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Aleksandr Nesterov is an applied AI researcher and Lead Applied Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (AIRI). His work focuses on natural language processing, large language models, and clinical decision support. He combines seven years of clinical experience in neurology with AI research and development since 2020 and holds a Candidate of Medical Sciences degree, awarded in 2019.

At AIRI, he led the development of CLARITY, an LLM-based assistant for patient routing and triage. Previously, at Sber AI Lab, he led the development of AIDA and co-developed TOP-3. His research also includes RuCCoD for automated ICD coding, biomedical language models, and clinical NLP benchmarks.

His research has appeared at EMNLP, IJCAI, ACL Findings, and AIME, as well as in ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems and npj Artificial Intelligence. His professional activities include research reviewing, teaching LLM methods, and participation in AIRI’s AI Bioethics Committee.

At Smart World Journal, his areas of editorial expertise are applied artificial intelligence, language technologies, and data-driven decision support, with particular attention to reproducibility, uncertainty, and responsible evaluation of intelligent digital services.

Maksim Tumakov is a cybersecurity expert, technology entrepreneur, and product leader with over ten years of professional experience in information security, cyber threat research, and the development of advanced cybersecurity products, including AI-powered security technologies. He is the Founder of DefenScope, a US-based cybersecurity company, a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), and a Senior Member of IEEE.

He previously held senior research and product leadership positions at Kaspersky and BI.ZONE, leading engineering teams and the development of enterprise security solutions. He is the author of scientific publications and the discoverer of multiple publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities, including CVEs affecting industrial systems.

He also serves as a judge and expert evaluator in cybersecurity and technology competitions and has presented research at major industry conferences. His professional and research interests include AI security, cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability research, security operations, and the development of intelligent cybersecurity systems.

Ilya Kim is a technology executive and infrastructure architect with more than twenty-five years of international experience in IT infrastructure, from city-scale public services to large-scale data and AI infrastructure.

He served as Chief Architect of the Safe City program in Ufa, contributed to the digital transformation of Moscow and directed cloud data center infrastructure at the IT Department of the Moscow Government, where he turned three isolated sites into a unified hybrid cloud supporting digital services for more than 13 million residents. At Rostelecom, he worked on municipal telemetry and multi-site systems, and he later led the digital transformation of a major mining holding. He has built and managed engineering teams of up to 250 people and co-founded a digital asset analytics startup. Today, he leads data infrastructure reliability and AI safety programs at a large technology company.

At Smart World Journal, he contributes expertise in smart-city and digital infrastructure, cloud platforms and AI governance, and takes part in manuscript review and selection to keep the journal’s technical content accurate and practical.

Vitalii Novitskii is an engineering manager, inventor, and technology entrepreneur with over fifteen years of experience in the development and commercialization of engineering and software products. As Co-Founder and Engineering Manager of GLEXO, he leads research and development, industrial product design, prototyping, manufacturing readiness, and quality systems for specialized automotive repair tools.

His experience also includes automotive data platforms and AI-powered video analytics. As CEO and Co-Founder of Mysupp, he led the development of an automotive parts database and a real-time data platform for repair organizations. At COMBOX Technology, he managed projects involving vehicle and license-plate recognition, traffic-violation monitoring, and passenger-flow counting for public transportation.

He is a named inventor on multiple patents and a co-author of registered software, including license-plate recognition technology. He holds an MSc in Radiophysics and Electronics from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. His areas of expertise include engineering innovation, intellectual property, industrial product development, computer vision applications, and international technology commercialization.

Marat Nagimov is a transport infrastructure executive and civil engineering specialist serving as Deputy Director of SMP-Neftegaz JSC in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. He completed his engineering education in 1991 and specializes in transport and road construction, bridge engineering, and intelligent transport systems.

His project leadership includes construction and subsequent operation of the 145-kilometre Alekseevskoye–Almetyevsk highway, incorporating 42 engineering structures and free-flow tolling infrastructure. On the M-12 Vostok highway, he managed the 41-kilometre substage 7.3, coordinating contractors and bridge construction across the Sviyaga River and Osipov Ovrag. His experience includes balanced cantilever construction in challenging ground conditions, including karst-affected sites.

His technical work addresses cable-duct design for intelligent transport systems, construction optimization supported by experimental testing, and the transition from project delivery to highway operation and maintenance. His publications cover bridge engineering, prestressed box-girder construction, steel-fibre-reinforced concrete, cable installation, and free-flow tolling technologies.

His professional recognition includes the Honored Builder of the Republic of Tatarstan designation and the Professional Engineer of Russia title. His credentials also include APEC Engineer certification, membership in the National Chamber of Engineers of the Russian Federation, and inclusion in Russia’s National Register of Construction Specialists.

At Smart World Journal, his areas of expertise include transport infrastructure, bridge construction methods, intelligent transport systems, engineering project delivery, and the management of infrastructure across its lifecycle.

Shukhrat Yuryevich Shipulin is an engineer-researcher, patent specialist, and entrepreneur with 27 years of professional experience in research and development, protection of technical intellectual property, and the implementation of technologies in production and organizational processes. His work spans optoelectronic instrumentation, mechatronics, identification technologies, and measurement devices that use artificial-intelligence methods.

His research activity is associated with Southwest State University in Kursk, where he conducted applied research in instrumentation. His interests bring together physics, electronics, and engineering. He has co-authored more than 30 scholarly publications on optoelectronic instrumentation and mechatronics, including articles in peer-reviewed journals. His work includes the development and mathematical modelling of measurement transducers that convert physical quantities into electrical signals for further processing, with applications in sensing and measurement engineering.

His intellectual-property practice includes preparing applications and supporting legal protection for technical developments. He has experience with national and international applications and has contributed to the preparation of more than 15 applications concerning inventions, utility models, and registration of computer software.

His entrepreneurial and management experience includes companies working in identification technologies, data processing, and instrumentation. His practical work covers the development, design, and implementation of technology projects based on measurement devices of his own development and AI methods, connecting research and engineering with practical application.

At Smart World Journal, his areas of expertise include optoelectronic systems, mechatronics, measurement and sensor technologies, intellectual property, and applied AI in engineering.