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Vladislav Yarovenko

@Buradou

Graduate Student

PhD student at JCU, ML researcher, data analyst. Focus on tabular data analysis, computer vision, as well as 3D imaging data

Career

Experience: 5 years

Experience

Research Assistant

Nazarbayev University

Research university in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Jun 2023 — Oct 2025

Developed models to classify drug toxicity from compound structures and created generative models for drug target affinity tests.

• Developed an ensemble multitask model for drug toxicity classification • Used 1D/2D CNNs, Graph CNNs, and Statistical Models to predict the toxicity of a chemical compound based on its structure (SMILES) • Created Generative Adversarial Models used for drug-target affinity tests

Business & Data Analyst

JSC Kazakhtelecom

Kazakhstan’s largest telecommunication company

Jun 2023 — Nov 2023

Built models to predict client interest in services and analyzed customer transaction and communication data.

• Worked in Kazakhstan’s largest telecommunication company • Built classification/regression models to predict clients’ interest in certain services • Analyzed data about client’s transactions and communications with the company • Made business-related decisions about improving client satisfaction

Research Assistant

Nazarbayev University

Research university in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Jan 2021 — May 2023

Researched CNN image classification and built a model to select CNNs using extracted image features.

• Research activity for improving the accuracy and performance time of image classification using convolutional neural networks • Built a predictive model for selecting the most optimal CNN based on extracted image features (brightness, keypoints, edges, contrast, etc.) • Published/contributed to several papers

Full-Stack Developer

DATANAT LTD

Feb 2022 — May 2022

Implemented language models in a text generation web application and improved its payment options and interface.

• Worked on a web application for an AI text-generating startup company • Implemented existing language models for text generation • Improved payment options for clients & optimized user interface

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Engineering and Related Technologies

James Cook University

2025 — 2029

Master of Science, Computer Science

Nazarbayev University

2022 — 2024

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Nazarbayev University

2018 — 2022