Ilya Kuzovkin
Startup Co-Founder And CEO at Imitation Machines
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolIlya Kuzovkin is a PhD-trained machine learning and computational neuroscience specialist with 12+ years of experience turned startup founder and CEO, currently leading Imitation Machines to productize imitation and reinforcement learning for robotics. He has steered ML research and productization across neurotechnology and robotics—acting as Head of ML Research, Lead Data Scientist on FDA‑linked projects, and fractional CTO—bridging academic rigor with industrial delivery. His work spans brain–computer interfaces, brain imaging, and biologically inspired neural architectures, and he continues to mentor NeuroAI students while founding a consultancy to translate neural data science into real-world applications. Notably, he leverages transformer-boosted imitation learning to reduce the engineering barrier for robot deployment, combining deep research publications with hands-on system architecture and product strategy.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Machine Learning Deep Learning Brain-Computer Interfaces, PhD Machine Learning Deep Learning Brain-Computer Interfaces at University of Tartu
English, Russian, Estonian
Github Skills (44)
computation10
playing10
deep-reinforcement-learning9
reinforcement-learning9
neuroscience9
open-access9
python8
bayesian8
robotics8
benchmark8
artificial-intelligence8
nvidia-docker8
deconvolution7
nvidia6
cuda6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kuz/DeepMind-Atari-Deep-Q-Learner
Feb 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 2 years 11 months
deepmindtweaks
kuz/Garage48-PiTank
Feb 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:40 commits, 13 pushes in 3 months
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