Oleg Rybkin
Research Scientist at Cursor
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOleg Rybkin is a research scientist and reinforcement learning specialist with a decade of experience blending academic rigor and industry impact to “make robots less robotic.” He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and has held research positions at Berkeley, DeepMind, Google, xAI and now Cursor, working at the intersection of RL, robotics, and generative models. Oleg’s trajectory spans international collaborations—from Prague and Tokyo to San Francisco—and includes postdoctoral work that translated theoretical advances into practical robot behavior. Known for bridging foundational research with product-minded execution, he favors approaches that make autonomous systems more adaptable and human-aligned. Beyond publications, his personal site and GitHub reflect a practitioner who experiments openly, iterating on ideas that move quickly from notebook to real-world trials.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Czech Technical University in PragueDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
English, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian
Github Skills (37)
python10
machine-learning10
ml10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
neural-network10
explore9
arxiv8
latex8
hierarchical8
pytorch7
minecraft7
gpu7
keras6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
orybkin/sigma-vae
Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
Repository for the paper "Simple and Effective VAE Training with Calibrated Decoders"
Contributions:20 commits, 19 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
ramanans1/plan2explore
Apr 2020 - Mar 2022
Repository for the paper "Planning to Explore via Self-Supervised World Models"
Contributions:39 commits, 37 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
pytorchsupervisedexploredeep-learningworld-models
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