Data Scientist | PhD Physicist | ML & NLP Specialist
I'm a data scientist with a PhD in particle physics, specialising in Machine Learning and Large Language Models. With over six years of experience in statistical modelling and high-dimensional data analysis, I combine CERN's scientific rigour with modern AI techniques to solve real-world problems.
π Dual Spanish-Swiss citizen | Based in Santander, Spain
π¬ Former CERN Researcher at CMS Collaboration
π PhD in Particle Physics (cum laude) | Universidad de Cantabria
Machine learning system predicting S&P 500 outperformers using market data, fundamentals, and sentiment indicators.
- 20.2% annual returns | 0.93 Sharpe ratio
- Random Forest with time series cross-validation
Advanced NLP pipeline fine-tuning FinBERT for financial sentiment analysis.
- Multi-task architecture (classification + regression)
- 85.4% accuracy across news, social media, and forums
End-to-end system predicting match outcomes across Europe's top five leagues.
- Combines Elo ratings with Random Forest
- 50.5% accuracy on three-class prediction
Interactive dashboard exploring macroeconomic indicators across countries using Plotly/Dash.
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Graduate Researcher | Instituto de FΓsica de Cantabria (IFCA) | 2019-2025
- Large-scale data analysis on CMS detector datasets
- Monte Carlo simulations and distributed computing
- International collaboration with 3000+ scientists
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Teaching Assistant | Universidad de Cantabria | 2021-2023
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Research Assistant | University of Zurich | 2018-2019
Contributor to CMS Experiment software frameworks (~100k+ lines of code):
- LatinoAnalysis β Distributed analysis framework for multi-terabyte datasets.
- BTVNanoCommissioning β Workflow for heavy-flavour jet identification validation.
- PlotsConfigurations β Configuration management for statistical inference.
Lived and worked in 4 countries (Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA) and visited 39 others. Exchange programmes at University College London, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Zurich.
- π§ Email: pablo[at]matorras[dot] com
- πΌ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/pablo-matorras
- π Website: pablo.matorras.com
- π€ Hugging Face: huggingface.co/pmatorras
- π Google Scholar: Pablo Matorras-Cuevas
- βοΈ InspireHEP: Pablo Matorras-Cuevas