Summary
Stepan Komkov is a Principal Software Engineer and deep learning researcher with nine years of experience building state-of-the-art ML systems, currently driving emotional speech synthesis at Yandex. He holds a PhD in Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Cybernetics from MSU and combines rigorous theoretical foundations with hands-on R&D that has led to multiple top-1 benchmark results in trajectory prediction, video action recognition, and text-to-video retrieval while at Huawei. Stepan has a track record of shipping high-impact, published features—most recently the empathic smart speaker—and holds patents improving face recognition robustness. He mentors teams and presents research publicly, blending academic rigor with product-focused engineering. Based in Belgrade, he brings rare cross-domain expertise spanning speech, vision, and trajectory forecasting, often turning competitive benchmark wins into deployable solutions. A curious polymath, his GitHub bio hints at a playful personal side beyond his technical accomplishments.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Lomonosov Moscow State University
English, Russian, Serbian