AI Engineering Student

Ana Paula Tissera

Universidad de San Andrés · Exchange at Università Bocconi

A constellation of my work. Follow a star to open it.

  • Interpretability & Reasoning
  • Agents & Multi-agent Systems
  • Computer Vision
  • Applied ML & Signals
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Robotics

About

AI Engineering student with project experience spanning machine learning, computer vision, reinforcement learning, quantum computing, and LLM agents and interpretability, across healthcare, sports, agriculture, and robotics.

Through academic projects and hands-on experience, I have strengthened my problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills. I enjoy working at the intersection of technical rigor, experimentation, and product thinking, and I am particularly motivated by opportunities where AI can generate measurable impact.

Stack

Machine Learning
PyTorchReinforcement LearningTransformersVAEsXGBoostscikit-learn
AI Systems
LLM agentsMulti-agent systemsClaude Agent SDKLangGraphInterpretabilitywatsonx
Vision & Robotics
YOLOOpenCVSegment AnythingStereo visionROS 2SLAM
Engineering
PythonTypeScriptFastAPINext.jsDockerPostgreSQLC / C++

Experience

Experience

  • Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
    AI Engineer InternIBMPart-time · Client Engineering (watsonx) · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Hybrid

    On IBM's Client Engineering team, built AI solutions with IBM watsonx alongside clients.

  • Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
    Teaching Assistant · Computer Architecture & Operating SystemsUniversidad de San AndrésIn person · Victoria, Buenos Aires

    Supported students through low-level systems and C++: architecture, memory, and OS concepts.

  • Jan 2026 – Feb 2026
    Summer Job · Digital Transformation & Continuous ImprovementSyngentaTemporary · In person · Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe

    Software and computer-vision work on the digital transformation and continuous-improvement team.

  • Aug 2025 – Dec 2025
    Teaching Assistant · Numerical Methods & OptimizationUniversidad de San AndrésIn person · Victoria, Buenos Aires

    Guided students through numerical methods and optimization coursework.

  • Aug 2022 – Sep 2022
    Educational InternshipEssenInternship · In person · Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe

Education

  • 2023 – Present
    Engineering in Artificial IntelligenceUniversidad de San Andrés

    One of the first AI Engineering programs in South America. Coursework across machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, computer vision, robotics, NLP, and systems.

  • Sep 2026 – Present
    Exchange · Coursework in the MSc in Artificial IntelligenceUniversità Bocconi

Honors

Hackathons and competitions.

  • QuantumJam 2025 · ITBA + IBM Quantum2025Winner

    Quantum key distribution protocols in a realistic eavesdropping scenario

    We won the first quantum-computing competition in Argentina. After a month of intensive Qiskit workshops covering fundamentals, circuit design, and cryptographic protocols, we implemented quantum key distribution from first principles. Our project focused on BB84: a complete Qiskit implementation with noise models, error correction, and post-processing reconciliation. We then built a proof-of-concept E91 protocol (entanglement-based QKD using Bell states) to contrast approaches and explore the security properties under eavesdropping attacks, showing how to detect and measure an eavesdropper's presence on the quantum channel.

  • HackITBA 20262026Winner

    Winner, AI & Automations category

    Delphi, a predictive-intelligence platform for maize-pest outbreak risk, won its category, built on real INTA trap-monitoring data with explainable SHAP-based predictions.

  • Hackathon 2025 · Siemens + UIA20252nd place

    2nd place, stereo vision and edge control for industry

    A hackathon organized by Siemens and the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), tackling real national-industry challenges in energy efficiency, predictive maintenance, cybersecurity, and process optimization for the oilseed sector. We built a stereo-vision, sensing, and edge-control system that measures fragment distribution and thermal conditions to recommend and automate adjustments to the cracker machine's roller opening and VSC conditioning, optimizing energy use and process quality.

  • Platanus Hack 20262026

    Verbalize, interpretability for AI safety

    An AI-alignment tool that audits whether a model's stated reasoning matches what it is actually computing, decoding its internal activations into natural language in real time to catch misalignment that chain-of-thought monitoring misses.

  • Anthropic hackathon2026

    SpineAgent, agent over a business's spine object

    An autonomous agent that operates on the root operational object crossing an organization's functional areas, with pgvector memory and human-in-the-loop approvals.

  • CanSat Argentina · Team SARF3rd in Argentina

    CanSat

    CanSat is an international student competition where teams design, build, and operate a satellite the size of a soda can. We scored 92.36 at the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) stage, 3rd in Argentina as Team SARF, and we're working on the project again for next year.