Minds Behind the Complexity

Prof. Stanislav Sobolevsky

Lab Director, PhD, DrSc

Dr. Sobolevsky leads the lab, and holds faculty appointments at New York University and Masaryk University. He studies complex urban systems through their digital image, the big data they create. Research of his team leverages data science, network analysis, mathematical modeling, machine learning and AI for urban innovation in transportation, energy, public health, safety and other areas. Holds PhD (1999) and Doctor of Science habilitation degree (2009) in Mathematics. Authored over a 100 of research publications in top-tier journals and conferences, including Nature’s Scientific Reports, PNAS, Physical Review E, PLOS ONE and others

Daniel Bretsko

PhD Student at Masaryk University | Bookmark.red Data Scientist | DigitalTalentLab Mentor | Researcher

Data Scientist with four years of experience, and a history of working in the startup, research, and retail industries. Hands-on experience with real data, resolving various tasks in areas like NLP, Time Series, Urban Analytics, and Predictive Analytics, using Deep Learning and Machine Learning, LLMs, Python (Pandas, Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, LangChain, etc.), SQL, and Statistics.

Jan Slovák

Mathematician | Researcher | Digital City Lab 
Mathematician, Researcher, and Science manager

A renowned mathematician with significant contributions to geometric analysis, currently also involved in bridging the classical theories with deep learning and AI (cf. CaLiForNIA and CaLiGOLA). His expertise and academic leadership extends to strategic development projects on academic, national, and international levels.

Ivan Alesik

Front-End | Back-End | Databases | Administration | DevOps | Design

Full Stack Web developer. Projects: bookmark.red • beta.coloring.bookmark.red • client.ucomp.net • mda.math.muni • maps.bookmark.red

Devashish Khulbe

PhD Student at Masaryk University | Researcher | DigitalTalentLab Mentor

I am a researcher with a focus on the intersection of data science and urban science, deploying deep learning methods like Graph Neural Networks to complex urban problems, such as transportation and socioeconomic modeling. Before joining the lab at MUNI, I have worked on research projects at Urban Complexity Lab and ML4G Lab at NYU's Center for Urban Science+Progress. Besides academia, I also worked briefly with an advertising analytics based firm in New York City, and more recently interned with Thales Research and Technology in Paris.

Yuri Bogomolov

Senior Staff Data Engineer at Robinhood | PhD Student at Masaryk University | Researcher

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the top tech companies and investment management industry. Skilled in Distributed systems and Data Analysis. Strong engineering professional with two Master’s Degrees focused in Computer Science and Data Science.

Alexander Belyi

Researcher | Software Engineer

A researcher and a software engineer working on data storage and analysis. I received my PhD from Masaryk University under the supervision of Prof. Sobolevsky. I study graph neural networks and their applications to complex networks of human mobility and interactions. Previously, I spent a year as a visiting PhD student at Senseable City Lab at MIT and almost five years with the same lab at SMART in Singapore. Before that, I worked as a lead C++ software engineer.

Margarita Mishina

PhD Student at Masaryk University | Researcher

Ph.D. student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Masaryk University. Researcher and data scientist with two-year work experience in IT university labs. Specialized in geospatial analysis with statistical methods, traditional machine learning techniques, and graph neural networks.

Maria Grushevskaya

Design | Front-End

Front-End Developer. Projects: bookmark.red • client.ucomp.net • mda.math.muni

Piotr Walas

Raman Sharykin

Researcher

Research interests: network analysis, machine learning, mathematical modeling, stochastic systems, complex systems.