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Pablo Matorras-Cuevas

¡Hola! I'm Pablo Matorras-Cuevas, a data scientist and PhD physicist specialising in Machine Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs). With over six years of experience in statistical modelling and high-dimensional data analysis, I combine scientific rigour with modern AI techniques to solve real-world problems.

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About Me

"While my academic base was in my hometown, I actively sought a global perspective, completing exchange programs in the UK, USA, and Switzerland."

Technical Skills

Beyond Code

Picos de Europa from near Santander Borobudur temple El Nido sunset Sunrise over the Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Featured Projects

Financial-ML: Equity Selection System

Machine learning system for equity selection that predicts S&P 500 outperformers using market data, fundamentals, and sentiment indicators. Achieved 20.2% annual returns and 0.93 Sharpe ratio using time series cross-validation and Random Forest models.

Financial-Sentiment-LLM

Advanced NLP pipeline fine-tuning FinBERT for financial sentiment analysis. Implements a multi-task architecture (classification + regression) to handle diverse data from news, social media, and forums, achieving 85.4% accuracy.

MacroEconomics Dashboard

Interactive dashboard for exploring macroeconomic indicators (inflation, GDP, etc.) across countries. Built with Plotly/Dash and Python, featuring time series analysis and geospatial visualization.

footAI: Football Analytics

End-to-end system predicting match outcomes (home/draw/away) across Europe's top five leagues. Combines Elo ratings with machine learning (RandomForest) achieving 50.5% accuracy on three-class prediction and a 37.4% draw recall. Includes an optional Plotly/Dash visualization.

Work Experience

Graduate Researcher | Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA)

2019 - 2025 | Santander, Spain & Geneva, Switzerland

Education

Trained in statistical modeling and large-scale data analysis through research at CERN and academic programs across Europe and North America.

PhD in Particle Physics | Universidad de Cantabria

2019 - 2025 | Santander, Spain / Geneva, Switzerland

PhD Thesis: "Search For Supersymmetric Particle Pair Production In Final States With Two Oppositely Charged Leptons And Large Missing Transverse Momentum In Proton-proton Collisions At 13 TeV"
Supervisor: Luca Scodellaro | Cum laude


M.Sc. in Particle Physics | Universidad de Cantabria

2017 - 2018 | Santander, Spain / Zurich, Switzerland

Master Thesis: "Higgs production cross section at 13 TeV and prospects on BSM searches for the HL-LHC"

B.Sc. in Physics | Universidad de Cantabria

2013 - 2017 | Santander, Spain / London, UK / Pittsburgh, USA

  • Bachelor thesis research: Conducted ATLAS detector particle physics analysis using Monte Carlo simulations; provided first exposure to C/C++, ROOT, and experimental high-energy physics methods. Complemented core physics coursework with mathematics, philosophy, and programming (Python, MATLAB)
  • International Exchanges

    During my Bachelors and Masters, I also participated in several exchange programs that enhanced my international perspective, including:

  • Erasmus+
  • University College London, UK (Sep 2015 - Jun 2016)
    University of Zurich, Switzerland (Jul 2018 - Jul 2019)
  • USA Exchange
  • University of Pittsburgh, USA (Aug 2015 - May 2016)

    CERN Summer Student | Geneva, Switzerland | Jun – Sep 2017

    Participated in the CERN Summer Student Programme, which combined specialised lectures from leading scientists with hands-on project work. Worked with the RD50 R&D group developing automated analysis for silicon sensor testing results ( Capacity-Voltage and Current-Voltage measurements).

    Summer Schools

    Participated in specialised summer schools advancing expertise in particle physics, machine learning, and quantum computing:

    Scientific Production

    Talks & Presentations

    Presented research at 8+ international conferences, including ICHEP2022, SUSY2023, and DIS2024. Topics span supersymmetry searches, electroweak SUSY production, and detector performance with the CMS collaboration. Represented CMS at major venues across Europe and North America.

    Publications

    h-index: 59 | 12,520 citations across 356 citable papers with average 39 citations per paper. Contributions include PhD thesis on supersymmetric particle searches, CMS Public Analysis Summary (SUS-23-002), and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. Full profiles available on InspireHEP and Google Scholar.