Shachar Mirkin

Freelance Applied AI Researcher

About Me

I am a freelance applied AI researcher (PhD) with 20+ years of hands-on experience in NLP, generative AI, and machine learning across both industry and academia.

I have worked in research institutes (IBM Research AI, Xerox Research), startups, and large corporations, delivering AI projects from early research and system design to production deployment in domains including legal, finance, sports, and healthcare/biomedical.

I also have nearly 10 years of experience leading teams, mentoring junior researchers and engineers, and co-supervising graduate students.

I hold a PhD in Computer Science specializing in NLP and completed 3.5 years of postdoctoral research. I am the author of multiple patents and around 40 publications in leading venues (Google Scholar: 4,800+ citations; h-index: 24).

Services

Based in France, I am available for short- and long-term remote consulting projects through my registered company. Among the services I provide:

Applied AI Research & Algorithm Development
Model Training, Adaptation & Evaluation
Literature Review & State-of-the-Art Analysis
Technical Advisory: consulting calls on algorithms, architecture, and next steps
AI Mentorship & Onboarding: helping teams adopt modern AI and ML workflows
Scientific & Technical Review: critical evaluation of technical proposals, papers, and presentations

Contact me to discuss your project.

Latest recommendations

Irit Opher VP Research, Quai.MD Malt

We had the pleasure of working with Shachar Mirkin as an NLP advisor for a few months. Shachar's contributions was pivotal to the success of our project. Read more

We had the pleasure of working with Shachar Mirkin as an NLP advisor for a few months. Shachar's contributions was pivotal to the success of our project. Shachar brought deep expertise in natural language processing, helping us design, refine and implement our approach in way that was tailored to our needs. In addition, Shachar played a key role in building a robust MLOps pipeline to support our experiments. Shachar's logical thinking and collaborative and pleasant approach made a significant positive impact on our project’s success. I highly recommend Shachar Mirkin for any organization looking for expert guidance in NLP and Data Science implementation.
Bar Tamir NLP Researcher and Team Lead, WSC Sports LinkedIn

Shachar worked as a free lancer in my team at WSC Sports. Shachar is a thorough algorithm developer, comes up with good ideas, works very methodologically, but also pragmatically to integrate his research in production system. Read more

Shachar worked as a free lancer in my team at WSC Sports. Shachar is a thorough algorithm developer, comes up with good ideas, works very methodologically, but also pragmatically to integrate his research in production system. Shachar is also very nice to talk and work with, and contributes also to the team's better workflows. He has a broad theoretical background and hands-on experience that contribute his work and also the other team members. In addition, he is able to onboard quickly on new domains and code, to efficiently start new projects.
Guy Kaplan AI Researcher, Apple LinkedIn

Shachar brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and strong execution. During his time at WSC Sports, I was his acting manager and was constantly impressed by the depth he brought to every task. He is a sharp thinker who doesn't just solve problems but truly masters them. I learned a great deal from him and sincerely enjoyed our time working together. He is a massive asset to any AI or Data Science team!
Rachel Sorek Head of Research, Verbit.ai LinkedIn

It has been a great experience working with Shachar at LSEG. Not only is he a profoundly dedicated and hardworking, but his experience and insight consistently brings exceptional value to our projects. Read more

It has been a great experience working with Shachar at LSEG. Not only is he a profoundly dedicated and hardworking, but his experience and insight consistently brings exceptional value to our projects. He is a deep thinker - doesn't just look for solutions; but rather dive into the core of problems, ensuring innovative and effective solutions. His insights have been crucial in navigating complex data challenges and driving our success forward. Anyone looking for a data scientist who can truly transform data into actionable solutions would be lucky to have Shachar on their team.