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Summary

I build machine-learning systems, robotics software, and AI products. I am the CTO of Sentra, where I work on edge-first retail analytics, and my team placed first in SemEval-2026 Task 13 Subtask C. My main interests are practical NLP, autonomous control, and systems that can run under real hardware limits.

Experience

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — Sentra (Dec 2025 - Present)

  • Building an edge-first retail analytics platform for stores: local camera processing, AI pipelines, dashboards, and risk signals. Sentra won 1st place at Startup Battles with a 500k KZT prize.

Head Coder — FIRST TECH CHALLENGE (Team PH0TON 34111) (Feb 2026 - Present)

  • Write autonomous routines, path planning, and robot control code for PH0TON 34111. The team earned the Control Award at the Bilim Shyny First Off-Season 2026.

American Corner and Makerspace Aktobe (Apr 2025 - Dec 2025)

  • Residents program — AI Project Presenter (Skin.AI) (Oct - Dec 2025) Presented and analyzed the AI project Skin.AI, discussing application cases and architectural solutions.
  • Machine learning teacher (via TILSHINEWS.KZ) (Apr - Dec 2025) Taught machine learning curriculum including: Linear/Logistic Regression, Random Forest, Bagging/Ensembling, CNNs, and Transformers.

Researcher (Summer Project) — Nazarbayev University (May 2025 - Aug 2025)

  • Worked on the “AI Cells Review” project around virtual biological systems and AI agents.

Education

Aqbobek Lyceum (Sep 2025 – May 2027)

  • High School, Grade 10

Nazarbayev University (May 2025 – Aug 2025)

  • Summer Research Project, AI Bio Medicine.
  • Supervised by Yingqiu Xie, Associate Professor, SSH/Biology.

Volunteering

Young DSMLKZ team creator — DSML.KZ - Data Science Kazakhstan (Aug 2025 - Present)

  • Created the Young DSMLKZ team and worked on the winning SemEval-2026 Task 13 Subtask C system.

Translator — Google Developers Group

  • Translated all English conversations to Kazakh and Russian during “Build with AI” in Aktobe.

Honors & Awards

  • First Place (Multi-Modal Ensemble) — SemEval-2026 Task 13 (Subtask C)
  • Second Place — Infomatrix Asia 2026
  • Research & Impact Award — FLL Astana Regional Stage
  • Gold medal 🥇 — Regional “ICT Skills” scientific competition (Zhubanov Aktobe) (RTSD System).
  • Silver medal 🥈 — Young Scientist (Auezov & Baishev university) (Presented Skin-AI).
  • Silver medal 🥈 — Regional Computer Science Olympiad (Daryn).