Thomas Gabriel Chung

Profile

AI specialist with two master's degrees — artificial intelligence at MIPT and technology entrepreneurship at Innopolis University — and four years putting machine learning into production across research, startup and agency settings. Experience spans LLM fine-tuning and evaluation, retrieval-augmented generation, computer vision at scale, and the product work around them.

Experience

1. Ambassador — International Computer Science Competition (ICSC)

   Jun 2025 — Present
   • Run workshops, mentorship and outreach to promote computer science locally.
   • Support students entering global competitions and deepening their engagement with technology.

2. AI Specialist — QuestMeUp

   Mar 2025 — Jul 2025

   Florida, USA

   • Designed and fine-tuned AI models for personalised assessments and adaptive user journeys.
   • Translated technical workflows into clear documentation for a non-specialist team.
   • Shaped the platform vision and AI roadmap so development stayed aligned to user goals.

3. AI Specialist — GdeRadost

   Nov 2024 — Feb 2025

   Moscow, Russia

   • Raised AI model response accuracy by 75% through prompt engineering and fine-tuning.
   • Worked with engineers and analysts to ship scalable AI solutions across departments.
   • Drafted internal model evaluation reports and technical memos to support deployment.

4. Founder, CEO & ML Engineer — GT Augment

   Mar 2022 — Dec 2024

   Abuja, Nigeria

   • Developed 3 proprietary AI models for education, marketing and AR-based engagement.
   • Secured $100,000 in funding and scaled across 3 countries to 1,000+ users.
   • Oversaw technical content, investor decks and platform documentation.

5. AI Research Intern — Dugree

   Jun 2024 — Sep 2024

   New York, USA

   • Optimised LLMs for a 45% increase in model efficiency.
   • Contributed to 5+ research publications and presented findings at internal symposiums.
   • Authored research briefs and experimental documentation for cross-functional review.

6. AI/ML Research Assistant — Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

   Mar 2024 — Jul 2024

   Moscow, Russia

   • Built AI-driven educational models that improved student performance by 60%.
   • Co-authored academic publications and presented at AI education conferences.
   • Wrote technical specifications and user-behaviour analysis summaries.

7. Technical Copywriter — SOAX

   Mar 2022 — Jun 2022

   London, UK

   • Created technical content on AI/ML, proxy networks, VPNs and web data tools.
   • Increased website and social engagement by 20% through clearer product writing.
   • Owned end-to-end drafting and editing within a five-person writing team.

Education

• MSc, Modern State of Artificial Intelligence — Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Moscow, Russia2022–2024
• MSc, Technology Entrepreneurship — Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia2022–2024
• BSc, Automation of Technological Processes and Production — Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, Voronezh, Russia2018–2022
• Certificate, Project Management — Google via Coursera, Remote2023–2024

Skills

Machine learning

PyTorch · TensorFlow · Scikit-learn · Hugging Face · Transformers · Weights & Biases

Language models

Fine-tuning · Prompt engineering · RAG · Embeddings · LangChain · LLaMA 3

Engineering

Python · SQL · Docker · Git · Airflow

Languages

English — Native · Russian — C1 — Advanced

Awards & recognition

• Ambassador — International Computer Science Competition2025
• Finalist — Mathematics, master's level — All-Russian Olympiad2024
• Winner — AI Hackathon — Latoken2024
• Interview — AI and the future of urban mobility — KOTRA, South Korean Embassy, Moscow2024
• Winner — startup grant, 1,000,000₽ — Russian Federation2023
• Campus Ambassador — Yandex2023
• Bronze — AR Hackathon — Innopolis University2022
• Higher Scholarship Award for best students — Innopolis University2022
• Winner — Russian Scholarship Project (AI) — Russian Federation2022