About Nicolas Martin
20 years turning AI into working solutions — now teaching you
Nicolas Martin is a practitioner-professor. He has designed and shipped artificial intelligence across Europe, India and beyond — then distilled that experience into classes that give you the method, not just the theory.
20 yrs
Building and shipping data science
3rd
Data Science Stack Exchange, 2022
50+
AI and Data Science projects delivered
500+
Professionals taught
Why learn with Nicolas
Experience you can actually learn from
A practitioner, not just a theorist
Two decades of shipping AI in industry. Every class is grounded in projects that had to work, not slides that had to look good.
Breadth across the whole field
NLP, computer vision, time series and Reinforcement Learning. You learn to pick the right approach for the problem instead of forcing one tool everywhere.
The method, not the tool of the month
Frameworks change every season. The reasoning behind a solution does not. You leave with a method you can reuse on the next model release.
International and multilingual
AI projects between Europe, Mauritius, USA and India, and teaching across several languages. Complex ideas, explained clearly to any audience.
Professional journey
From aerospace engineering to AI architect, one project at a time
CEO
Oct 2024 – present
Whitetown Global Pvt Ltd · Pondicherry
Business development, management and IT solutions.
President & CEO
May 2024 – present
Fractal-Apps Pvt Ltd · Pondicherry
Leads AI and software projects across Europe, Mauritius, the USA and India, spanning consumer products in home styling and video creation.
Professor of AI Services
Jan – Mar 2024
INSA · Valenciennes
Master-level teaching of AI services, extended to companies and universities since 2025.
Director
Dec 2022 – 2025
Bristol Assurances SA · Luxembourg
Director of the Luxembourg insurance company.
Data Science Architect
Sep 2020 – Feb 2024
Sens · Remote
Designed data science architectures for conversational AI and interactive products, spanning natural language processing and reinforcement learning.
Lead Data Scientist
May 2019 – Aug 2020
Aqsone · Toulouse
Led a team delivering deep learning and analytics, and built advanced statistical and BI platforms with Qlik Sense and Jupyter.
Data Scientist
Apr 2018 – May 2019
Tessella (Altran) · Blagnac
Built data science and analytics platforms for the aviation sector and contributed to business development with industry stakeholders.
Data Scientist
Jan 2015 – Apr 2018
Cimpa SAS · Blagnac
Delivered deep learning and machine learning solutions, including neural networks and dimensionality reduction, with TensorFlow, Keras and Scikit-Learn.
Business Project Leader
Aug 2011 – Dec 2014
Airbus Cimpa · Toulouse
Managed a manufacturing CAD, CAM and PDM system across Germany, the UK, France and Spain.
IT Engineer
Sep 2007 – Jul 2011
Capgemini / CSC / Sogeti High-Tech / ABGAM · Madrid
Delivered IT project management services for a major banking client and maintained composite manufacturing programs across four countries.
Intern
Jan – Jul 2007
Volkswagen · Wolfsburg
Defined a standardised XML exchange format for test activities.
Intern
Sep 2005 – Jan 2006
DLR · Berlin
Researched mathematical algorithms to control air traffic from video using FPGAs.
Company names and roles describe past professional experience only. They do not imply any current affiliation, partnership, sponsorship or endorsement of SPENGTRA.
Expertise
The toolbox behind the classes
Education
Diplomas
Engineering Master Degree
ENSIAME, France · 2007
Engineering Master (6 months)
Tsinghua University, Beijing · 2007
Certifications
Continuous learning
Python (basic)
HackerRank · 2022
Reinforcement Learning Specialisation
Coursera · 2020
LEAN Manufacturing
Cabinet MOISY · 2016
Languages
Taught in the language you think in
- EnglishAdvanced
- GermanAdvanced
- FrenchFluent
- SpanishFluent
- ChineseIntermediate
- TamilBeginner
Learn AI from someone who has shipped it
20 years, 50+ projects and 500+ professionals taught. Bring your real problem to class and leave with a method you can reuse on the next one.