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Yernar Akhmetbek

@Yernar

ML engineer, AI engineer. Researcher.

PhD Candidate in Computer Science specializing in Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, and the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP). Driven to bridge academic research with state-of-the-art Machine Learning Engineering to build scalable, real-world intelligent systems.

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Career

Experience: 3 years

Experience

Lecturer

SDU University

A university in Kazakhstan.

Sep 2022 — Present

Teaches machine learning, deep learning, and backend programming to computer science students.

• Provides lectures in machine learning, deep learning, and backend programming courses for computer science students.

AI Lab Head

SDU University

A university in Kazakhstan.

May 2024 — Present

Leads development of AI agents and a chatbot.

• Leads and develops several AI agents and builds a chatbot.

Research Assistant

SDU University

A university in Kazakhstan.

Sep 2022 — Present

Researches vehicle routing problems and has published work on time uncertainty, deep reinforcement learning, and stochastic dynamic routing.

• Published an article titled “Recent developments in vehicle routing problem under time uncertainty: a comprehensive review.” • Published an article on “Deep reinforcement learning for stochastic dynamic vehicle routing problem” using deep reinforcement learning techniques; the paper appeared at ICECCO. • Published “Stochastic Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem Survey” in the SDU Khabarwysy journal, analyzing relevant literature.

Education

PhD Candidate, Computer Science

Suleyman Demirel University

2027

Master, Computer Science

Suleyman Demirel University

2022 — 2024

Bachelor, Computer Science

Suleyman Demirel University

2018 — 2022

Selected projects

Deep RL for VRP Problem

Trained a reinforcement learning agent based on a Transformer model with a dynamic encoder and decoder to learn the routing policy of a single vehicle as customer orders appear over time.

Deep RL and Vision Language Model for Robot Navigation

Developed a full-pipeline algorithm for robots in the ObjectNav problem.

Chatbot Advisor for Students

Developed a chatbot advising students on academic problems. The RAG system is based on SDU University documents and Claude.ai.

Skills

PythonJavaTensorFlowScikit-LearnNumpyPandasPyTorchSciPyOpenCVMS OfficeLaTeXCUDASpyderPyCharm