Alessio
Verardo

Data Scientist & ML Engineer

MSc in Data Science from EPFL. Building intelligent systems at Swisscom — from agentic AI and RAG pipelines to large-scale data applications. Based in Crissier, Vaud, Switzerland.

Alessio Verardo

Experience

Swisscom

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · On-site

Feb 2024 - Present

Data Scientist & ML Engineer

Aug 2024 - Present

Built and deployed a full-stack data application processing 150+ years of infrastructure records, forming the basis of a project projected to generate millions in revenue.

Kubernetes FastAPI Spark Python

Developed an AWS-native agentic system that automates the full data migration lifecycle: inferring and enriching dataset metadata, aligning schemas to the Swisscom Enterprise model, and generating ready-to-use PySpark/PyFlink jobs — significantly reducing manual engineering effort.

AWS Bedrock API Gateway Lambda OpenSearch CDK Agentic AI PySpark PyFlink

Designed, implemented, and trained a Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network to improve traffic prediction and network energy efficiency. Built the full data pipeline using PySpark and Airflow to structure network telemetry as graphs and time series, jointly capturing spatial topology and temporal dynamics.

GNN PySpark CephS3 Airflow Time Series PyTorch

Onboard and mentor new graduates in agile practices, DevOps, and productization, accelerating their integration into the team.

Mentoring Agile DevOps

Swisscom Talent Program 2026

2026

Nominated to the Swisscom Talent Program, reserved for 2-3% of the company. Selected to receive dedicated training in leadership and soft skills development.

Leadership

Machine Learning Research Intern

Feb 2024 - Jul 2024

Master thesis at the Swisscom Digital Lab. Achieved a 2% improvement in RAG accuracy by implementing token-level classification between domain-specific (Swisscom) and irrelevant tokens.

PyTorch RAG NLP Apache Spark Python

EPFL

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Feb 2022 - Jun 2023

Teaching Assistant — Statistics

Sep 2022 - Jun 2023

TA across two courses: MATH-232 Probabilities & Statistics (250+ students) and Statistics for Data Science master course (150+ students). Question answering, exam invigilator and corrector.

Probability Theory Statistics Machine Learning

Teaching Assistant — Software Development Project

Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

Acted as Product Owner for 6-student agile teams, running weekly sprint ceremonies, unblocking technical issues, and evaluating deliverables across software engineering and design.

Scrum Agile Project Management

Education

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Lausanne, Switzerland

2017 - 2024

MSc in Data Science

2021 - 2024

Covered deep learning architectures (CNNs, RNNs, Transformers), graph neural networks, and large-scale NLP. Complemented by rigorous statistical inference, Markov chain modelling, and applied projects in data analysis, visualisation, and computer vision.

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BSc in Communication Systems

2018 - 2021

Core curriculum spanning Fourier analysis, signal processing, digital communications, and stochastic processes. Mathematical foundations in calculus, probability theory, and statistics, complemented by applied courses in machine learning and software engineering.

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Cours de Mathématiques Spéciales (CMS)

2017 - 2018

One-year preparatory programme at EPFL for students from vocational backgrounds, bridging applied sciences and the academic requirements of the bachelor's degree.

Mathematics Physics Analysis

CPNE — Centre de Formation Professionnelle NE

Neuchâtel, Switzerland · Apprentissage

2014 - 2017

CFC Informaticien

2014 - 2017

Practical curriculum covering object-oriented programming, relational database design (SQL), full-stack web development (HTML, CSS, JS, PHP), and network protocols and infrastructure.

Maturité Professionnelle

2014 - 2017

Vocational baccalaureate (orientation technique) complementing the CFC apprenticeship, providing the qualification for entry into Swiss universities of applied sciences.

Mathematics Economics Science

Projects

Personal experiments, open-source work, and academic contributions

Jass — Reinforcement Learning

2026 Side project

Trained reinforcement learning agents to play Jass, the popular Swiss card game. Implemented and compared multiple RL strategies to develop competitive game-playing policies from self-play.

