Data scientist looking for opportunities in industry, hea Specialized in Applied mathematics, Optimization, Statistics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence. Rewarded at 2 AI hackathons (Hackeroos, Lauzhack). Strong problem-solving skills and creativity, able to work in autonomy. Enjoys working in transdisciplanary teams.…

Wissam Pheng

Data scientist looking for opportunities in industry, hea Specialized in Applied mathematics, Optimization, Statistics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence. Rewarded at 2 AI hackathons (Hackeroos, Lauzhack). Strong problem-solving skills and creativity, able to work in autonomy. Enjoys working in transdisciplanary teams.…

Available to hire

Data scientist looking for opportunities in industry, hea
Specialized in Applied mathematics, Optimization, Statistics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence.
Rewarded at 2 AI hackathons (Hackeroos, Lauzhack).
Strong problem-solving skills and creativity, able to work in autonomy.
Enjoys working in transdisciplanary teams.

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Skills

Experience Level

Python
Expert
Data Science
Expert
ML
Expert
Data Visualization
Expert
Prompt Engineering
Expert
Large Language Model
Expert
AI Chatbot
Expert
TensorFlow
Intermediate
C++
Intermediate
Github
Intermediate
Godot
Beginner
OCaml
Beginner
SQLite
Beginner
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Language

French
Fluent
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Junior Data Scientist at Bühler Group
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Worked in the Data Science team to develop and test a chatbot using cutting-edge Large Language Models with Python. Collaborated with software engineers and data scientists, and took initiatives to enhance performance and add features. Presented the project to diverse audiences, technical or non-technical.
Student Assistant at EPFL
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023
Supervised exercise sessions in science and engineering sections.
Paw Pilot at Together.ai
January 1, 2025 - Present
Paw Pilot project: Guiding app for visually impaired people, Huawei’s 1st prize at Lausanne Hack; uses Visual Language Models, phone vibration, and speech synthesis to provide directions; involves prompt engineering, live demos, and presentations.
Who is that cat? (Project) at Together.ai
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Multimodal app for identification of stray cats, GenAI APIs (Together.ai), Python, TensorFlow, image retrieval, LLMs, LangChain for RAG; teamwork, Git improvements; involved game development with Godot and RAG workflows.

Education

Master of Applied Mathematics at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
Bachelor of Mathematics at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022
Préparatory classes for Grandes Écoles (Math-Physics with Computer Science option) at Lycée Pierre Corneille, Rouen (France)
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

Préparatory classes for Grandes Écoles (Math-Physics with Computer Science option)
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018
Master of Applied Mathematics
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
Bachelor of Mathematics
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services
    paper Who is that cat ?

    Multimodal app for identification of stray cats, GenAI APIs (Together.ai), Python, Tensorflow, image retrieval, LLMs, software engineering, team work, Git

    Tracking a number of stray cats is a challenge in modern cities. Our goal was to facilitate this task by utilizing the natural propensity of people to take picture of the cats.

    From a sent photo, identifies which stray cat it is from the database.

    We used Meta’s Llama via Together.ai (meta-llama/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8) to determine if the photo was relevant (a cat) or not. Then in case of positive answer from the model, we pursued with image retrieval. We used the VGG-19 model to determine which cat the photo corresponds the most to in the database. Then asked the language model to formulate the answer.

    paper PawPilot

    Guiding app for visually impaired people.
    Huawei’s 1st prize at 2025 Lauzhack.
    Uses Visual Language Model, phone vibration, and speech synthesis to give directions.
    Skills : Together.ai, prompt engineering, live demo, presentation, team work, LLMs, VLMs, computer vision, Python.