Michele Ghittoni

Computer Science student and machine learning engineer focused on AI systems, experimental infrastructure, and product-minded software.

Michele Ghittoni is a Computer Science student at the Universita di Parma, graduating with a final grade of 110/110 cum laude.

His work spans machine learning experimentation, C++ systems for automatic differentiation, and full-stack product engineering. He has built research pipelines for HPC environments, co-founded a nightlife discovery platform, and independently shipped web products.

Education

  • B.Sc. in Computer ScienceUniversita di Parma, Sep 2022 - Mar 2026

    GPA 27.5/30. Final grade 110/110 cum laude.

Work

  • Machine Learning Engineer InternUniversita di Parma, Oct 2025 - Feb 2026

    Architected a scalable experimental framework to benchmark Dissimilarity Representation against traditional feature-based ML methods, with automated Python pipelines running on HPC through Papermill, Apptainer, and SLURM.

Skills

Machine Learning

PyTorch · Deep Learning · LLM · CUDA

Programming

Python · C · C++ · SQL · TypeScript

Frontend and Mobile

React · Next.js · SwiftUI

Systems and Infrastructure

HPC · AWS · Linux · Git

Projects

  • Quickgrad2026

    Open-source lightweight automatic differentiation and backpropagation engine built from scratch in C++ with a dynamic computational graph.

  • Club-now2024 - 2026

    Co-founded and led frontend engineering for a nightlife discovery platform with a React/TypeScript web app and native iOS app in Swift.

  • Negozio-Codici2021

    Independently developed and deployed an online platform for discovering discount codes.

  • SerieA-News / TellDiff2018 - 2020

    Built two social media pages to 35k and 25k followers through content strategy, analytics, and community management.

Languages

  • ItalianNative
  • EnglishFluent
  • FrenchBasic
  • SpanishBasic

Writing