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I love solving complex data problems and turning chaos into clarity. Whether it's integrating large-scale, messy datasets or designing AI-driven APIs and knowledge systems, I enjoy building elegant, efficient solutions that are actually used. I hold a PhD in Computer Science specializing in Recommender Systems and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southampton. With deep expertise across AI, Machine Learning, Semantic Web technologies, and data integration, I have led impactful projects at SciBite, Nestlé, Open PHACTS, and VU University Amsterdam. I'm currently open to remote, async consulting and technical roles where I can apply senior-level thinking to real-world data and AI challenges. I thrive in remote, asynchronous environments and am an active contributor to AI, semantic technology, and open data communities.…I love solving complex data problems and turning chaos into clarity. Whether it's integrating large-scale, messy datasets or designing AI-driven APIs and knowledge systems, I enjoy building elegant, efficient solutions that are actually used. I hold a PhD in Computer Science specializing in Recommender Systems and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southampton. With deep expertise across AI, Machine Learning, Semantic Web technologies, and data integration, I have led impactful projects at SciBite, Nestlé, Open PHACTS, and VU University Amsterdam. I'm currently open to remote, async consulting and technical roles where I can apply senior-level thinking to real-world data and AI challenges. I thrive in remote, asynchronous environments and am an active contributor to AI, semantic technology, and open data communities.

Antonis Loizou

Developer, AI Engineer, Data Scientist, +1

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I love solving complex data problems and turning chaos into clarity. Whether it's integrating large-scale, messy datasets or designing AI-driven APIs and knowledge systems, I enjoy building elegant, efficient solutions that are actually used. I hold a PhD in Computer Science specializing in Recommender Systems and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southampton. With deep expertise across AI, Machine Learning, Semantic Web technologies, and data integration, I have led impactful projects at SciBite, Nestlé, Open PHACTS, and VU University Amsterdam. I'm currently open to remote, async consulting and technical roles where I can apply senior-level thinking to real-world data and AI challenges. I thrive in remote, asynchronous environments and am an active contributor to AI, semantic technology, and open data communities.…I love solving complex data problems and turning chaos into clarity. Whether it's integrating large-scale, messy datasets or designing AI-driven APIs and knowledge systems, I enjoy building elegant, efficient solutions that are actually used. I hold a PhD in Computer Science specializing in Recommender Systems and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southampton. With deep expertise across AI, Machine Learning, Semantic Web technologies, and data integration, I have led impactful projects at SciBite, Nestlé, Open PHACTS, and VU University Amsterdam. I'm currently open to remote, async consulting and technical roles where I can apply senior-level thinking to real-world data and AI challenges. I thrive in remote, asynchronous environments and am an active contributor to AI, semantic technology, and open data communities.

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I love solving complex data problems and turning chaos into clarity. Whether it’s integrating large-scale, messy datasets or designing AI-driven APIs and knowledge systems, I enjoy building elegant, efficient solutions that are actually used. I hold a PhD in Computer Science specializing in Recommender Systems and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southampton. With deep expertise across AI, Machine Learning, Semantic Web technologies, and data integration, I have led impactful projects at SciBite, Nestlé, Open PHACTS, and VU University Amsterdam.

I’m currently open to remote, async consulting and technical roles where I can apply senior-level thinking to real-world data and AI challenges. I thrive in remote, asynchronous environments and am an active contributor to AI, semantic technology, and open data communities.

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Lead Developer, TERMite Platform at SciBite (an Elsevier / RELX company)

October 1, 2024 - August 8, 2025

Led a complete refactor of TERMite, SciBite's flagship named entity recognition (NER) engine, significantly improving performance and scalability. Integrated AI-driven NLP models and enhanced platform extensibility for pharmaceutical and biomedical data pipelines. Contributed to ontology management, entity disambiguation, and scalable knowledge graph generation.

Consultant at Data2Discovery (D2D)

May 1, 2018 - August 8, 2025

Re-engineered and deployed the Open PHACTS API v2.0 to support multimodal life science queries. Collaborated on ontology refinement and data ingestion for pharma-related knowledge platforms.

Semantic Web Consultant at Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences

April 1, 2017 - August 8, 2025

Designed and implemented an internal linked data infrastructure based on RDF and SPARQL. Developed scalable data integration workflows combining biomedical datasets across departments. Provided training on semantic web standards, data modeling, and ontology development to internal teams.

Postdoctoral Fellow / MSc Course Coordinator at VU University Amsterdam

March 1, 2016 - August 8, 2025

Lead developer on the Open PHACTS IMI project, delivering an integrated drug discovery platform. Taught and coordinated the Intelligent Web Applications MSc course. Research focus on data provenance, federated queries, and pharmacological knowledge graphs.

CEO & Principal Consultant at Antonis L Loizou Consultants

September 1, 2015 - Present

Delivered custom software and data integration solutions to global clients in health, science, and e-commerce sectors. Specialized in developing custom APIs, data pipelines, knowledge graphs, and AI-enabled interfaces.

Member, Linked Data Platform Working Group at W3C

February 1, 2015 - August 8, 2025

Contributed to the development and standardization of the Linked Data Platform (LDP) specifications to enable consistent, interoperable RESTful access to RDF data on the web.