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Arystan Shokan

Geometry researcher

Independent researcher

Interested in geometry

Astana, Kazakhstan
Geometry
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Yerassyl Iskakov

Yerassyl Iskakov research profile

Information Systems, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

Information Technologies graduate and researcher. Published research in modeling, forecasting, and processing multidisciplinary area of AI. Open to collaboration on projects and research in machine learning and AI — the best way to reach me is by email.

Astana, Kazakhstan
machine learning
data mining
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Zhantore Galymzhan

Zhantore Galymzhan research profile

School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University

Researched on Kazakh NLP, open for NLP/RL collaborations

Astana, Kazakhstan
NLP
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Aizere Dauletbayeva

Trying different areas currently

University student

Have written courseworks about brain drain in Kazakhstan and its impact to economic growth

Almaty
NLP
CV
biotechnology

Rustem Takhanov

Rustem Takhanov research profile

Nazarbayev University

My research focuses on the interplay between machine learning, optimization, and mathematics. I develop algorithmic and computational methods for solving challenging problems in machine learning theory, discrete mathematics, and theoretical computer science. A recurring theme of my work is the use of large-scale optimization and high-performance computing as tools for scientific discovery. My contributions span machine learning theory, kernel methods, natural language processing, graph algorithms, combinatorial optimization, and high-dimensional geometry. In recent years, I have become particularly interested in computational approaches to mathematical research, where modern optimization techniques and GPU-based computation can uncover structures that are difficult to access through traditional analytical methods alone. More broadly, I aim to build bridges between theoretical foundations and practical computation, developing methods that are both mathematically rigorous and computationally effective.

Astana, Kazakhstan
Machine learning theory
optimization
theoretical computer science

Dimash Rakishev

Machine Learning Engineer and Researcher specializing in Computer Vision, OCR, and Applied AI

Astana IT University, Science and Innovation Center "Artificial Intelligence"

My research interests include computer vision, multimodal AI, medical image analysis, object detection, vision-language models, and interpretable machine learning. I am particularly interested in developing robust AI systems for real-world applications and healthcare.

Astana, Kazakhstan
Computer Vision
Multimodal AI
Large Language Models

Yerassyl Abilkassym

Computer Vision x Biology Research

University of British Columbia

Developing supervised and unsupervised methods to classify guppy fish social behavior within population.

Vancouver
Computer Vision
Unsupervised Learning

Dias Ilyas

NLP Researcher

InflexionLab

Code-Switching aware STT KK-RU-EN Code-Switching audio dataset OCR for Kazakh Hand-Written Text

Shymkent, Kazakhstan
NLP
STT
VLM

Gani Esen

Deep Learning oriented reasercher working on a medical domain

International Information Technology University

Currently i am focused on CV based application on medical domain such as an early breast cancer detection.

Almaty, Kazakhstan
NLP
CV
RL
DT

Denis Ten

Research Assistant

Department of Computer Science, Nazarbayev University

Working as a Research Assistant at Nazarbayev University.

Astana
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
IoT
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Valentin Malykh

AI researcher working on LLMs and agents

International IT University

I am focusing on summarization, machine translation, but open to other topics.

Moscow, Russia
NLP
LLM
agents