Albertus Andito

Albertus Andito

NLP and AI Researcher | Software Engineer in Brighton, UK

About

Hi, I’m Albertus Andito. I recently passed my PhD viva in Informatics at the University of Sussex, specialising in natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), and machine learning (ML).

I am transitioning into a full-time role as a researcher and software engineer at CASM Technology, where I previously worked part-time for during my PhD. We collaborate with non-profit organisations to understand and tackle online harms.

As a long-standing committee member, I previously contributed to building and maintaining the technology infrastructure of Doctrine UK, an epistemic organisation for Indonesians pursuing PhD in the UK.

I hail from Bandung, Indonesia and currently live in Brighton, UK.

I’m always happy to connect and collaborate.

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Education
  • Jan 2022 - Present Brighton, UK
    University of Sussex PhD in Informatics (Natural Language Processing) (viva passed, minor corrections pending)
    • Research on embedding similarity measures and large language models (LLMs) for schema matching and automated assessment of web scraping configurations
  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2021 Brighton, UK
    University of Sussex BSc in Computer Science (with an industrial placement year)
    • Achieved First Class Honours (86%)
    • Core modules: Software Engineering, NLP, Advanced NLP, Fundamentals of ML, Databases, Program Analysis
    • Industrial placement: 1-year software engineering internship at Oracle, AI Applications team
    • Final year project: Using dynamic knowledge graph for fake news early detection (Grade: 87%)
Work Experience
  • Jan 2022 - Present Brighton, UK
    PhD Researcher University of Sussex
    • Conducted doctoral research in applications of NLP with a focus on schema matching and unsupervised assessment of LLM-generated web scraping configurations
    • Developed a novel schema matching approach using self-supervised contrastive learning of sentence embeddings with Hugging Face; benchmarked against and reproduced multiple state-of-the-art competitors through large-scale experiments on HPC clusters (Slurm, multi-GPU)
    • Introduced a new research task: unsupervised assessment of LLM-generated web scraping configurations, and designed embedding-based similarity measures to detect incorrect configurations
    • Experimented with and evaluated LLMs (via Pydantic AI) in solving the assessment task, comparing their performance to embedding-based methods
    • Fully funded doctoral project supported by University of Sussex and CASM Technology
  • Oct 2021 - Present Brighton, UK
    Research Software Engineer/Researcher (Part-Time -> Full-Time) CASM Technology
    • Consultancy working with non-profit organisations in using technologies to detect and understand online harms
    • Develop and maintain internal analyst-facing applications (Solara) for tracking and managing monitored harmful content
    • Create interactive client dashboards (Python, Streamlit, Plotly) with metrics and visualisations for analysis and reporting
    • Develop and maintain large-scale social media data collection and analytics pipelines using internal tooling (Method52)
    • Build custom web scrapers for news and online sources to support downstream topic modelling and analysis
    • Design methods to identify networks of related social media accounts from seed users, improving detection coverage of harmful activity
    • Collaborate directly with clients to translate requirements into deployable, usable technical solutions
  • Sep 2021 - Dec 2023 Brighton, UK
    Doctoral Tutor (Part-Time) University of Sussex
    • Delivered 2-4 lab classes per week for Databases and Advanced NLP modules, teaching both undergraduate and MSc students
  • May 2021 - Aug 2021 Brighton, UK
    Research Assistant Concept Analytics Lab, University of Sussex
    • Applied NLP techniques to diary texts for the Mass Observation Visualisation project, enabling geographic visualisation of language use
    • Developed a Python library and web API (FastAPI) to extract and query linguistics data (e.g. word and concept frequencies and probabilities, using Spacy), powering an interactive visualisation app
  • Oct 2020 - May 2021 Brighton, UK
    Student Demonstrator (Part-Time) University of Sussex
    • Supported delivery of weekly labs for Introduction to Programming and Further Programming modules
  • Jul 2019 - Sep 2020 Reading, UK
    Software Engineer Intern Oracle
    • Interned with the AI Apps team, contributing to frameworks that embedded machine learning to Oracle’s enterprise products
    • Built and maintained an example application and automated end-to-end testing suite, enabling application developers to adopt framework components more easily
    • Implemented new features and maintained the framework using Java, Spring Boot, Grafana, and Prometheus
Voluntary Experience
  • Oct 2023 - Nov 2025 Remote, UK
    Head of IT Department Doctrine UK (Doctoral Epistemic of Indonesian in the UK)
    • Led a team of IT-focused PhD students in maintaining and expanding the organisation’s digital infrastructure for 800+ members
    • Introduced Kanban workflows (Trello) to improve scheduling and delivery of knowledge cluster events
    • Directed migration of the organisation’s website from WordPress to a static site generator (Astro), simplifying content structure and enabling richer interconnections between organisational content and entities
    • Maintained and developed new features for the member portal web app (MERN stack)
    • Supervised the development of a dynamic visualisation dashboard for membership census data
  • Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 London, UK
    ICT Literacy Workshop Facilitator SEEAC (Southeast and East Asian Centre)
    • Facilitated biweekly workshops for 30 Filipino domestic workers, delivering training in essential ICT skills
  • Jan 2022 - Sep 2023 Remote, UK
    Deputy Head of IT Department Doctrine UK (Doctoral Epistemic of Indonesian in the UK)
    • Developed a membership census portal web app used by 800+ members for registration and data updates
    • Built and deployed an online election platform to support organisational voting processes
    • Maintained and updated the organisation’s WordPress website content
  • Oct 2020 - Oct 2021 Remote, UK
    Full Stack Developer PPI UK (Indonesian Student Association in the UK)
    • Developed and deployed a web application to record and manage the database of Indonesian students in the UK
    • Implemented a Single Sign-On (SSO) API integrating the database with the organisation’s discussion forum (Vanilla Forum), streamlining member access
Skills
  • Programming Languages
    PythonJavaJavaScript/TypeScriptSQL
  • ML & NLP
    HuggingFace TransformersPyTorchscikit-learnSpacyLLM (Pydantic AI)
  • Web & App Development
    MongoDBExpress.jsReactNode.jsFastAPIStreamlitAstroSolara
  • Infrastructure & Tools
    Slurm/HPCDigitalOceanGitGitHub Actions