Hi, I’m Lucca! ✌️ Welcome to my corner of the internet. I am a second-year Electrical and Computer Engineering student at Carnegie Mellon University from Brasília, Brazil. 🇧🇷
I’m passionate about bridging the gap between hardware and software through low-level programming, firmware, and embedded systems. My interests also extend into cutting-edge machine learning, particularly in advancing Large Language Models and ML engineering.
In the past, I worked as a Machine Learning Engineering Intern at Stone, a leading fintech in Brazil’s payments sector. There, I conducted LoRA fine-tuning experiments on Llama 3.1 8B for user intent classification in a high-traffic AI customer service chatbot.
Currently, I lead the Data Acquisition team at Carnegie Mellon Racing, the top FSAE Electric team in the U.S. My work involves designing the hardware and software for distributed embedded systems used for collecting data during track testing, conducting sensor characterization, and developing an F1-style live telemetry system for real-time monitoring of our racecar during competition.
Music
Here are some modestly popular Spotify playlists I’ve created over the years. Feel free to check them out!
VGM & Nice Tunes
An eclectic compilation inspired by videogame OSTs, jazz, funk, lofi, pop, world music, and more. Great for studying or relaxing. Cover: “Mario & Luigi” RPG series.
Lucca’s Jazz Club
My go-to jazz playlist which I have slowly built over the years. Features a wide variety of jazz subgenres: hard bop, modal, fusion, funk, bossa nova, world & contemporary tunes by the greatest jazz musicians ever. Cover: Miles Davis.
Rainy Videogame Jazz
The very best of multi-instrumentalist and composer Carlos Eiene a.k.a. insaneintherainmusic. Features Years 3-10, “Live at Grillby’s”, “Sinnohvation”, “Insane In The Rain”, featured performances and original compositions. Cover: the original insaneintherainmusic logo.
Bass Practice
My go-to playlist for practicing bass - a collection of songs with cool basslines for practicing, woodshedding, jamming along and just having fun.