Hi there!

I am a seasoned AI and Machine Learning leader with extensive experience in architecting complex, scalable solutions across diverse domains including Computer Vision, NLP, Audio, and Generative AI. With a strong focus on strategic leadership, I have successfully guided teams of 20+ ML engineers, delivering innovative PoCs and MVPs for global clients.

I am pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where I focus on Reinforcement Learning in Robotics, emphasizing optimization in efficiency and performance. As a Senior Lecturer, I teach advanced AI courses, including Deep Learning, Machine Learning, NLP systems, and Reinforcement Learninga as well supervise undergraduates and their theses.

Beyond my academic and technical work, I actively contribute to the AI ecosystem in Ukraine. I mentor aspiring AI engineers, speak at international conferences, and collaborate on cutting-edge research. My mission is to drive impactful AI adoption and innovation through education, mentorship, and thought leadership.

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Recent News

• 2024-12: I have spoken at a panel discussion AI & blockchain at Kyiv Blockchain Day 2024!
• 2024-11: I have contributed a module on AI in cybersecurity for Google's AI for Productivity course!
• 2024-11: I have given a talk at Kyiv AI & BigData 2024 conference!
• 2024-10: I have joined AI HOUSE as a mentor!
• 2024-08: I have given my first offline talk - robotics & RL at KSE invited by AI Meetups!
• 2024-07: I have helped talented teams develop their ideas during a 4-day AI HOUSE Startup Camp as a mentor!
• 2024-07: I have presented my research and poster at Toronto Robotics Conference 2024!!
• 2024-07: My first single-author zero-shot robotic goal navigation paper got accepted at ICTERI 2024 Poster track!
• 2024-07: Partaken in "Summer School on Artificial Intelligence & Creativity" in Bologna, Italy!
• 2024-07: I have been invited as a panel discussion speaker at "From Junior to Senior: How to Build an Effective IT Career" meetup!
• 2024-06: I have published a preprint of my robotic goal navigation pre-peer-reviewed manuscript on arXiv!
• 2023-10: I started my PhD in CS at NaUKMA! I will be working on time-efficient RL in robotics supervised by Dr. Nadiya Shvai.

Highlights

	I joined as an expert for Google's AI for Productivity course! 13 Nov 2024 I have contributed a module on AI in cybersecurity for a Google's AI for Productivity course
	I held a talk on state-of-the-art AI in Robotics at Kyiv AI & BigData Day 2024! 2 Nov 2024 AI & BigData Online Day is a bi-annual conference for Data Science Community in Ukraine, Machine Learning track
	I presented my first poster at ICTERI 2024 in UCU, Lviv! 24 Sep 2024 Poster section, "Balancing Performance and Efficiency in Zero-shot Robotic Navigation" paper
	My first offline single-speaker event - robotics & RL talk at AI Meetups! 31 Aug 2024 A big and curious audience with so many questions that I felt as if I were post-lecture Andrej Karpathy at some point :)
	Joined AI House Startup Camp 2024 as a mentor! 25-28 Jul 2024 A 4-day long productive engagement with 9 teams that were working on creating and improving their own ideas
	Gave a talk at Toronto Robotics Conference 2024! 23 Jul 2024 A short talk on my SSL research for human-robot locomotion at TRC 2024
	I have attended an AI & Creativity Summer School in Bologna! 5-15 Jul 2024 An amazing week at Una Europa Summer School in Italy, covering topics like LLMs, AI regulation, and humor in AI
	I have published a preprint of my robotic goal navigation manuscript on arXiv! 5 Jun 2024 My first single-author work focused on optimizing resources in zero-shot Habitat-Matterport 3D object goal navigation in robotics
	I've started off as an adjunct lecturer in SET university! 16 Mar 2024 Teaching a course of Machine Learning in one of the master's programs
	StairNet overview manuscript published in Biomedical Engineering OnLine! 15 Feb 2024 Our StairNet comprehensive overview has been accepted and published in the special issue of BioMedical Engineering OnLine journal
	Offline intro lecture on Deep RL at NaUKMA 27 Jan 2024 Bomberland-centered RL Competition is an event for students of different Ukrainian universities to practice and hone their skills in Reinforcement Learning
	First student Robotic Sumo competition held at the Faculty of CS at NaUKMA! 14 Dec 2023 6 teams, more than 40 participants, development and construction of a robot to participate in the arena fights
	StairNet preprint for the special issue of BioMedical Engineering OnLine journal published! 31 Oct 2023 "StairNet: Visual Recognition of Stairs for Human-Robot Locomotion", BioMedical Engineering OnLine
	My tech talk on ExoNet-SSL paper at Data Science UA meetup! 20 Jul 2023 "New frontiers in Biomechanical Engineering & Robotics with Semi-Supervised Deep Learning" talk at Data Science UA.
	Our ExoNet-SSL Manuscript was accepted at IROS 2023! 29 Jun 2023 "Efficient Visual Perception of Human-Robot Walking Environments using Semi-Supervised Learning", IROS 2023.
	Defended my thesis on Impact of Adversarial Sparsity and graduated with honors! 12 Jun 2023 Adversarial robustness, adversarial sparsity, L-inf sparsity, novel n-Ary hybrid search.
	Our poster got accepted at ICAIR 2023! 3 Apr 2023 Semi-Supervised Learning for Efficient Perception of Human-Robot Walking Environments
	Joined a first iteration of "CSC2431: AI in Medicine" as a course instructor! 13 Sep 2022 A pioneering course connecting senior undergrads from Ukraine (NaUKMA and UCU) with UofT PhD students for collaborative, cross-country research