CV
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General Information
| Full Name | Sebastian Mežnar |
| Date of Birth | 18th April 1997 |
| Languages | Slovenian, English, Italian |
Education
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2022 - Pres. PhD
Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia - PhD in Information and communications technology (ICT), with a focus on machine learning.
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2019 - 2022 Master's degree
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Master's degree in computer science and mathematics with focus on courses related to machine learning and data science.
- Helped as a tutor for CS and machine learning related subjects during third (extra) year.
- Master's thesis from the field of deep learning and equation discovery with the title: ”Efficient generative model for algebraic expressions andequation discovery
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2016 - 2019 Bachelor's degree
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics with a focus on courses related to machine learning, algorithms, and data science.
- Bachelor's thesis from the field of machine learning with the title: ”Modeling the playstyle of a basketball team from spatial data”
Experience
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Su. 2017 Software engineer
Actual I.T. - Programed different parts of a web application (JavaScript),
- Build JSON schemes for validating API request and responses.
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Su. 2017‑2019 Software engineer
Mercury Processing Services International - Developed parts of a mockup Android application (Android/Java),
- Ported functionality between different versions of an Android application (Android/Java),
- Made unit tests for various parts of a web application (C# & JavaScript),
- Developed and improved parts of a web application (C# & JavaScript).
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Mar 2020‑Pres. Machine learning researcher
Jožef Stefan Institute, Department of Knowledge Technologies - Developed machine learning algorithms for various tasks on graph (network) data,
- Developed an approach for symbolic regression,
- Wrote several papers on general ML tasks, graph (network) related ML tasks, and symbolic regression.
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Oct 2023‑Pres. Teaching assistant
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics - Conducted practical exercises, prepared and graded exams
- TA for Discrete Mathematics
Honors and Awards
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Notable
- Gold award, 11th place, Vegovo tekmovanje 2015
- 1st place in Slovenia, 256 place overall, Google Hash Code 2019
- Dean's award for outstanding academic performance, FMF school year 2019/20
- 8th place, Predicting Generalization in Deep Learning, NeurIPS 2020 competition
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Other
- Silver award, Vegovo tekmovanje 2008 ‑ 2019
- Attendance, Univerzitetni Programerski Maraton (UPM) 2016, 2018, 2019
- Attendance, Google Hash Code 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Skills
- Programming: Python (main), Java (competent), C# (competent), Rust (basic), JavaScript (basic), R (basic), SQL (basic), ...
- Writing: LATEX, Markdown, HTML
- Libraries: SciPy, PyTorch, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, ...
- Languages: Slovenian, English, Italian
Academic Interests
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Machine learning
- Representation learning
- Geometric deep learning
- Equation discovery/Symbolic regression
- Deep learning
- Computer vision
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Data science
- Data visualization
- Data engineering
- Data mining
- Statistical analysis
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Mathematics
- Statistics
- Graphs
- Discrete mathematics
- Optimization
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Algorithms
- Optimization
- Data structures
Extracurricular Activity
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Education
- Volleyball coach, third rank 2015,
- Zemanta Data Science Summer School 2022.
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Extra experience
- Building caretaker, Volley Club Portorož, Summer 2012 ‑ 2016,
- Volleyball coach, Volley Club Portorož & Športno društvo Piran, Jun. 2015 ‑ Sep. 2016 & summer 2014,
- Council member, Klub Študentov Občine Piran, Nov. 2018 ‑ Jan. 2022.
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Free time
- Volleyball: U18 national champion in the 2013/14 season with GO Volley,
- Volleyball: Third division champions with Volley Club Portorož in 2015/16 season.