Gleb Tkachev
ML Scientist
Zalando
About me
I am an Applied ML Scientist at Zalando, developeing methods that help people find well-fitting clothes. Before this, I worked on NLP and Question Answering at Amazon Alexa. During my PhD, I researched ML for rendering and analysis of scientific data, focusing on self-supervised methods and having occasional encounters with generative image models, style transfer and reinforcement learning. Additionally, I have solid software development skills and 3+ years of industry experience.
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Machine Learning
- Self-Supervised Learning
- NLP
- Recommender Systems
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Software Development
- Python (Pytorch, Tensorflow, Numpy)
- C++
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PhD Computer Science, 2022
University of Stuttgart
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M.Sc. Computer Science, 2017
University of Stuttgart
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B.Sc. Automatic Systems, 2014
Kaliningrad Technical
Experience
Working on NLP, Question Answering and Ranking.
- Delivered customer-relevant model improvements within a few months of onboarding to the team.
- Automated offline model experiments, significantly reducing the time wasted on experiment orchestration.
Researching Machine Learning approaches to visualization and analysis of scientific data (see publications). Teaching practical Master courses and supervising Master theses.
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Scientific Visualization
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Self-Supervised Learning
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Convolutional Networks
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Human + ML
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High-Performance Computing
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Python (Numpy, Pytorch, Keras, Tensorflow)
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C++ (MPI, CUDA)
A part-time web-development job during my Master studies (20h/week).
- Created web-based business applications and development tools. (PHP + CSS + Javascript)
- Linux administration. (Debian + Apache + Freeswitch)
A part-time web-development job during my Master studies (20h/week).
- Developed an information visualization prototype. (Javascript + D3)
- Mobile MMORPG server development. (C# + .NET)
- Created a compiler for an in-house networking solution. (C# + .NET + Irony)
- Mobile game development, rapid prototyping. (Unity3D)
- Web-based business application development. (PHP + Yii, PostgreSQL, Javascript + Knockout)
- Web-server administration. (Ubuntu server, Apache, Postfix, Samba)