, and customer intelligence.
At Hilti AG, I focus on customer feedback intelligence, retention modeling, and building scalable ML pipelines that power analytics and operational tools.
I also collaborate with UNED’s NLP group on projects around bias mitigation, multilingual sexism detection, and LLM fine-tuning. I co-led the EXIST shared task and created the MeTwo dataset.
PhD in Natural Language Processing (summa cum laude), 2025
UNED
MSc in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, 2019
UNED
MSc in Telecommunications Engineering, 2016
UPCT
BSc in Telecommunications Engineering, 2014
UPCT
For a comprehensive list, please refer to my Google Scholar profile .
Quick note or collaboration idea? Send me a message.
Email:
franct14@gmail.com
Location: Valais (Wallis), Switzerland