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@zizzimars
Data Scientist | ML Engineer | AI Engineer
Data Scientist interested in BCI, ASR, and 3D Graphics. Currently developing a game in my free time. Open to new opportunities :)
Experience, skills, projects, and achievements.
Data Scientist | ML Engineer | AI Engineer
Scientific Data Journal (Q1, Nature) · 2024
Co-authored the paper, contributing to the development, preprocessing, and analysis of a multimodal dataset combining EEG, audio, and video signals for emotion recognition in conversational settings.
Open link"National Institute of Intellectual Property" RSE, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan · 2025
Patent holder of a utility model titled “System and Method for Generating Morphable 3D Faces,” which uses EEG and EMG signals to generate and render 3D facial representations of a user’s emotional and facial state.
Information Fusion (Q1, under review)
Main author of “EEG2Face: EEG-driven Emotional 3D Face Generation,” leading the research and development of a framework for reconstructing emotionally expressive 3D facial representations from EEG signals.
Nazarbayev University BCI Lab
Jan 2023 — Jul 2026• Developing speech synthesis system from EEG signals, implementing spectral analysis and signal preprocessing with vocoder architectures for neural speech generation • Designed transformer-based EEG2Face framework for EEG-driven emotional 3D face generation, including disentangled latent representations for controllable expression synthesis • Built multimodal emotion recognition models across EEG, audio, and video modalities, achieving 73.2% EEG-based accuracy and 79.2% EEG-vision fusion accuracy
International Kazkah Language Society
Jan 2026 — Jun 2026• Built large-scale Kazakh speech data pipeline for 10k+ hours of audio, including segmentation, metadata cleaning, quality filtering, and transformation for ASR model training • Developed a transcription pipeline using a fine-tuned Whisper model, VAD, and stem/source separation for scalable generation of training data • Built an OCR pipeline with layout support for 47k Kazakh books and magazines, optimizing preprocessing and inference for low-resource hardware to extract text corpora for downstream NLP and LLM applications
Nazarbayev Center - Fabrication Lab (FabLab)
Nov 2020 — Aug 2022• Instructed 100+ students in TinkerCAD, 123D Design, and Fusion 360, guiding learners from absolute beginners to advanced, print-ready asset creation • Developed comprehensive educational courses, hands-on projects, and STEM curricula tailored to various skill levels • Organized and executed high-impact masterclasses and STEM competitions focusing on engineering, robotics, AR/VR, and 3D design • Maintained and operated fabrication laboratory equipment, including FDM/resin 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC milling machines, and vinyl plotters.
Hanei
Mar 2022 — Jul 2023• Designed and optimized 3D models specifically tailored for successful additive manufacturing • Configured slicing parameters, print orientations, and structural supports to maximize efficiency • Performed routine calibrations, hardware troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance on 3D printers
Nazarbayev University (NU)
2023 — 2025Master’s Thesis: EEG2Face: EEG-driven Emotional 3D Face Generation GPA - 3.54 / 4.0
Eurasian National University (ENU)
2017 — 2021Diploma Project: Development and Assessment of an Educational portal for kids with special needs GPA - 3.75 / 4.0
