Igor Ruiz Atake holds a BSc in Oceanography and an MSc in Environmental Sciences, both from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He accumulated over 6 years of experience at Tetra Tech, contributing to various projects ranging from oil spill modeling to hydrodynamic and hydrological modeling, as well as near and far-field simulations of effluent discharges. At Nestle, he served as a data scientist progressing to the role of Tech Lead in MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) in over 2 years and a half. In this capacity, he managed all products involving data science in projects within the Brazilian market. Currently CMCC, he has been leading the development of Medslik-II for forecasting oil spill simulations as well as other type of marine pullution (plastic, produced water) and finally exploring its interface with machine learning applications.