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Nursultan Atymtay

@AtymNursultan

AI Engineer/Researcher

A data science master's student at Nazarbayev University with research and development experience in Bilim Group, Silkroad Innovation Hub, the Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things Laboratory.

Career

Experience: 4 years

Experience

AI Engineer

Bilim Group

Jun 2026 — Present

Builds LLM and NLP features for educational products, including RAG chatbots, AI services deployed across four products, evaluation pipelines, and workflow automation.

• Developed LLM-powered chatbot with RAG system for educational technology products, enabling personalized learning experiences based on uploaded learning materials. • Built and maintained Dockerized AI services to support the deployment of AI features across four company products. • Designed and developed a PostgreSQL database with advanced SQL queries for storing, retrieving, and processing application data. • Created automated evaluation pipelines to assess the quality, reliability, and performance of NLP-based systems.

University Research Assistant

Nazarbayev University

A research university in Kazakhstan.

Oct 2025 — Present

Supports research on AI-assisted interview evaluation, trains personality-recognition NLP models, and developed an evaluation web app; also coordinates five students.

• Won the Interdisciplinary Bootcamp startup competition organized by Nazarbayev University SITF, securing 250,000 KZT in investment funding • Contributed to the research on "Cross-Modal Emotion Recognition and Personality Inference for AI-Assisted Interview Evaluation" • Managed a team of 5 undergraduate students, coordinating project milestones and deliverables • Trained Natural Language Processing models for personality recognition • Developed a full-stack web application for automated interview evaluation system

Research and Development Intern

Atarino

May 2025 — Aug 2025

Built a multi-agent LLM system for personalized retention notifications and supported research outreach and startup pitching.

• Designed and implemented a LLM multi-agent system that generates personalized notifications for user retention • Initiated and facilitated research collaboration outreach by contacting Stanford researchers • Pitched a startup to investors at GenAI Week Silicon Valley 2025 • Audited the course CS229 (Machine Learning) at Stanford

University Research Assistant

Nazarbayev University

A research university in Kazakhstan.

Sep 2024 — May 2025

Contributed to multilingual ASR and human-AI usability research, and adapted the interactive classroom project for VR on Oculus Quest 3.

• Contributed to research on “User Independent Multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition Interface for Typing: Usability Study and Performance Evaluation” (Published in Scientific Journal of Astana IT University) • Integrated a speech processing module for ASR transcription and analysis of spoken responses in experimental dataset • Guided participants through a human-AI interaction experiment to gathered usability data • Added 3D models of clothing and a realistic classroom environment • Added a dynamic head-and-eye movement feature for the teacher avatar

University Research Assistant

Nazarbayev University

A research university in Kazakhstan.

May 2024 — Feb 2025

Prepared a dataset of over six billion samples and trained the team's best-performing train-prediction model for a resource-constrained detection system.

• Contributed to research on “Cost-Effective Train Presence Detection and Alerting Using Resource-Constrained Devices” (Published in MDPI Sensors) • Designed and presented a poster at the NU Annual Research Conference 2024 • Prepared and cleaned a dataset of 6+ billion samples for machine learning model training • Created 10+ visualizations to clarify accelerometer behavior during train passages, enhancing model training insights • Trained the team’s best-performing ML model for train prediction • Debugged the ESP32 codebase of a Train Detection system

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Nazarbayev University

2022 — 2026

Certificate, AI Engineer: ML, NLP, CV

Outpeer

2024 — 2025

Selected projects

Academic Angel: Enhancing Student Performance with GPA Prediction, Explainable AI, and LLMs

Course project. Trained XGBoost and Random Forest models for GPA prediction, integrated SHAP for explainability, connected to the OpenAI API for LLM feedback, and created and deployed a web application.

Attitudes of Computer Science and Engineering Students towards the Utilization of Textual AI as Personal Tutors in Ka...

Course project. Surveyed 40 students, analyzed data with Voyant-tools and LIWC, and created data visualizations.

Achievements

Shakhmardan Yessenov Scholarship ($8500)

2024

Prestigious Yessenov Internship in World Laboratories Scholarship Winner (Top 10 nationwide)

2025

Won $5000 in credits at AWS MCP Agents Hackathon

Amazon Web Services · 2025

Won best use case at the AWS MCP Agents Hackathon

Amazon Web Services · 2025

Won MongoDB track and placed 3rd in the AGI House Hackathon on Parametric Memory Build Day (project: Dreamcatcher)

AGI House · 2025

Won the Interdisciplinary Bootcamp startup competition; secured 250,000 KZT in investment funding

Nazarbayev University SITF

Skills

Data scienceMachine learningNatural language processingLarge language modelsRetrieval-augmented generation (RAG)Computer visionAutomatic speech recognitionXGBoostRandom ForestSHAPPostgreSQLSQLDockerGit/GitHubGitLabFull-stack web application developmentESP32STM32LoRa3D animation on Cascadeur