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# Simon Rüba — Background

LLM research & engineering · Innsbruck, Austria

I am based in Innsbruck, Austria. My background spans applied machine learning, software engineering, and research in medical imaging.

## Experience

### Co-founder

[enrik.ai](https://enrik.ai/)

Present

### Head of IT & Software

Heliotherm Wärmepumpentechnik GmbH

August 2023 — July 2026

Built an end-to-end anomaly detection pipeline feeding a digital twin, enabling predictive maintenance for more than 4,000 heat pumps.

Created GitLab CI/CD pipelines with automated linting and testing, and standardized infrastructure workflows and operational runbooks.

Python, NumPy, IoT, GitLab CI/CD

### Software Developer

Accemic Technologies GmbH

2018 — 2023 · Student trainee

Worked on non-intrusive runtime analysis of embedded processors and built C# and C++ report generators for large-scale embedded studies.

Contributed to the EU-funded H2020 COEMS and HE TRISTAN research programs, exploring new approaches to debugging embedded systems.

C, C++, C#, embedded systems

## Education

University of Innsbruck

### Mammogram quality assessment

MSc Computer Science · In progress

Automated PGMI scale classification using a ConvNeXt ensemble to assess mammogram image quality with deep learning.

### Kidney & tumor segmentation

BSc Computer Science · 2017–2020

Automatic semantic segmentation of kidneys and kidney tumors in medical images, combining YOLO-based localization with U-Net segmentation.

## Tools I work with

- **Languages:** Python, TypeScript, C++, C#, Java, SQL
- **Machine learning:** PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, Pandas, OpenCV
- **Software & infrastructure:** React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, Linux

## Connect

- [Email](mailto:contact@simonrueba.com)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/simonrueba)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/simonrueba)

[Contact details & form](https://simonrueba.com/contact)

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