It’s a fantastic working environment, where I’m surrounded by experts in related fields
Why did you want to be an engineer?
My brother was into computers and was implementing these cool systems, so when I had to decide on a career, Computer Science seemed like an empowering profession, that would give me the skills to work on many different problems, opening up a lot of possibilities for the future. It took me a while to find the precise area that I wanted to work on, but once I found it, it turned out to be something that would allow me to combine my personal interests in languages and literature into a professional career of research on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence.
What brought you to the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Sheffield?
Apart from being one of the top universities in the UK, Sheffield has one of the largest research groups in my area (Natural Language Processing) in Europe. It’s a fantastic working environment, where I’m surrounded by experts in related fields, with whom I can exchange ideas and join forces to solve much bigger challenges that I could do on my own.
Apart from the excellent technical side, the Computer Science department holds a Silver Award from Athena Swan, and for me that was a clear indication that I would be in a place that values diversity, equality and inclusion.
Professor Aline Villavicencio
Plus Sheffield has this wonderful combination of exciting urban environment, and cultural options with beautiful scenery everywhere. I really enjoy discovering new neighbourhoods around the city.