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Atay Kim

@ataykim

Mathematics undergraduate at Nazarbayev University building scientific ML models, including a Fourier Neural Operator benchmark for heat conduction.

Kazakhstan
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What I'm looking for

I'm interested in when reduced or learned models preserve fluxes, residual structure, conservation, and other physically meaningful behavior rather than only minimizing field-wise error.

At INMET, Nazarbayev University, I built a PyTorch Fourier Neural Operator benchmark for heterogeneous 1D heat conduction, using finite-volume reference data to evaluate temperature, heat-flux, and PDE-residual errors. In the hardest out-of-distribution regime, a 32-mode model reduced median temperature and flux errors compared with a 4-mode model.

At Ghent Analysis & PDE Center, Ghent University, I generated 300 synthetic 2D smoke-flow simulations with PhiFlow and trained a PyTorch FNO to predict autoregressive trajectories. I documented rollout drift, blur, periodic-boundary artifacts, and distribution shift, and released reproducible research components.

I also built CoursePlanner, a degree-planning application used by more than 2,000 Nazarbayev University students per semester. At BI Education (Aitanym), I created and quality-checked mathematics problems and adaptive lessons for an AI-personalized learning product.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

QP
Current

Incoming Selected Participant

Q.AI × 01.AI AI Mentorship Program

Oct 2026 - Present (1 month)

Selected for the inaugural national cohort of the AI mentorship program, including applied AI projects, workshops, and mentoring sessions with 01.AI experts.

BA
Current

Education Consultant

BI Education (Aitanym)

Jan 2026 - Present (10 months)

Created and quality-checked 500+ mathematics problems and 10+ adaptive lessons for UNT preparation. Reviewed mathematical correctness and lesson sequencing with the product team.

CO
Current

Creator and Full-Stack Developer

CoursePlanner

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 10 months)

Built a degree-planning application used by 2,000+ university students per semester, with prerequisite graphs and semester-sequence validation. Implemented in TypeScript, React, React Flow, Vite, and Tailwind CSS.

PT
Current

Self-Employed Tutor

Private Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Tutoring

Jan 2019 - Present (7 years 10 months)

Taught 30+ one-to-one and 100+ group students from Grade 1 through second-year university. Prepared learners for SAT, NUET, UNT, olympiads, and university mathematics.

KE

Evaluation Project

KZ RAG Eval

Jan 2026 - Dec 2026 (11 months)

Adapted an evaluation harness to compare Qwen 2.5 3B with and without BM25 retrieval on 21 multilingual questions grounded in official Kazakhstan public-information pages.

MO

Research Project

ModalStripe

Jan 2026 - Dec 2026 (11 months)

Investigated gated modal memory with local and global attention in small character language models. Compared models at roughly 121,000 parameters over three optimization seeds and documented limitations in a research manuscript.

GU

Visiting Research Student

Ghent Analysis & PDE Center, Ghent University

Jun 2026 - Jul 2026 (1 month)

Generated and standardized 300 synthetic 2D incompressible smoke-flow simulations and implemented a PyTorch FNO on an NVIDIA Tesla T4. Evaluated autoregressive trajectories against numerical simulations and documented artifacts and drift.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Nazarbayev University logoNU

Nazarbayev University

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics

2023 -

Activities and societies: Dean's List; Foundation Year Programme 2023-2024; undergraduate Mathematics programme from Fall 2024.

Pursuing a BSc in Mathematics with a focus on applied mathematics and scientific machine learning. Expected graduation in May 2028.

NM

National School of Physics and Mathematics

Secondary Education, General

2021 - 2023

Grade: 4.86/5.00

Completed secondary education with a GPA of 4.86/5.00.

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