Hello! I am Vladimir and I occasionally write posts here on a variety of topics that I am interested in. Just like the solyanka soup, this blog contains a mixture of everything, hence its name.
About me
Currently I am working as a lead machine learning engineer at harrison.ai where I am building radiology-focused AI solutions.
My primary experience is in applied deep learning and computer vision. I have worked across the full stack of machine learning stages, including working with raw data and setting up (multi-node) infrastructure for training / validation / deployment. My programming language of choice is Python (although occasionally I also write in C++ and CUDA if needed) and my deep learning framework of choice is PyTorch (although I have worked with TensorFlow and some of my past work is still quite popular). For deployment purposes, I have primarily worked with TensorFlow.js and TensorRT.
Previously I worked as a senior and lead ML engineer at Nearmap and Skydio.
In-between jobs, I have been pursuing my hobby in BYOSA (build your own sports analytics) – https://byosa.github.io. The goal of BYOSA is to level the analytical field in football such that a football club of any level would be able to collect, process and model their own data without reliance on third-party providers. I am open to finding co-founder(s) with similar interests (see my contact details below).
I did my PhD studies at the University of Adelaide. I was fortunate to work there under the supervision of Prof. Ian Reid and co-supervision of Prof. Chunhua Shen. During my doctorate studies I used deep learning to solve various dense per-pixel computer vision tasks (primarily, semantic segmentation) in real-time and with high performance. My doctorate thesis is available through the University of Adelaide library service. As a PhD student, I was the first author of 6 academic papers, 5 of which were published and presented at major computer vision and robotic conferences, including CVPR and ICRA.
I believe in hard work and curious mind.
Hobbies
My major hobby is European football (known to some by an s-word) and my favourite team is Liverpool FC. I have been supporting Liverpool since 2007 and so far have been fortunate to see them twice with my own eyes (both times losing, so I might be an unlucky charm 
).
My other hobbies include reading books, watching movies and listening to music.
Contact me
My CV is hosted here.