Severin Bratus
s.v.bratus@proton.me | GitHub↗ | LinkedIn↗ | severinbratus.github.io/cv↗
Education
ETH Zürich, MSc Data Science Sep 2024 – Jun 2026 (expected)
- Awarded the Estonian Students’ Fund scholarship
TU Delft, BSc Computer Science and Engineering Sep 2021 – Jun 2024
- Graduated magna cum laude (top 10%) with a specialisation in Data, and a minor in Mathematical Finance
- Honours programme
- Coursework (major):
- SWE: OOP Team Project (8.5)
- Software Eng. Methods (8.5)
- Software Quality & Testing (8.5)
- Software Project (9.0)
- Data: Machine Learning (9.0)
- Big Data Processing (9.0)
- Data Mining (9.0)
- Computational Intelligence (8.5)
- Database Technology & Mgmt
- Algo: Algorithms & Data Structures
- Algorithm Design (8.5)
- Automata & Computability
- Algorithms for NP-Hard Problems
- Maths: Reasoning & Logic (9.5)
- Calculus & Linear Algebra (8.5)
- Probability & Statistics (10.0)
- Other: Computer Graphics
- Computer Organisation (9.5)
- Computer Networks (9.5)
- Computer Security
- Programming Languages (10.0)
- Functional Programming
- Hons: McDermott R&D Challenge
- Neuroscience Fundamentals
- Convex Optimization
Tallinn Secondary School of Science, Upper Secondary / Gymnasium Sep 2018 – Jun 2021
- Graduated summa cum laude (top marks in all subjects & exams), with a specialisation in programming.
Experience
Teaching Assistant, Software Engineer | TU Delft Delft, Netherlands | Feb 2024 – …
- Assisted in the MSc module Modeling, Uncertainty & Data for Engineers (MUDE) at the Civil Engineering & Geosciences faculty.
- Developed custom GitHub Actions workflows to deploy course-related books on the web.
Intern Advanced Analytics & NLP | Van Lanschot Kempen Amsterdam, Netherlands | Dec 2023 – Jan 2024
- Worked on applications of natural language processing in Non-Financial Risk Analytics
Head Teaching Assistant in CSE2525 Data Mining | TU Delft Delft, Netherlands | Nov 2023 – Feb 2024
- Assisted students and fellow TAs with questions on lab sessions.
- Assisted the course instructors in making the lab assignment rubrics and reference solutions.
- Managed communication channels, and composed weekly FAQ reports.
Software Engineer, “Chief Hacking Officer” | DuckDuckGoose AI Delft, Netherlands | Jun 2022 – Mar 2023
- Designed, built, and maintained a machine learning dataset collection pipeline with a combination of task automation and API reverse-engineering techniques, programming mostly in Python and Bash.
- Implemented, tested and documented modifications in the main software-as-a-service API of the company.
- Worked on penetration-testing camera-based ID verification in mobile apps (e.g. banking apps).
Research projects
Generalisation Ability of Proper Value Equivalent Models in Model-Based Reinforcement Learning | Link↗ TU Delft | Jun 2024
- BSc thesis, graded 9.0 / 10.0
Gender stereotypes in Estonian word embeddings | Poster↗ Tallinn, Estonia | May 2020
- Received awards from:
- Estonian National Contest for Young Scientists 2021 (III place)
- Institute of the Estonian Language
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Social Affairs
Skills
- Python
- C & C++
- Julia
- Linux, Bash, Git
- Clojure
- Java
- TypeScript, Node.js
- SQL
- Web scraping
- Apache Spark & Flink
Coursework team projects
Software Project: Enhancing LaplaceRedux.jl, a Julia package for Bayesian Deep Learning | Article↗ Apr – Jun 2023
Software Engineering Methods: A microservice-based HR management system in Java Nov – Dec 2022
Computer Graphics: A ray-casting rendering engine in C++ with OpenGL Oct 2022
Personal projects
Linux UVCVideo with Record/Replay Modes | GitHub↗ 2024
- Modifications to a Linux webcam driver to record & replay raw frames
Cheat Chess | GitHub↗ 2022
- A multiplayer chess web-app with highlighting so extensive it should be considered cheating. Includes a fog-of-war chess variant
Volunteering
EU Contest for Young Scientists ‘22 Leiden, Netherlands | Sep 2022
EU Contest for Young Scientists ‘23 Bruxelles, Belgium | Sep 2023
TU Delft Book Club ‘23–‘24 Sep 2023 – Jun 2024
JuliaCon Local Eindhoven ‘23 Eindhoven, Netherlands | Dec 2023
Membership in clubs
Delft AI Safety Initiative↗ Nov 2023 – Jun 2024
Delft Writing Club Oct 2023 – Jun 2024
Languages
- English Fluent, C1
- Estonian Fluent
- Russian Native
Citizenship
- Republic of Estonia, EU