Bolat Tleubayev

HRI Researcher / Mobile Developer

Python, MATLAB, Flutter, Swift (UIKit & SwiftUI)


Experience

Senior Data Engineer, Chevron subsidiary Tengizchevroil, Remote
Since February 2023
  • Developed integrations between SAP and Workday for HR data of the entire company using Azure Logic Apps
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD workflows for Azure Logic Apps deployments from Azure Git
  • Administration of dataflows of the HR data from disparate sources to a central data lake using Azure Data Factory and Databricks

Data Engineer
March 2022 - February 2023
  • Designed data ingestion pipelines in Azure Data Factory and supervised migration of existing infrastructure to Azure Synapse
  • Oversaw git repositories for development and testing environments of the Modern Data Foundation project for all product lines
  • Administration of the data warehouse of the entire facility [SSMS, Data Factory, Power Apps]
  • Database access administration on all development environments [Azure AD, Azure CloudShell, Azure DevOps]
  • Developed end-to-end dashboards for data quality monitoring [SSMS, Databricks, PowerBI]

Software developer, Open Summer of Code and imec, Belgium
July 2021
  • Developed iOS and Android frontend for GPS and POZYX hardware based application using Flutter
  • Developed positioning and routing capabilities using Google Maps and OpenStreetMap
  • Developed native iOS augmented reality application that highlights intended route and displays hints on recognition of QR markers for visually impaired people

Intern at computer vision department, KazAeroSpace LLP, Kazakhstan
February - April 2019
  • Initiated development of automated satellite images labelling software
  • Initiated incorporation of computer vision technologies to existing surveillance products
  • Consulted engineers on sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles for geomagnetic scanning

Intern at information systems control department, Subordinate organization of President's Affairs Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan JSC "Engineering and Technology Center”, Kazakhstan
August 2018
  • Assisted in analysis of information systems, according to the results of this analysis the best system was selected for implementation in the President's Affairs Administration
  • Assisted information system management through automation of repetitive processes
  • Assisted with organizational tasks of the department

Intern at human resources department, Korkem Telecom, Kazakhstan
July 2018
  • Conducted selection of possible candidates for IT position according to specified parameters. Selected candidates were then invited for the interview
  • Helped in organization of events aimed on Corporate Culture development
  • Helped to develop employee motivation agenda

Workshop participant, Tien-Shan Mountain Station of Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazakhstan
June 2017
  • Attended lectures on quantum and high energy physics
  • Worked with “Horizon-T” air shower detection device and collected data of high energy particles in the atmosphere
  • Examined principles of work of the “Horizon-T” for further research

Research

Master's thesis, Medical Imaging Research Center at University Hospital Leuven (UZ Leuven), Belgium
October 2020 - July 2021
  • Brought volumetric face shape data from 3D scanners to a common topology using meshmonk for 22 participants from 5 viewpoints. This allowed further analysis and work with raw data
  • Developed 3D face shape reconstruction algorithm from 2D photos using combination of 3D morphable model and deep learning approaches. Achieved face shape reconstructions with mean error of 1.55 mm

Research and teaching assistant, Nazarbayev University Human-Robot Interaction Lab, Kazakhstan
August 2019 - September 2020
  • Conducted robot-assisted sessions for children suffering from severe Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for data collection. Interviewed therapists and parents for experiment design and evaluation.
  • Developed behaviors for NAO robots for therapeutic robot-assisted sessions for children with severe Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Resulting software was used for experiments with 21 participants at Republican Republican Children's Rehabilitation Centre.
  • Developed Ubuntu tablet software for joint dysgraphia research with EPFL CHILI Lab on ROS. The software was used to record dynamic handwriting features of 200 primary school children and results were published in Nature partner journal: Science of learning
  • Developed rules for trilingual text-to-speech engine creation and data collection
  • Produced scientific output for publishing in international journals and conferences (Nature, Paladyn, Frontiers, HRI etc.)
  • Developed and conducted lab sessions for Signals and Sensing course



Publications

Asselborn, Thibault, Wafa Johal, Bolat Tleubayev, Zhanel Zhexenova, Pierre Dillenbourg, Catherine McBride, and Anara Sandygulova. "The transferability of handwriting skills: from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet." Nature Partner Journal: Science of Learning 6, no. 1 (2021): 1-11.

