Erick Mendez Guzman

I'm a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Manchester, focused on researching explainability methods for Natural Language Processing (NER & Text Classification) to detect emerging patterns of modern slavery from shared narratives of migrant workers.

Additionally, I'm a technologically minded professional with +10 years of hands-on experience in Data Science / Machine Learning projects across Latin America and Europe, both in business and academia.

Working closely with C-level executives and senior stakeholders, I have developed a high business acumen in Retail, FMCG, Higher Education, Financial Services, and the Healthcare sector.

Finally, I have worked as an international lecturer for both undergraduate and graduate courses in Data Science, Machine Learning, Business Analytics, Data Mining and Quantitative Marketing. 

Adolfo Ibañez's University - Chile

Lecturer in Data Extraction module within the MSc in Data Science.

Private Bolivian University - Bolivia

Lecturer in Machine Learning module for Executive Education courses.

Machine Learning, Data Science, Natural Language Processing, Explainable Artificial Intelligence

National Agency for Innovation and Development - 2021

Awarded an academic-merit full scholarship by the Advanced Human Capital Program to pursue doctoral studies in the United Kingdom.

Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) - 2018

Awarded an academic-merit full scholarship by the Advanced Human Capital Program to pursue postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom.