Biography

Tasks

• teach technical disciplines;

• organize industrial and research practical training for Bachelor’s and Master’s students; 

• represent the faculty at international events; 

• expand the partner network and initiate collaborations;

• implement novel teaching methods with a focus on a project-based education, flipped classrooms, and advance training.

Education

2009 – a Bachelor’s degree in automation and control, ITMO University;

2011 – a Master’s degree in automation and control, ITMO University;

2014 – system analysis, data control and processing, ITMO University. 

Advanced training

2018 – Employee mobility program and organization of IoT Open Summit, Brussels (Belgium) and Gliwice (Poland);

2018 – World Robot Olympiad (international cooperation and refereeing), Singapore (Singapore) and Chiang Mai (Thailand);

2017 – Development of Adapted Educational Higher Education Programs for People with Disabilities, St. Petersburg (Russia);

2017 – World Robot Olympiad (international cooperation and refereeing), San Jose (Costa Rica), Lisbon (Portugal), and Boston (US);

2017 – exchange of experience with European universities in robotics; Brussels and Leuven (Belgium), Munich (Germany), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Twente (Netherlands), and Linköping (Sweden);

2013 – Teacher ICT Competency, St. Petersburg (Russia).

Career

2020-present – an associate professor and acting dean of the Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies, ITMO University;

2016-present – CTO DCZD.tech and Merklebot.com;

2018-present – an associate professor at the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, ITMO University;

2014-2018 – an assistant at the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, ITMO University;

2010-2014 – a junior researcher at the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, ITMO University.

Professional interests

Web 3.0, human-machine communication, and unmanned technologies.

Awards

2020 – a DEVIES Award winner in the Robotics category; 

2019 – a laureate of the St. Petersburg Government Prize for outstanding achievements in higher education and secondary vocational education;

2019 – a DEVIES Award winner in the IoT Development category;

2019 – a winner of MOBI GRAND CHALLENGE.

2018 – a winner of My Fintech Hackathon.

2018 – a diploma for the best paper at the international conference ICAME, Singapore; 

2018 – a jury’s certificate from the World Robot Olympiad;

2017 – a winner of the startup contest GoTech;

2017 – a winner of the preaccelerator Generation;

2017 – a jury’s certificate from the World Robot Olympiad;

2017 – a coach’s certificate from RoboCup.

2015 – a holder of the prize named after S.F. Farmakovsky.

Other professional activities

• a member of the program committee of the Symposium on Blockchain for Robotics and AI;

• a member of the program committee of the International Workshop on Blockchain Technologies for Robotic Systems (BCT4ROS 2020).

Hobbies

Hiking, traveling, and communication