Shachar Mirkin

Shachar Mirkin

Freelance Applied AI Researcher

About Me

I am a freelance applied researcher (PhD) with 20+ years of hands-on expertise in NLP, Generative AI, and Machine Learning, spanning industry and academia.

I have worked in research institutes (IBM Research AI, Xerox Research), startups, and corporations, successfully bringing AI projects from design to production across domains such as legal, finance, and healthcare/biomedical. I have nearly 10 years of experience as a manager and team leader, co-supervising graduate students and mentoring junior colleagues.

I hold a PhD in Computer Science, specializing in NLP, and have completed 3.5 years of postdoctoral research. I am the author of multiple patents and around 40 academic publications in top-tier venues (Google Scholar: 4,500+ citations; h-index: 23).

Based in France, I am open to short- or long-term remote projects as a freelancer via my registered company. Contact me to discuss your project.

Recent Work

I can't share much about my clients' projects, but you can check out my academic research and these short snippets to learn more about my other activities.