{"id":16916,"date":"2025-06-06T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=16916"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:29:36","slug":"meet-patricia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/news\/meet-patricia\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching machines to think: meet Patricia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-quote-people\">\n    <div class=\"quote-people\" role=\"group\">\n        <figure class=\"quote-people__body\">\n            <blockquote class=\"quote-people__blockquote\">\n    <span class=\"quote-people__quote\">\u201f<\/span>\n    The first time I wrote a line of code was amazing \u2013 very simple, but it felt like an explosion in my mind. I knew then I wanted to do this for life.\u201d\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper quote-people__figcaption\">\n<p class=\"quote-people__author wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-en\/people\/enriqueta-patricia-becerra-sanchez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patricia Becerra<\/a>, who went from writing her first line of code as a kid in Mexico to revolutionising how machines understand human language. Now at SnT, she&#8217;s on a mission to eliminate the <em>crazy<\/em> reality that thousands of legal documents are still verified manually. 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I&#8217;ve been at SnT for four years, and it&#8217;s been a tremendous career opportunity. The first word that comes to mind about my research is &#8220;<strong>learning<\/strong>&#8221; \u2013 I&#8217;m teaching machines to understand human work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does your research environment look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I work with multiple computers and screens simultaneously. I have lots of keyboards and mice, constantly switching between screens. I&#8217;m doing several things in parallel, turning from one screen to another. It\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What unexpected skills did you have to learn during your research?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two things surprised me: neuroscience and VAT legislation. When I started my PhD, I was purely in IT and AI, but I realised I needed to understand how brains work. Even more surprising was learning about VAT legislation \u2013 I chose IT exactly to avoid these areas! But combining them with IT turned out to be amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>What are you currently working on?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m working on an AI project that helps accountants verify legal documents and ensure VAT compliance. I collaborate with a company called Logos IT, and Spuerkeess bank to implement research in real environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-quote-people\">\n    <div class=\"quote-people\" role=\"group\">\n        <figure class=\"quote-people__body\">\n            <blockquote class=\"quote-people__blockquote\">\n    <span class=\"quote-people__quote\">\u201f<\/span>\n     It&#8217;s crazy that in 2025, people are still manually verifying thousands of documents! We&#8217;re developing AI and large language models to automate this, so people can focus on more important tasks.\u201d\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper quote-people__figcaption\">\n<p class=\"quote-people__author wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-md\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>What sparked your passion for technology?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When my parents gave me my first computer, I was so excited. The first time I wrote a line of code was amazing \u2013 very simple, but it felt like an explosion in my mind. &nbsp;I knew then I wanted to do this for life.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How would your teenage self react to seeing you now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She&#8217;d be very proud! Since childhood, I&#8217;ve been interested in AI, IT, technology, and how machines work. Deep down, I always knew this was the direction I wanted to take. I&#8217;m doing what I was dreaming about as a kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What misconception about researchers makes you laugh?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People think we&#8217;re very serious with no sense of humour, always wearing white lab coats in sterilised labs. The truth is, we work in regular offices with lots of screens. We&#8217;re pretty fun and creative! We love talking to people and always have interesting facts to share. Plus, we develop the superpower of explaining complex things simply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>What was it like being a woman in IT, and who inspired you?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At university, I felt like I couldn&#8217;t fit in \u2013 I was one woman among 50 men in jeans and superhero t-shirts, while I wore dresses. But I had two brilliant female professor role models &#8211; two sisters who taught maths and programming. I knew that one day, I wanted to be like them. My family also supported my ambition to work with machines and software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How has diversity shaped your experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I started in Mexico, I didn&#8217;t see much diversity. 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