Open to collaboration · Santiago, CL

Erick Francisco
Merino Menares

AI Engineer · Backend · Data · Education

I design, build and operate applied AI systems for education and data governance. I work with LLMs, RAG, embeddings and production-oriented backend architectures.

erickfmm@gmail.com +56 9 6183 0057

28 public repos
11 HF datasets
2 published models
9 years academia + practice
// Profile

Applied AI with production discipline

I combine research, backend development and data governance to build useful, auditable systems that are ready to operate.

Professional summary

Computer Science Engineer with a focus on database design. I work across project management, AI-assisted backend development and data analysis with Python.

Experience in requirements analysis, language-model proofs of concept and data governance for the public sector.

Core stack

Languages: Python (advanced), C# (basic), JavaScript (basic)

Data: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Qdrant

Backend & ML: Django, FastAPI, Flask, Scikit-Learn, SciPy, LangChain, Transformers, Sentence-Transformers

Tools: Docker, Tableau, Google Looker, Power BI, OpenMetadata, Gephi

Continuous learning

  • 2026 · Modern NLP in Python (Udemy, 10 h)
  • 2025 · Microservices: from monoliths to microservices (Udemy, 2 h)
  • 2024 · Public project design, management and evaluation (30 h)
  • 2024 · Data Mesh: a quick intro for complete beginners (2.5 h)
// Track record

Experience

AI, data governance and education: from requirements analysis to operating systems.

2022 — Present Santiago, Chile

Ministry of Education (MINEDUC)

Innovation Center Professional

  • Maintenance and web development for the Education Data Standard verification system (Digital Class Book).
  • Data governance for the Quality Assurance System with TOGAF and DAMA; process and system maps in Archimate.
  • Software project management: proposals, DIPRES forms, requirements analysis, tender support and milestone verification.
  • AI proofs of concept with LLMs, RAG, BERT, T5 and related models.
2016 — 2018 Valparaíso, Chile

Universidad de Valparaíso

Research Assistant

  • Built a multimodal learning analytics tool with Kinect v2.
  • Continuous posture classification and speaker recognition.
  • Distance travelled per person.
2018 Valparaíso, Chile

Universidad de Valparaíso

Intern (2nd internship)

  • Front-end development (HTML, CSS, JS) for the new MailCenter version.
  • Contributed to publications on learning analytics and EEG-based emotion recognition.
2017 Valparaíso, Chile

Universidad de Valparaíso

STEM Assistant

  • Teaching-lab support.
2016 Viña del Mar, Chile

AltaVoz

Intern (1st internship)

  • Built a sample application in the Prontus CMS.
  • Redesigned the web interface of the project manager.
// Education

Education

Formal training in engineering, databases and data science.

Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science

Universidad de Valparaíso · 2023 · 6 months

Passed with Highest Distinction (6.1).

Computer Science Engineering

Universidad de Valparaíso · 2019

Specialization in Database Management and Design. Graduated with Highest Distinction (6.22).

// Build log

Projects

Open-source tools, automation and applied research.

DashAI Frankenstein

In development

A Frankenstein Transformer plugin for DashAI that brings its experimental architectures into the DashAI ecosystem.

PluginDashAIPython

ANMetaL

PyPI · Active

Metaheuristics and numerical optimization library with advanced visualizations: PSO, DE, CMA-ES, Black Hole and more.

  • Interactive web demo at erickfmm.github.io/anmetal.
  • JavaScript/TypeScript port in development (anmetal-js).
OptimizationPythonVisualization

Awesome NLP / LLM in Spanish

Curated list

A curated list of resources, datasets, models and courses for NLP and LLMs in Spanish.

NLPCommunityOpen source

Markdown to Audio

Tool

Converts Markdown books into multi-chapter audiobooks with Spanish TTS engines.

TTSPythonAudio

Translate & Process Datasets

Data

Scripts to translate, filter and prepare datasets for publication on Hugging Face.

Data EngineeringHFPython

Autogenerator of PPT

EdTech

Automatically generates educational presentations from YAML into PPTX and PDF.

AutomationPythonEdTech
// Research

Publications

Research in multimodal learning, educational analytics and EEG-based emotion recognition.

Journals

  1. 2020

    A new EEG software that supports emotion recognition by using an autonomous approach

    Neural Computing and Applications
  2. 2018

    Exploring Collaborative Writing of User Stories with Multimodal Learning Analytics

    IEEE Access
  3. 2018

    Development of a Software that Supports Multimodal Learning Analytics: A Case Study on Oral Presentations

    Journal of Universal Computer Science
  4. 2018

    Mathematics Learning through Computational Thinking Activities: A Systematic Literature Review

    Journal of Universal Computer Science
  5. 2018

    Using Black Hole Algorithm to Improve EEG-Based Emotion Recognition

    Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

Conferences

  1. 2018

    Evolução das posturas corporais de estudantes em apresentações de seminários

    Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education
  2. 2019

    Using Multimodal Data to Find Patterns in Student Presentations

    LACLO 2018
  3. 2018

    Developing a Dashboard to Support the Analysis of Multimodal Educational Data

    Congreso Chileno de TICS para la Educación
// Models and data

Hugging Face

Spanish-language models and datasets for NLP, embeddings and experimentation.

Models

Datasets

Explore more collections, models and datasets on the Hugging Face profile.

View profile
// Contact

Let's talk

If you have an AI, data or education project in mind, get in touch.

Next step

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