Ilia Rushkin

Ilia Rushkin has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Starting in 2001, they worked as a Ph.D. researcher at the University of Chicago. From 2007 to 2008, they were a postdoctoral researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology, conducting research in collective behavior, fluid mechanics, and statistical mechanics. They then worked as a visiting scientist at the University of Cambridge from 2009 to 2010 and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, they joined Reasoning Mind as a Knowledge Engineer and later became the Knowledge Engineering Team Leader until 2013. From 2013 to 2014, they served as a Senior Editor at Victory Productions, focusing on writing, editing, and developing instructional materials. They then worked as a Consultant at Harvard Business Publishing, specializing in interactive content development from 2014 to 2016. In 2016, they joined the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University as a Research Scientist and later became a Senior Research Scientist until 2021. Since 2021, they have been working as a Principal Machine Learning (AI) Engineer at BrainPOP. Additionally, they worked part-time as a Clerk at Cambridge Math Circle from 2018 to 2021. Throughout their career, Ilia Rushkin has demonstrated expertise in mathematics, research, content development, and knowledge engineering.

Ilia Rushkin completed their education in a chronological order. From 1997 to 2001, they attended Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT), where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, Mathematics, and Programming. From 2001 to 2007, they pursued their higher education at the University of Chicago, earning a Ph.D. in Physics. In addition to their formal education, they obtained a certification in Machine Learning Course from Coursera in May 2015. It is unclear from the information provided if they obtained another certification from Coursera or not.