Manuel Ernesto ⚡️
Profile
My name is Bill and I am a graduate student at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and a Research Assistant at the SCAN Lab. My primary research interests lie in Machine Learning and Data Science, exploring their diverse applications in Mobile Networking, Internet of Things (IoT), Computer Vision, and Automation.
Education

MSc in Computer Science

Oct 2025 – Jun 2027 (expected) | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dept. of Informatics & Telecommunications, Athens, Greece

BSc in Computer Science

Oct 2018 – Jun 2025 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dept. of Informatics & Telecommunications, Athens, Greece

Experience

ML Engineer | Research Associate

Mar 2025 – Present | SCAN Lab, Dept. of Informatics & Telecommunications, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Designing and evaluating RL/DRL-based AI systems for autonomous orchestration and resource management of 6G mobile networks within an EU-funded project. Developing and integrating computer vision pipelines for real-time drone-based applications.

BI & Analytics Intern

Dec 2024 – Mar 2025 | OPAP S.A., Athens, Greece

Built and maintained Azure Synapse Pipelines for end-to-end ETL processes and data transformation. Designed and delivered BI reports in Power BI, SSRS, and Tableau, communicating data-driven insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Wrote and optimised complex SQL queries to support analytical and reporting workloads.

IT Support / Systems Administrator Intern

Jul 2024 – Oct 2024 | STIQ, Athens, Greece

Performed EDA and data cleaning on sales datasets to support downstream analytics. Tested statistical and ML forecasting models using Python (Darts library). Conducted time series analysis and forecasting using R (fpp3).

Certifications
  • The Data Science Course: Complete Data Science Bootcamp — Udemy
  • AWS Knowledge: Cloud Essentials — Amazon Web Services
  • IEEE Certificates Program (CEU/PDH) — IEEE
Skills
  • Python
  • C/C++
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • PyTorch
  • Stable-Baselines3
  • Gym
  • scikit-learn
  • Darts
  • Ultralytics / YOLO
  • RT-DETR
  • Azure Synapse
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • SSRS
  • pandas
  • NumPy
Languages
  • Greek — Native
  • English — Full Professional Proficiency (ECPE, University of Michigan)