ABOUT ME

I'm an AI researcher focused on building practical machine learning systems that solve real-world problems. My work spans finance, translation technology, and digital healthcare, and I completed my Ph.D. in computer vision at Imperial College London.

During my academic work, I explored applications in facial expression recognition and biometrics, which led to publications in venues including T-PAMI, ICCV, and CVPR. In 2017, I was fortunate to receive the IBM Fellowship for my research in artificial intelligence.

Today, I work on translating research into production systems, particularly in quantitative finance. I've had the opportunity to contribute to projects at FinTrU, Lokalise, and Babylon, developing solutions that bridge the gap between academic innovation and commercial applications.

Robert Walecki

Current Role

Present
AI Researcher
LMR Partners
AI & Quantitative Research for Alternative Investment Strategies

Education

2014 - 2017
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Vision and Machine Learning
Imperial College London
ML for facial expression analysis. Research published in CVPR, ICCV, and TPAMI
2012 - 2013
Master of Science - MS, Physics
Heidelberg University
2011 - 2012
Exchange year, Theoretical Physics
National University of Singapore