Mattia Opper

Mattia Opper is a highly skilled Research Scientist currently working at Meta on the AIRA Team, focusing on reinforcement learning for autonomous research agents. Previously held positions include Research Scientist at Popoulos Analytics, where Mattia developed LLM-based legal assistants, and multiple internships at Microsoft, Twyla AI, and LanguageTool, emphasizing machine learning and natural language processing. Educational credentials include a PhD in Natural Language Processing/Machine Learning from The University of Edinburgh, a Master's degree in Speech and Language Processing with distinction from The University of Edinburgh, and a BA in Philosophy and German from UCL. Additional expertise includes cross-lingual transfer, domain-specific fine-tuning, and improving model generalization.