Tleubayev, Bolat, Zhanel Zhexenova, Thibault Asselborn, Wafa Johal, Pierre Dillenbourg, and Anara Sandygulova. "CoWriting Kazakh: Learning a New Script with a Robot-Demonstration." In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 79-79. 2020.

Zhexenova, Zhanel, Bolat Tleubayev, Aida Zhanatkyzy, Aizada Turarova, Zhansaule Telisheva, Thibault Asselborn, Wafa Johal, Pierre Dillenbourg, and Anara Sandygulova. "CoWriting Kazakh: Learning a New Script with a Robot–Video." In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 645-645. 2020.

Sandygulova, Anara, Wafa Johal, Zhanel Zhexenova, Bolat Tleubayev, Aida Zhanatkyzy, Aizada Turarova, Zhansaule Telisheva, Anna CohenMiller, Thibault Asselborn, and Pierre Dillenbourg. "CoWriting Kazakh: Learning a New Script with a Robot." In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 113-120. 2020.

Sandygulova, Anara, Zhanel Zhexenova, Bolat Tleubayev, Aidana Nurakhmetova, Dana Zhumabekova, Ilyas Assylgali, Yerzhan Rzagaliyev, and Aliya Zhakenova. "Interaction design and methodology of robot-assisted therapy for children with severe ASD and ADHD." Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics 10, no. 1 (2019): 330-345.

Tleubayev, Bolat, Zhanel Zhexenova, Aliya Zhakenova, and Anara Sandygulova. "Robot-assisted therapy for children with ADHD and ASD: a pilot study." In Proceedings of the 2019 2nd International Conference on Service Robotics Technologies, pp. 58-62. 2019.

Education

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, MSc in Artificial Intelligence, Leuven, Belgium
July 2021
  • Cum laude 69.25%
  • Thesis: Deep-learning of 3D facial shape from 2D images
  • Did thesis work at Medical Imaging Research Centre for medical applications of computer vision

Nazarbayev University, BSc in Robotics and Mechatronics, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
May 2019
  • GPA 3.37
  • Thesis: CoWriting Kazakh
  • Did ADHD and ASD research at Republican Children's Rehabilitation Center

Awards

Team leader, Social Development Fund grant, Astana, Kazakhstan
December 2022
Developed an application for diabtes management. The app uses Nightscout API as a backend and allows for data sharing between devices. Our team won the competition landing ~2,200 USD funding.

Team leader, Delaware Student Game by delaware BeLux, Leuven, Belgium
March 2021
Managed and represented a team of artificial intelligence program students on the coding competition by delaware BeLux. Our team won the third place with proposed industrial applications of computer vision and augmented reality

Team leader, Data 4 Good Challenge by Emergent, Leuven, Belgium
November 2020
Managed and represented a team of machine learning specialists from KU Leuven on the coding challenge Data 4 Good by Emergent. Pitched a solution to biased classification algorithms for law enforcement securing the 3rd best technical solution award among 36 teams.

CTO and developer, ABC startup incubation by NURIS, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
October 2020
Developed an application for fashion industry using Firebase and Flutter. The app supported feed, posting, commenting, and bar-code scanning. Supervised technical and design decisions of the application. Our team won the competition landing ~4,700 USD funding.

Presenter, International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom
March 2020
Won the best demo award on the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2020 in Cambridge, United Kingdom for video presentation “CoWriting Kazakh: Learning a New Script with a Robot - Demonstration”.

Presenter, International Conference on Robotics Technologies, Beijing, China
March 2019
Won the best presentation award on the International Conference on Robotics Technologies in Beijing, China for presentation “Robot-Assisted Therapy for Children with ADHD and ASD”.

Forum delegate, discussion group leader, The 29th International Youth Forum, "The 4th Industrial Revolution with Youth: Life in Future", Seoul and Goyang, Korea
August 2018
Selected by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family of Korea and The National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea as one of the participants of “The 29th International Youth Forum” dedicated to the fourth industrial revolution. Mediated and led “Big Data and Artificial Intelligence” discussion group and presented resulting multidisciplinary evaluation of the topic.

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