Zdenka Sedenka (Sitova)

Zdenka Sedenka (Sitova) has a long history of work experience in the fields of machine learning, data science, and bioinformatics. In 2011, they began their career as a Mobile Application Developer for Core international s.r.o., developing Android, web, Java, and scripting applications. In 2012, they worked as an Android Developer for Hobrasoft, creating an Android app for monitoring photovoltaic power plants. In 2013, they were a Researcher at NYIT Old Westbury, working on the DARPA Active Authentication Project to evaluate proposed biometrics using machine learning techniques. In 2015, they became a Ph.D. Student in Bioinformatics at Masaryk University, analyzing repetitive sequences in plants and processing big genomic data. In 2016, they joined Gauss Algorithmic as a Deputy Head of Research and Data Scientist, working on projects such as image classification, time series analysis, recommender systems, big data technologies, and natural language processing. In 2017, they were a Data Scientist at Signals Network, consulting and designing the machine learning part of the product. Finally, in 2019, they joined Keyless as a Senior ML Engineer / Data Scientist, developing face biometrics using a smartphone RGB camera.

Zdenka Sedenka (Sitova) completed their Bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing from Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics in 2012. Zdenka then attended KU Leuven for a year in 2012, studying Artificial Intelligence. In 2015, they completed their Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing from Masaryk University Brno.