About me

My name is Mateusz Westa. Great fan of Artificial Intelligence, NLP, Data mining and programming as well. Now living in Tokyo, working for NTT DATA in R&D HQ and thinking about PhD Thesis.

Personally interested in learning foreign languages, discovering new cultures and doing sports (like jogging, cycling or horse riding). If you are thinking about going for a classical music concert or opera, please reserve ticket for me too!

Short-mid term plan – get PhD degree in NLP, finish MBA studies specialized in IT projects management and become fluent in 3-4 foreign languages.
Life plan – gain experience working around the world!

If you have any questions and/or want to make business connections, feel free to contact with me by an e-mail (contact(at)mateuszwesta.pl), on Facebook, LinkedIn or GoldenLine!

Professional experience

1.2013 – now	NTT DATA – Tokyo, Japan (www.nttdata.com) Software Engineer Intern Internship in Research and Development Headquarters in Tokyo Implementing multithreading application strongly connected with NLP and data mining fields, coping with large-scale data Implementing MarkLogic, xQuery and Python scripts
9.2012 – now	EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation (www.eu-japan.eu/global/vulcanus-in-japan.html) Vulcanus in Japan Intern As one of 20 European students came to Japan to: Learn Japanese language (September 2012 – December 2012) Work for Japanese company – NTT DATA (January 2013 – August 2013)
12.2009 – 9.2012	Gdansk University of Technology(www.eti.pg.gda.pl) EURO MAYDAY 2012 Project (http://www.mayday2012.gda.pl/) Software Developer EURO MAYDAY 2012 Project – the main goal of our project was to create application providing features for finding similarities between text documents and suggesting possible plagiarised fragments: Researched new methods and algorithms concerning keywords and keyphrases extraction, data mining, natural language processing and automatic text document classification Implemented services on Supercomputer Galera in C++ Implemented Java library for automatic text document classification Implemented algorithms for finding similar phrases Designed databases in MySQL for JEE web applications Involved in creation and maintenance of project documentation Prepared and performed system unit tests
7.2009 – 8.2009	VECTRA S.A. (http://www.vectra.pl/) IT Service Desk Intern Maintenance of company hardware and software Prepared equipment for business and inner-company meetings Configuration of exhibition computer hardware
6.2008 – 9.2009	PBS DGA (http://www.pbsdga.pl/) Pollster Types of conducted surveys: phone, door to door, business to business Surveys quality controller

Courses

4.2013 – now	Stanford University, Stanford, USA – Machine Learning
2.2013 – now	Columbia University, New York, USA – Natural Language Processing

Education

9.2012 – 12.2012	The Naganuma School (www.naganuma-school.ac.jp) Japanese Language Course Language level – A2 of CEFR
2006 – 2011	Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics (www.eti.pg.gda.pl) Master Thesis – “A system for automated digital documents classification on the basis of a category system” Course – Informatics Speciality – Distributed Systems and Internet Applications Master of Science degree very good mark for studies excellent mark for Master Thesis
2003 – 2006	I High School of Jan III Sobieski in Wejherowo City Class profile: mathematics and physics
2000 – 2003	Middle School no. 1 of Mikołaj Kopernik in Wejherowo City
1997 – 2003	Fryderyk Chopin School of Music in Wejherowo City
1996 – 2000	Primary School no 9 of Gen. Józef Wybicki in Wejherowo City
1994 – 1996	Primary School no 6 of Tadeusz Kościuszko in Wejherowo City

Certifications

2012

FCE (University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations) – A grade
JLPT – N4
Japanese language level (The Naganuma School) – A2 of CEFR

Languages

English	Professional working proficiency (FCE A Grade)
Japanese	Limited working proficiency (JLPT N4)
German	Elementary proficiency
Polish	Native

Academic awards

2012	The most innovative and practical Master Thesis ABB IT Challenge 2011/2012 (ABB Poland) Scholarships of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics
2011	Graduation: Master of Science degree very good mark for studies excellent mark for Master Thesis Scholarships of Wejherowo City Major
2010	Scholarships of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics Scholarships of Wejherowo City Major
2009	Scholarships of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics
2008	Scholarships of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics
2006	Laureate of mathematical competition – I won an index of the Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics on Gdansk University of Technology Scholarships of Wejherowo City Major
2001	Scholarships of Wejherowo City President
2001	Scholarships of Wejherowo City President

Conferences

2013	Scala Conference in Japan
2012	Infoshare 2012 IT Academic Day 2012 ICAISC 2012 Westa M., Szymanski J., Krawczyk H., “Text classiﬁers for automatic articles categorization”, Springer LNAI, Zakopane, Poland, 2012 (link) [English]
2011	Infoshare 2011 IT Academic Day 2011
2010	Infoshare 2010 IT Academic Day 2010 Tieto on Tour 2010 RAD Studiu 2010
2009	Infoshare 2009 IT Academic Day 2009

Main voluntary and social activities

2.3.2013	Staff for non-Japanese speakers during Scala Conference in Japan 2013
1.2013 – now	Member of WWF Poland (http://www.wwfpl.panda.org)
8.2010 – now	Activity in Platforma Obywatelska political party (www.platforma.org) Secretary of Wejherowo City PO RP Organization (14.11.2011 – now) authorized to nominate candidates to the Electoral Commissions in Wejherowo (Parliamentary Elections 2011) member of the the City Election Commission (Settlements Council Elections of Wejherowo 2011) start in the Local Elections for City Council of Wejherowo 2010
7.2010 – now	Activity in Stowarzyszenie Młodzi Demokraci (www.smd.org.pl) V-ce President of Małe Trójmiasto Kaszubskie SMD Organization (15.07.2011 – now)
8.2011 – 3.2012	Member of Greenpeace Poland (http://www.greenpeace.pl)
9.2010	Volunteer in ECCO Walkathon 2010 in Warsaw (www.ecco.com) Event participants support Took care of event participants children
6.2010 – 2.2011	Volunteer in Habitat for Humanity Poland (www.habitat.pl) IT/hardware support
7.2009 – 8.2011	Volunteer in Day Room for Poor Children in Wejherowo (www.ualbertynek.pl) IT/hardware support Created organization web-site Took care of and played with children