Anastasiia Birillo
Head Of Education Research Group
Belgrade, Central Serbia
Summary
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Top SchoolAnastasiia Birillo is a research-driven education leader with 10 years of experience, currently heading JetBrains’ Education Research Group from Belgrade to modernize programming learning across EdTech. She combines a strong academic foundation—PhD work in computer science at Utrecht and advanced degrees from Saint Petersburg—with hands-on interest in static analysis and compilers, channeling that expertise into practical features like AI-based personalized hints for learners. Her group’s roadmap spans immediate product innovations, mid-term tools for skills like prompt engineering and LLM interaction, and long-term reimagining of how code is written, reflecting a rare blend of pedagogy and systems thinking. Known for sharing knowledge through conferences and hackathons, she pursues both empirical research and product-facing experiments to close the gap between learning theory and developer tooling.
10 years of coding experience
Diploma of bachelor (with distinction), Informatics, 4.79, Diploma of bachelor (with distinction), Informatics, 4.79 at Saint Petersburg State UniversityData Science, Software Engineering and Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering and Computer Science at Computer Science CenterDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Utrecht UniversityDiploma of master degree (with distinction), Software and Administration of Information Systems, Diploma of master degree (with distinction), Software and Administration of Information Systems at Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Университет
Русский, Английский, Немецкий, Serbian
Github Skills (75)
compile-time10
kotlin-library10
ide-plugin10
intellij-plugin10
reflection10
compiler-plugin10
compile10
kotlin10
python-ast10
pyflakes9
intellij9
ide9
compiler8
scale8
stylelint8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jetbrains-academy/kotlin-course-template
Sep 2023 - Feb 2025
Template repository for creating JetBrains Academy Kotlin courses
Contributions:4 reviews, 15 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 5 months
jetbrains-academyjetbrains-academy-coursesjetbrains-academy-kotlin
JetBrains-Research/tasktracker-3
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:107 reviews, 88 PRs, 100 pushes in 2 years
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