Reinforcement Learning Python PyTorch

Audio Machine Learning

2026 Side project

Explored deep learning applied to audio data, including feature extraction, classification, and generation tasks. Worked with spectrograms and waveform-based models to understand the specifics of audio as a modality.

Audio ML Deep Learning Python PyTorch

Deepfake Detection using Motion Vectors

2022 - 2023 EPFL — Semester project

Developed a deepfake video classifier leveraging temporal information from H.264 motion vectors to outperform frame-level classifiers. The approach enables potential real-time detection with minimal computational overhead. Led to a publication at EI'2024.

Computer Vision Python PyTorch Deep Learning H.264

PotterViz

2022 EPFL — Data visualisation

Interactive D3.js data visualisation of the Harry Potter universe. Involved data processing and merging of multiple datasets, and text analysis using scikit-learn to extract patterns across the series.

D3.js Python scikit-learn Data Visualisation

PolyEvents

2021 EPFL — Software Development Project

Developed an event management platform for the EPFL community, enabling student associations to organise, publish, and manage events on campus.

Kotlin Android Scrum

Publications

Peter Grönquist, Yufan Ren, Qingyi He, Alessio Verardo, Sabine Süsstrunk

Efficient Temporally-Aware DeepFake Detection using H.264 Motion Vectors

arXiv · Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2023

Proposes leveraging motion vectors and information masks from H.264 video codecs to detect temporal inconsistencies in deepfake videos with minimal computational overhead, enabling potential real-time detection.

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Skills & Languages

Programming Languages

Python Java Scala Kotlin

Machine Learning & AI

Machine Learning Deep Learning Computer Vision Reinforcement Learning GNN Transformer Agentic AI

Scientific Computing

PyTorch scikit-learn pandas Statistics Data Analysis

Data Engineering

SQL NoSQL Spark FastAPI

Infrastructure & MLOps

AWS Docker Kubernetes Helm Airflow MLflow Git GitLab CI/CD

Soft Skills

Vulgarisation Stakeholder Management Eager to Learn

Languages

🇫🇷
French Mother tongue
Native
🇬🇧 English C1
🇮🇹 Italian A2
🇩🇪 German A2
🇪🇸 Spanish A1

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · Feb 2024 - Mar 2027

Foundational understanding of AWS Cloud services, architecture, security, and billing.

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate

Amazon Web Services · Mar 2024 - Mar 2027

Designing distributed, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS. Architecture best practices and cost optimisation.

ID: d19c8d7aa392433194b0e55b53fb3d0a

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AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · Nov 2025 - Nov 2028

Foundational knowledge of AI/ML concepts, AWS AI services, responsible AI practices, and generative AI on AWS.

ID: 7a19690e7a3c44c19861fd3d7ca669ca

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Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

The Linux Foundation · Nov 2025 - Nov 2027

Designing, building, configuring, and exposing cloud-native applications for Kubernetes.

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Hobbies

What I do outside of work

Volunteering & Event Organisation

FC Les Bois · Tartare de Miettes · Balelec · 2016 - Present

Event organizer and IT Manager for a football club, a music festival, and Balelec — handling events with 1,000+ attendees, volunteer teams, web development, and account management.

Event Management Volunteer Management 1,000+ Attendees Web Dev IT Management Account Management

Video Games

Personal interest

Enjoy a wide range of genres — open-world exploration, narrative-driven adventures, and card-based strategy games. Also a fan of board games: card, strategy, and cooperative.

Exploration Strategy Board Games Cooperative

Continuous Learning — AI & Data Science

Self-directed

Keep up to date with the latest developments in ML, AI, and data science by reading research papers and documentation, watching courses, and following the field for both personal culture and professional growth.

Research Papers Online Courses AI & ML

Travel & Photography

Personal interest

Love to travel across the world to discover new cultures and places. Enjoy hiking to reach stunning landscapes and capturing them through photography.

Travel Hiking Photography