Sergey Kosov
CEO & Founder at Uvvo
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolSergey Kosov is a Ph.D. machine learning engineer and serial founder who currently leads Uvvo, a platform tackling workforce upskilling and the European/US skilled-labor shortage with a projected EUR 6B market opportunity. With 10+ years of experience spanning research labs (Max Planck, Fraunhofer), academia (Jacobs University), and industry roles from senior architect to CTO, he blends deep computer vision and video analytics expertise with product-minded technical leadership. Sergey has built real-time imaging systems, advanced video analytics pipelines, and end-to-end platform components—skills he leverages to both design algorithms and ship production systems. He’s equally comfortable in research and hands-on engineering, having moved from optical flow and semantic segmentation research to delivering commercial 360° camera products and streaming servers. Based in Hanover, Germany, he positions early hires and co-founders to directly shape a mission-driven, scalable venture—bringing an unusually broad toolkit that spans low-level systems, ML research, and startup execution.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Applied Mathematics, 1.0, Bachelor’s Degree, Applied Mathematics, 1.0 at Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 1.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 1.0 at Universität SiegenMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, 1.7, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 1.7 at Universität des Saarlandes
English, Russian, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (74)
opencv10
python10
feature-extraction10
image-processing10
javascript-framework10
deep-learning10
computer-graphics10
ray10
face10
javascript10
graphical-models10
face-recognition10
html10
computer-vision10
opengl10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Jacobs-University/eyden-tracer-02
Sep 2019 - Oct 2021
Computer Graphics, Fall Semester 2019, Practical Assignment 2
Contributions:12 reviews, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
fallcomputer-graphicssemesterpracticalgraphics
Project-10/hCell
Mar 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:1 release, 20 commits, 17 pushes in 9 months
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