Alfonso Semeraro
Torino
Summary
Data Scientist with 7+ years of experience across academia, finance, consulting, and telecom. Strong track record in applied machine learning, NLP, and generative AI with impact on millions of customers and significant business savings. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and architecting end-to-end AI solutions in production environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Data Scientist
WindTre
Milan, Italy
02.2023 - Current
- Owned end-to-end design and implementation of voicebot and chatbot (Google Cloud + Gemini API), serving ~15M sessions per year.
- Directed restructuring of chatbot with 20-person team: set methodology, enabled autonomy, validated results.
- Built ecosystem around bots: logging, Pub/Sub–BigQuery pipelines, cloud functions, integrations, and first-line debugging.
- Developed segmentation model (autoencoder, MLflow, Airflow) for 900k+ lines/month to assess commercial offers’ impact.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Turin
Turin, Italy
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Researched online misinformation, with focus on online spreading patterns and emotional framing in news coverage.
- Developed and released two NLP python libraries (PyPlutchik, EmoAtlas) for text analisys.
- Published peer-reviewed papers and presented at international conferences (Boston, London, Lisbon, Lyon).
Other Roles
Intesa San Paolo Bank & Capgemini
Milan
01.2017 - 05.2019
- Research Consultant, Intesa Sanpaolo (2017–2018): network analysis of payments, clustering of local businesses to guide lending and investment. Built an anti money-laundering tool.
- Trainer, Capgemini (2019): taught 50+ STEM graduates Python, ML, NLP, and Hadoop.
Education
Ph.D. - Computer Science
University of Turin
Turin, Italy06-2022
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Turin
Turin12-2017
Skills
- Languages: Python (pandas, scikit-learn, transformers), SQL
- Cloud & Tools: GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, Airflow), Jira
- Machine Learning: NLP, generative AI, clustering, autoencoders, network science
- Strengths: Technical leadership, project architecture, teaching & communication
Languages
Italian
English
Timeline
Senior Data Scientist
WindTre
02.2023 - Current
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Turin
01.2022 - 01.2023
Other Roles
Intesa San Paolo Bank & Capgemini
01.2017 - 05.2019
Ph.D. - Computer Science
University of Turin
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Turin