Francesco Fusco, PhD

Francesco Fusco, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist specializing in AI Systems at IBM Research in Zurich. He leads projects focused on Efficient Natural Language Processing (NLP) for industrial applications, particularly developing model architectures that optimize low latency inference, such as the pNLP-Mixer.

Fusco has a robust academic and professional background, having filed approximately 20 patents and published over 20 papers in leading systems and AI conferences. His expertise spans a wide range of areas, including low-level network programming in the Linux kernel, high-performance mathematical programming using SIMD instructions, and the design of novel machine learning models. He has also contributed to several IBM products, including IBM Sonas and Tivoli TNPFA, and has been involved in various open-source projects like the Linux kernel and Open vSwitch.

His work is driven by a passion for creating efficient and cost-effective solutions to complex problems through innovative algorithm design and optimized implementations, often collaborating in hardware-software co-design processes.12