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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Highlights

aibigdata 25 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
aihouse podcast 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
AAMAS preprint AAMAS 2025 Extended Abstract Published
9 Jan 2025
Code for TD-MPC-Opt available on GitHub
Google AI for Productivity Joined Google's AI for Productivity
13 Nov 2024
Contributed a module on AI cybersecurity to Google's AI for Productivity course
Kyiv AI & BigData SOTA AI in Robotics
2 Nov 2024
Discussed state-of-the-art approaches for various robotics tasks at Kyiv AI & BigData 2024
ICTERI 2024 First Poster at ICTERI 2024
24 Sep 2024
Balancing Performance and Efficiency in Zero-shot Robotic Navigation
Robotics Meetup Robotics & RL Talk at AI Meetups
31 Aug 2024
My first robotics talk on RL/IL and VLAs for control at AI Meetups
AI House Camp Joined AI House Startup Camp 2024
25-28 Jul 2024
Mentored 9 startups teams at a summer AI HOUSE startup camp
Toronto Robotics Conference Talk at Toronto Robotics Conference 2024
23 Jul 2024
Presented our semi-supervised learning for human-robot locomotion research
Summer School AI & Creativity Summer School
5-15 Jul 2024
Explored LLMs, AI regulation, and met many incredible people
Preprint Published Preprint on Robotic Goal Navigation
5 Jun 2024
Zero-shot Habitat-Matterport 3D navigation
StairNet StairNet in BioMedical Engineering OnLine
15 Feb 2024
Overview of human-robot stair recognition
RL Comp Intro Offline Intro Lecture on Deep RL
27 Jan 2024
Gave a high-level RL lecture at RL Competition at NaUKMA
Robosumo First Student Robotic Sumo Competition
14 Dec 2023
Coached a team of students to take bronze in robosumo competition
BioMed StairNet Preprint for BioMedical Engineering OnLine
31 Oct 2023
Methods for lightweight AI-based visual stair recognition
DS UA Meetup Tech Talk on ExoNet-SSL at DS UA Meetup
20 Jul 2023
Semi-supervised learning in robotics discussion
IROS ExoNet-SSL at IROS 2023
29 Jun 2023
Human-robot interaction and perception research
Thesis Defended Master's Thesis on Adversarial Sparsity
12 Jun 2023
Novel n-Ary hybrid search for robustness
Poster Poster Accepted at ICAIR 2023
3 Apr 2023
Semi-supervised learning for human-robot interaction and perception
CSC2431 Joined "CSC2431: AI in Medicine" as Instructor
13 Sep 2022
International course with U of T PhD students