Nikolai Debono

Nikolai Debono is a Senior NLP Research Engineer at Aveni, where responsibilities include designing workflows for few-shot classifiers and developing techniques for adapting pre-trained language models for conversational tasks. Prior experience includes roles as a Full Stack Developer and Oracle Data Warehouse Developer at Ascent Software, where software for corporate logistics was developed and data warehouse ETLs were optimized. Nikolai also served as a Machine Learning Engineer, creating a document retrieval engine, and gained early experience as an Apprentice Software Developer at Enemalta and a Junior Developer at the Ministry of Justice, Culture, and Local Governance. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence from The University of Edinburgh and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in IT with a focus on Artificial Intelligence from L-Università ta' Malta.