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Basics
| Name | Ignacio Cuñado Barral |
| Label | Research Assistant in Applied Mathematics & Machine Learning |
| contact@ignaciocunado.com | |
| Phone | +34 690877125 |
| Url | https://www.ignaciocunado.com |
| Summary | Research Assistant at Delft University of Technology specializing in deep learning on relational data, graph neural networks, and tabular transformers. Recent BSc in Computer Science and Engineering (Cum Laude) with a minor in Mathematics and Statistics. Passionate about leveraging machine learning to solve real-world problems with hands-on experience in Python, Java, C++, and modern ML frameworks. |
Work
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2025.09 - present Delft, Netherlands
Research Assistant
Delft University of Technology
Conducting research on Relational Deep Learning and graph neural networks.
- Researching Relational Deep Learning by benchmarking Tabular Transformers against state-of-the-art graph learning models (RDL, RelGT, ft-PNA, ft-FraudGT)
- Investigating graph coarsening strategies to extend applicability to heterogeneous relational graphs
- Working under supervision of Prof. Kshitij Anan at the Data Intensive Systems Lab
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2025.07 - 2025.09 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Data Science Intern
Robeco
Developed data visualization and attribution analysis tools for ESG and emissions data.
- Built web-based tool to visualize company hierarchies and emissions data inheritance for 3+ million companies
- Researched and developed novel attribution method incorporating trading data to measure fund decarbonisation
- Improved candidate selection pipeline by 50% while lowering inference time
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2024.04 - 2024.07 Delft, Netherlands
AI Software Engineer Intern
Lufthansa Group
Designed microservices for document processing and semantic search using AI/ML.
- Designed microservice with Django to extract and categorize grant documents using Meta's Llama framework
- Leveraged vector databases and NER for semantic search and instantiated BERTopic model
- Exhaustively evaluated models using F1 score with text summarisation, achieving combined score of 0.77
- Automated search of academic papers and ranked them by relevance with transformers
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2024.02 - present Heersmerk, Netherlands
Part-time Software Engineer
Paro Software
Developing features for subscription-based payment processing and document management tools.
- Migrated payment providers for subscription-based tools handling over $10k weekly volume
- Developed analytics and reporting features for subscription renewals and discounts
- Automated license-key generation and delivery, reducing wait time from 1 day to 10 seconds
- Streamlined invoice generation for efficient document access
- Migrated and refactored medical charity website with 100,000+ monthly visitors
Education
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2025.09 - 2026.06 Delft, Netherlands
Bridging Program
Delft University of Technology
Applied Mathematics
- Proofs
- Analysis
- Real Analysis
- Optimization
- Measure and Probability Theory
- Partial Differential Equations
- Numerical Methods
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2024.09 - 2025.02 Milan, Italy
Minor
Politecnico di Milano
Mathematics and Statistics
- Numerical Analysis for Machine Learning
- Systems and Methods for Big and Unstructured Data Operations Research
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2022.09 - 2025.06 Delft, Netherlands
Bachelor of Science
Delft University of Technology
Computer Science and Engineering
- OOP
- Probability Theory & Statistics
- Linear Algebra
- Calculus
- Machine Learning
- Big Data Processing
- Data Mining
- Computational Intelligence
- Algorithms & Data Structures
- Algorithm Design
Awards
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IE High Potential Scholarship
IE University
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Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship
University of Edinburgh
Skills
| Programming Languages | |
| Python | |
| Java | |
| C++ | |
| Scala | |
| SQL | |
| HTML/CSS | |
| JavaScript | |
| PHP | |
| Julia | |
| Solidity |
| Machine Learning & Data Science | |
| PyTorch | |
| TensorFlow | |
| NumPy | |
| Pandas | |
| Scikit-learn | |
| Graph Neural Networks | |
| Deep Learning | |
| Tabular Transformers | |
| Relational Deep Learning |
| Big Data & Distributed Systems | |
| Apache Spark | |
| Data Processing | |
| Big Data | |
| ETL |
| Web Development & Frameworks | |
| Django | |
| React | |
| Node.js | |
| Laravel | |
| Spring | |
| Flask |
| Data Engineering & Tools | |
| Vector Databases | |
| NER | |
| BERTopic | |
| Bash | |
| Git | |
| Docker |
| Statistical Methods | |
| Bayesian Statistics | |
| Probability Theory | |
| Statistical Analysis | |
| Numerical Analysis |
Languages
| Spanish | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Full professional proficiency |
Projects
- 2025.04 - 2025.06
Graph Learning Methods on Tabular Data
Researched local and global attention mechanisms for Graph Transformers in Relational Deep Learning.
- Implemented custom relation-aware local attention mechanisms
- Achieved state-of-the-art results on classification and regression benchmarks
- 2024.10 - 2025.02
Bayesian Clustering of Nations by Educational Performance
Developed Bayesian approaches to clustering nations using PISA educational dataset.
- Designed semi-parametric approach and Nested Dirichlet Process
- Presented findings at Italian Society of Statistics (SIS 2025) in Genoa
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Tree Biomass Prediction
Hackathon project developing regression model to predict tree biomass using ensemble methods.
- Part of Team Epoch at Delft Algorithm Programming Contest