Alexander Avdiushenko

Alexander Avdiushenko

Lecturer & Researcher at JetBrains

About Me

Hello! I’m Alex. I am passionate about education and machine learning. I am a skilled Lecturer, Researcher, and Data Scientist with 8+ years of experience in IT, data analysis, and educational programs for the IT industry.

Age
38
Email
ovalur@gmail.com
Address
Paphos, Cyprus

Professional Skills

Python
PyTorch
Math
Teaching
Deep Learning
Algorithms, Data Structures

Work Experience

Lecturer and Researcher at JetBrains
Jan, 2023 - Present
Have launched and develop new educational program Computer Science and Artifitial Intelligence.
Head of ML programs at Yandex
June, 2022 - Jan, 2023
  • Enrolled 100+ talented students in three partner master's programs of Yandex Data School
  • Organized one-year Machine Learning course with modern approaches for 350+ participants
Associate Professor and Head of the educational program at Saint Petersburg State University
Sep, 2019 - Jun, 2023
Academic Programs Manager at Yandex Data School
June, 2013 - June, 2022
Data Scientist at Yandex
Feb, 2015 - Jul, 2018
  • Increased the accuracy of the organizations database twice by 2% and 3% (the main goal of the team)
  • Automated and optimized data update processes in call centers and in Toloka
  • Worked in a group of six data scientists. We developed soft in Java, SQL, Python, a little bit of C++
Researcher at Institute of Computational Technologies SB RAS
Sep, 2009 - Feb, 2015
  • Developed a new numerical model that takes into account the change in the geometry of the flow path over time
  • Accelerated calculations by the Fortran language software package available in the laboratory by 16 times (MPI parallization per block), and another 7 times (OpenMP flows inside the block)
  • Made PhD thesis (in russian)

Education

Machile Learning and Search Algorithms from Yandex Data School
2013 - 2016
Got a deep understanding of programming languages, search algorithms and data structures, and machine learning.
Masters in Math Modeling from Novosibirsk State University
2007 - 2009
Investigated models of 3D unsteady flows in hydraulic turbines, numerically solving the Navier-Stokes equations.
Bachelor of Math from Novosibirsk State University
2003 - 2007
Explored the combinatorial properties of words over finite alphabet in the field of theoretical cybernetics.