Judges & Mentors
Alina Shesterikova
Engineering/Physics/Computer Science, Astronomy
I'm Alina Shesterikova. I'm an interface designer with 6 years of experience in commercial projects. My experience is filled with different products from medical services to Dating apps. I'm currently heading the design department of Big Data, at VEON, where I'm developing web portal and related services (AI, Geo, Audio and video analytics)
Some of my projects on behance and dribble
Danylo Tolmachov
Engineering/Physics/Computer Science
- Software expert for more than 10 years with a huge store of knowledge and experience;
- Specialized in building applications specific to the business needs of the clients;
- Deep understanding of software architecture and software design patterns and practices;
- Experienced in building mission-critical, high-performance, and highly scalable infrastructure services
Davit Ayvazyan
Engineering/Physics/Computer Science
I'm a Mechanical Design Engineer with over 12 years of experience. I'm a Mechanical designer at AlphaTek Automation, Inc. and a Lead Industrial Designer at Robomart, Inc.
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I'm interested in programming and know Python.
Passionate about space. Now it's my hobby, but I participated in a small part of CubeSat development years ago.
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I'm teaching students online and in-person as a guest lecturer in different universities. Author of an online course about additive manufacturing.
Also, I'm a Certified professional in Soldiwrosk mechanical design.
James Chibueze
Astronomy
TBA
Kalash Bhaiya
Engineering/Physics/Computer Science,
Chem/Bio
Kalash is a passionate mathematician and explorer who strives to gain knowledge in various fields and apply it in the real world. She is always in search of new opportunities to learn about the world and has developed a great interest in the field of computer science. Kalash loves to comply with the learnings from both these areas and believes that they can be combined to provide some great results. She runs a nonprofit organization in education and has attended various international Mathematical camps and seminars. She has qualified/won many olympiads, including USAMO, IJMO, SEAMO, and other South Asian Mathematical Olympiad. She is always open to new discussions about paradoxes, conlanging, controversial AI theories, social and behavioural psychology, and any other new research.
Leonid Ivankin
Engineering, Computer Science
I'm a senior android developer in MtsGroup. I like new ideas for solving old problems. I'm sure that new technologies will help us make the world better.
Nick Su
Chemistry
Nick will be a judge for the Chemistry/Biology Category. As a student interested and involved in chemical research surrounding organic synthetic methodology and photoredox catalysis, he looks forward to learning about the different projects that participants have come up with. As the Program Director of Global Student STEM Conferences, he appreciates curiosity and effective communication of science. In his free time, he loves spending time with his friends and family, while being a casual video game, DnD, and internet enjoyer.
Raquel Ribeiro
Computer Science/Physics
Raquel H Ribeiro is an associate professor of Computational Sciences at Minerva University (USA) and a senior academic program manager at Minerva Project, empowering higher education via active learning. Before joining Minerva, she was a lead data scientist working on maintenance forecasting and fraud detection problems. Ribeiro has a background in theoretical physics, with a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK, and a degree in Physics from the University of Porto, Portugal.
Anushka Sharad
Artificial Intelligence Workshop
I am a writer, poet, NASA citizen scientist, science communicator and researcher. I am studying Computational Astronomy and Theoretical Astrophysics. I am also into Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. I often conduct webinars and sessions for students online/ offline to spread awareness regarding STEM fields.​
Isaias Hernandez
Environmental Science
Isaias Hernandez, (aka @QueerBrownVegan) is an environmental justice educator + activist from Los Angeles, CA. He’s passionate about making environmental education accessible and advocating for social justice in the environmental movement. Growing up, he lived in a community that faced environmental injustice and it shaped the way he saw the world.
His experiences led him to create the Queer Brown Vegan platform, an environmental education page that focuses on social justice and intersectional topics not traditionally covered in environmental spaces.
He has a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and spent his college years working on a variety of diversity inclusion work in environmental spaces, academic research, and creative work. After graduating, he helped start the digital publication Alluvia Mag before becoming a full-time educator and creator.
