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General Information

Full Name Aliaksei Pilko

Education

  • 2020
    PhD
    University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
    • UAS Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • 2017
    Bachelor of Engineering
    University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
    • First Class Honours
    • Modules include: Aerodynamics, Astronautics, Flight Mechanics, Systems Design and Computing
    • Societies include: Formula Student, Human Powered Aircraft, Robotics Society and Gliding Society
  • 2015
    A-Levels
    Leighton Park School, Reading, UK
    • Physics, Maths, Further Maths, Design+Tech
    • A*A*AA

Experience

  • 2018
    Software Engineer
    Tekever
    • Delivered multiple Machine Learning/AI research projects by mining open Big Data sets
    • Prototyped models using well-known Python libraries (Pandas, Dask, SKLearn and TensorFlow) in Jupyter Notebooks
    • Implemented leading Anomaly Detection algorithms (Active Isolation Forests, LODA and Support Vector Machine) from scratch in C# .NET as class libraries for integration with main codebase
    • Prototyped several Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) architectures (Bi-directional LSTM, GRU, NARX and Clockwork RNN) for marine traffic trajectory prediction
    • Created Literature Review and full documentation for code with use cases and future projects/roadmaps
  • 2018
    President
    Southampton University Gliding Club
  • 2017 - 2020
    Engineering Student Ambassador
    University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
    • Represented the University at high stakes events such as Open Days. Undergone training to ensure adherence to Competition and Marketing Authority regulations
    • Inspire and inform prospective students and parents in ‘drop-in’ events where any questions can be asked. This requires me to think on my feet and draw on my knowledge of the engineering courses and options offered by the University as well as my own experiences

Open Source Projects

  • 2021-now
    seedpod_ground_risk
    • Ground Risk model for UAS flight path analysis and risk-aware path finding .

Academic Interests

  • uncrewed aerial systems
  • UAS safety
  • aviation risk

Other Interests

  • Gliding
  • 3D Printing
  • Running
  • MicroController Projects