Graduate Researcher (Computer Vision)
Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
A graduate-level AI university based in Abu Dhabi.
Aug 2024 — PresentBuilt retrieval-augmented and multimodal video-captioning methods, reporting up to 11.1% CIDEr improvement; first author on four papers.
• Built and evaluated a retrieval-augmented video captioning pipeline using ConceptNet-derived knowledge and reliability-aware gating, improving robustness on YouCook2 and Ego4D-HCap benchmarks.
• Developed a cross-modal fusion transformer integrating visual features and retrieved knowledge, achieving up to 11.1% CIDEr improvement.
• Designed a perturbation-based evaluation framework (Best–Worst, TinyLie, SpanFix) to assess factuality and reduce hallucinations in vision-language models.
• First author on 4 papers in multimodal and retrieval-augmented learning (3 accepted, 1 under review).
Machine Learning Intern
Home Credit Bank Kazakhstan - Risk Department
Home Credit is an international consumer finance group; this role was in its Kazakhstan risk department.
Jul 2025 — Sep 2025Evaluated risk-model stability and predictors, and automated monthly model updates and scoring.
• Evaluated production risk-model stability with PSI, Gini, IV, and KS, leading to early detection of predictor drift.
• Identified and removed unstable predictors through marginal contribution and stability checks.
• Built a monthly ETL pipeline that automatically updates and scores models on the 15th of each month.
• Tested models across train, validation, test, and OOT splits to reduce risk of performance degradation.
Business and Systems Analyst
Arcana Inc.
Aug 2022 — Jul 2024Translated stakeholder needs into technical specifications and API documentation, and supported software users and project processes.
• Facilitated communication between stakeholders and developers, ensuring project objectives were met.
• Developed technical specifications and API documentation for web/app development teams.
• Created end-user manuals to improve adoption and understanding of software functionalities.
• Streamlined business processes to increase efficiency across projects.
Mathematics Tutor
TerenOi
Feb 2020 — Sep 2021Tutored high school students for Unified National Testing and tailored lessons using student-progress tracking.
• Coached high school students for Unified National Testing.
• Designed and delivered lesson plans tailored to student needs.
• Tracked student progress in CRM and addressed learning gaps through targeted feedback.
Community Manager
Totem and Bas.app
Represented two startup apps at a digital forum, supporting onboarding and gathering user feedback.
• Represented the Totem and Bas.app startup mobile applications at Almaty’s Digital Forum, assisting with user onboarding, demonstrating key app features, and collecting user feedback for improvement.
