[Nomination] Murilo Gustineli #200
Description
Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:
- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
- The nominee agrees to abide by the PyTorch Code of Conduct.
- The nominee agrees to comply with the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy.
- The nominee meets at least one of the qualifications listed in the PyTorch Ambassador Program Requirements.
Nominee Name
Murilo Gustineli
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
https://github.com/murilogustineli/
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
Intel Corporation, Georgia Tech
City, State/Province, Country
Atlanta, GA, USA
Your Name
susan kahler
Your Email (Optional)
How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
Murilo would be a great fit for the PyTorch Ambassador role through his blend of technical expertise, community leadership, and a strong commitment to mentorship and applied research. At Intel, he leads AI software initiatives focused on large-scale deep learning, and at Georgia Tech, he co-leads the DS@GT Applied Research Competitions (ARC) group—a student-led initiative that gives undergraduates, master’s, and PhD students hands-on experience in machine learning through participation in competitive research challenges like CLEF, Kaggle, and internal cluster-based benchmarking on PACE.
Murilo actively promotes the use of PyTorch in applied research settings. He recently presented a PyTorch Foundation webinar on multi-label plant species classification, showcasing a self-supervised DINOv2-based ViT pipeline for biodiversity identification using the PlantCLEF dataset. This work, which earned 2nd place in the 2025 competition and a spotlight at CVPR 2025’s FGVC12 workshop, reflects Murilo’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of applied AI research and making these methods accessible to the broader community. He is currently working on a PyTorch blog as a follow-on to his webinar.
As an ambassador, Murilo plans to host regular workshops at Georgia Tech focusing on PyTorch fundamentals, mentor over 50+ active students in DS@GT-ARC on PyTorch best practices, contribute open-source code and reproducible research based on applied research projects, and organize community events.Any additional details you'd like to share?
Murilo is a Senior AI Software Engineer at Intel and is currently pursuing a master's in CS at Georgia Tech. He is passionate about deep learning, information retrieval, and biodiversity research. He also maintains a blog and open-source projects at:
murilogustineli.com
github.com/murilogustineli