Arkady Zgonnikov
Assistant Professor at Centre for Meaningful Human Control
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolArkady Zgonnikov is an interdisciplinary cognitive scientist and Assistant Professor in Human-Robot Interaction at TU Delft, combining applied mathematics, computer science, and cognitive psychology across a decade of research and development. He co-directs the HERALD Lab, developing human-aware, robust AI for automated driving, and serves as Director for Partnerships at the Centre for Meaningful Human Control, bridging technical innovation with governance and stakeholder engagement. His work blends cognitive modeling, behavioral experiments (including motion capture, mouse-tracking, and eye-tracking), and machine learning to predict and shape human-vehicle interactions for safer traffic systems. Arkady’s background ranges from hands-on systems analysis and enterprise software to deep academic investigation, giving him rare fluency in both production engineering and theoretical modeling. He has a PhD in Computer Science and a MSc in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, and his projects emphasize preserving human responsibility while scaling autonomous capabilities. Colleagues cite his ability to translate complex cognitive theories into practical, testable frameworks for real-world automated driving challenges.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Saint Petersburg State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering at The University of Aizu
English, Russian, Japanese
Github Skills (34)
prediction8
r-package8
linguistics7
statistics7
eye-tracking7
experiment7
stan6
science6
psychopy6
psychology6
sbml6
neuroscience6
bayesian6
regression-models6
statistical-models6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cherepaha/evidence_accumulation_in_gap_acceptance
Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
Code for the driving simulator experiment, data analysis, and modeling
Contributions:54 commits, 2 PRs, 101 pushes in 3 years 4 months
data-analysis
cherepaha/Gamble_RDK
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
Contributions:9 commits, 5 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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