Summary
Radovan Kavicky is a seasoned data science leader, AI educator, and macroeconomist with over a decade of consulting, research, and teaching across public and private sectors. He is the President of GapData Institute and AI Lecturer at Verlag Dashöfer, and a founder of PyData Bratislava, R<- Slovakia, and skczTUG, shaping data science communities in Central Europe. A polyglot data scientist fluent in R, Python, and Julia, he specializes in Explainable AI, econometrics, Bayesian methods, and ethics in AI, with a track record in macroeconomic forecasting and data visualization. He actively bridges academia and industry through roles with DataCamp, Basecamp.ai, Learn2Code, and AI IXX, and contributes to AI policy and governance discussions via the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center’s AI Connect program. He builds ecosystems and educates practitioners through multiple meetups and user groups to advance data literacy and open-source tooling in Slovakia and the wider region. Based in Bratislava, he combines rigorous analysis with practical, auditable solutions to turn complex AI and economic challenges into tangible impact.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Graduation, Accounting and Finance, [Summa Cum Laude], Graduation, Accounting and Finance, [Summa Cum Laude] at Business Academy Dudova
Master's degree, Finance, General, [Cum Laude], Master's degree, Finance, General, [Cum Laude] at Faculty of National Economy, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia
Unfinished Doctor of Philosophy - PhD., Explainable AI (xAI), Neural Networks, Machine Learning, LLM, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Unfinished Doctor of Philosophy - PhD., Explainable AI (xAI), Neural Networks, Machine Learning, LLM, Deep Learning, Generative AI at Technical University of Košice
English, Slovak, German, Russian, Czech, r, python, sql, julia