I'm a PhD student in Computer Science at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) advised by Dr. Nadiya Shvai. My research interests include reinforcement learning, robotics, and vision-language-action models.
Before my PhD, I completed my Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering and Master of Science in Applied Mathematics at NaUKMA. There, I conducted research on Adversarial Sparsity in Attacks and Defenses for L-inf threat model. Apart from my academic pursuits, I work as a Head of AI at a Ukrainian startup with a focus on scalable LLM and Gen AI solutions.
I am also a senior lecturer at NaUKMA, where I teach undergraduate and graduate AI courses and supervise emerging talent. I actively support Ukraine’s AI community by mentoring aspiring AI engineers, speaking at international conferences and events, and collaborating on cutting-edge research.
In my free time, I play shogi, collect vinyl, and create delicious dishes.
The recordings of my courses, lectures, events, and talks:
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A talk on VLA models in Robotics at AI & BigData Day 2025 1 Mar 2025 Talked about manupulation with VLA, expressiveness and locomotion with IL/BC, latest trends in robotics, and more |
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Shared my thoughts on robotics in AI HOUSE Podcast! 20 Feb 2025 Talked about robotics, my latest research, my collab with U of T, and more |
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AAMAS 2025 Extended Abstract Published 9 Jan 2025 Code for TD-MPC-Opt available on GitHub |
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Joined Google's AI for Productivity 13 Nov 2024 Contributed a module on AI cybersecurity to Google's AI for Productivity course |
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SOTA AI in Robotics 2 Nov 2024 Discussed state-of-the-art approaches for various robotics tasks at Kyiv AI & BigData 2024 |
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First Poster at ICTERI 2024 24 Sep 2024 Balancing Performance and Efficiency in Zero-shot Robotic Navigation |
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Robotics & RL Talk at AI Meetups 31 Aug 2024 My first robotics talk on RL/IL and VLAs for control at AI Meetups |
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Joined AI House Startup Camp 2024 25-28 Jul 2024 Mentored 9 startups teams at a summer AI HOUSE startup camp |
Talk at Toronto Robotics Conference 2024 23 Jul 2024 Presented our semi-supervised learning for human-robot locomotion research |
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AI & Creativity Summer School 5-15 Jul 2024 Explored LLMs, AI regulation, and met many incredible people |
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Published Preprint on Robotic Goal Navigation 5 Jun 2024 Zero-shot Habitat-Matterport 3D navigation |
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StairNet in BioMedical Engineering OnLine 15 Feb 2024 Overview of human-robot stair recognition |
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Offline Intro Lecture on Deep RL 27 Jan 2024 Gave a high-level RL lecture at RL Competition at NaUKMA |
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First Student Robotic Sumo Competition 14 Dec 2023 Coached a team of students to take bronze in robosumo competition |
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StairNet Preprint for BioMedical Engineering OnLine 31 Oct 2023 Methods for lightweight AI-based visual stair recognition |
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Tech Talk on ExoNet-SSL at DS UA Meetup 20 Jul 2023 Semi-supervised learning in robotics discussion |
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ExoNet-SSL at IROS 2023 29 Jun 2023 Human-robot interaction and perception research |
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Defended Master's Thesis on Adversarial Sparsity 12 Jun 2023 Novel n-Ary hybrid search for robustness |
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Poster Accepted at ICAIR 2023 3 Apr 2023 Semi-supervised learning for human-robot interaction and perception |
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Joined "CSC2431: AI in Medicine" as Instructor 13 Sep 2022 International course with U of T PhD students |