Competitions

2024

1^st place out of 588 in Youth Mental Health Narratives: Automated Abstraction (18,000US$)
Developed a transformer model to automate data abstraction from youth suicide narratives
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natural language processing, classification, health
Published on 2024-12-25

2023

1^st place out of 50 in Machine Learning track of Yandex Cup (500,000RUB≈5,500US$)
Built a gesture-typing prediction model using bidirectional LSTM model
code | video presentation | in press | archive en | archive ru
natural language processing, seq2seq
Published on 2023-11-15

2^nd place out of 89 in Machine Learning track of Yandex Cup (out of competition due to first place in NeuroSwipe track)
Developed a nowcasting model leveraging time series analysis and machine learning for short-term forecasting
code | archive en | archive ru
computer vision, seq2seq
Published on 2023-11-15

2^nd place out of 335 in AISG–SLA Visual Localisation Challenge (10,000US$)
Created model for accurate camera pose estimation from 2D monocular images, using computer vision
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computer vision, regression, monocular visual odometry
Published on 2023-8-16

1^st place out of 976 in The BioMassters (5,000US$)
Estimated yearly forest biomass across Finland using satellite imagery (Sentinel-1/2) and deep learning techniques
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computer vision, aerial images, geospatial images, regression, height estimation
Published on 2023-1-28

2021

2^nd place out of 321 in Deep Chimpact: Depth Estimation for Wildlife Conservation (2,000US$)
Developed a deep learning model to estimate the distance to animals in camera trap videos
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computer vision, video, regression
Published on 2021-11-16

2^nd place out of 47 in Machine Learning challenge Yandex Cup (Computer Vision)
Develop a zero-shot model for image classification
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computer vision, images, classification, zero-shot learning
Published on 2021-10-20

2^nd place out of 54 in Machine Learning challenge Yandex Cup (Automatic Speech Recognition)
Develop a speech recognition model for noisy data
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speech recognition, audio, classification
Published on 2021-10-20

4^th place out of 768 in Overhead Geopose Challenge (3,000US$)
Improved the utility of satellite imagery for time-critical applications (disaster response) through deep learning
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computer vision, aerial images, geospatial images, regression, height estimation
Published on 2021-07-21

3^rd place out of 29 in Waymo Open Dataset Challenge 1: Motion Prediction (666US$)
Predicted the future positions of agents based on historical trajectory data, utilizing convolutional neural networks
code | paper on arXiv | mass media en | mass media ru
computer vision, images, regression, self-driving cars
Published on 2021-06-20

2020

3^rd place out of 547 in TissueNet: Detect Lesions in Cervical Biopsies (8,000€≈9400US$)
Built a convolutional neural network to detect severe epithelial lesions in cervical biopsy images, assisting in medical diagnosis
code | talk | presentation | mass media
computer vision, high-res medical images, classification
Published on 2020-11-15

2^nd place out of 922 in Clog Loss: Advance Alzheimer’s Research with Stall Catchers (2,000US$)
Developed a machine learning model to classify blood vessel flow in brain imagery, aiding research into Alzheimer's disease
code | bot author
computer vision, medical videos, classification
Published on 2020-08-03

2^nd place out of 1106 in Open Cities AI Challenge: Segmenting Buildings for Disaster Resilience (4,000US$)
Created a semantic segmentation model to identify building footprints from aerial imagery, supporting disaster preparedness and response
code | report
computer vision, aerial images, geospatial images, segmentation
Published on 2020-03-18

2019

1^st place out of 140 in Machine Learning track of Yandex programming championship (300,000RUB≈4700US$)
Developed a topic model classifier
code | archive en | archive ru
natural language processing, text, classification
Published on 2019-10-30

1^st place out of 104 in Machine Learning track of Yandex programming championship (300,000RUB≈4700US$)
Built a recommender system
code | talk | archive en | archive ru
recommender system
Published on 2019-07-10