Svet Penkov
Co-founder & CEO at AI Cluster Bulgaria
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSvet Penkov is a co-founder and CEO based in Berkeley with 11 years of experience building tooling and research that make machine learning development faster, more debuggable, and more explainable. He blends hands-on engineering with academic rigor from a PhD in Robotics and AI, producing methods to extract structured mechanisms and representations from raw data. As founder of Efemarai and Sciro Research and chair of AI Cluster Bulgaria, he moves between product leadership and community-building, guiding teams from research to deployable systems. Previously he led motion prediction research at FiveAI, bringing safety-critical, real-world ML experience to his startups. He is interested in tools that not only save development hours but reveal theoretical insights about model behavior—an uncommon combination that helps teams ship robust, interpretable ML.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Robotics Artficial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Robotics Artficial Intelligence at The University of EdinburghMaster’s Degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Master’s Degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at The University of Reading
Github Skills (107)
opencv10
python10
image-processing10
deep-learning10
gpu10
computer-vision10
image10
machine-learning10
numpy9
acceleration9
emacs9
neural-network9
tensor9
spacemacs9
vim9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
svepe/mlpm
Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:31 commits, 43 pushes in 3 months
svepe/rss-demos
Sep 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 18 PRs, 49 pushes in 1 month
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