Computer science student · data scientist

Building practical software and machine learning systems.

I build machine learning workflows, backend services, and data-driven applications that focus on usability, experimentation, and measurable impact.

Portrait of Iskender Imanaliev

Presenting Echoes of Longevity

Current focus

Applied machine learning and model evaluation.

Building GlassBoxML, a hand-implemented ML library with a full DevOps pipeline (Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes).

Reproducible analytics workflows and experimentation.

About

Curious, analytical, and happiest close to the problem.

I like work that blends statistical thinking and mathematical intuition with dependable software. The goal is not just a notebook that works once, but a workflow someone else can understand, run, and trust.

I am a Computer Science student with a strong foundation in data science and practical software roles. My strongest work sits at the intersection of Python, machine learning, backend services (Java/Spring Boot), data manipulation, SQL, and product-minded communication.

I have developed end-to-end workflows ranging from automated credit scoring prototypes to extensive NLP research. Across all my projects, I focus heavily on the mechanics of the algorithms I use, ensuring the final predictive models are clear, deliberate, and trustworthy.

Predictive Modeling
Applied NLP
Explainable ML
Software Engineering

Skills

A practical toolkit for data and software delivery.

The stack is intentionally compact: tools that help move from raw data to validated insight, then into a clean prototype or service.

Machine Learning

Modeling, evaluation, feature engineering, and experiment tracking.

Pythonscikit-learnPandasNumPyModel evaluation

Data Engineering

Reliable pipelines for analysis-ready datasets and dashboards.

SQLETLPostgreSQLData cleaningVisualization

Software Engineering

Service-oriented APIs with practical Spring Boot exposure.

Spring BootREST APIsJavaTestingAPI design

Cloud & Delivery

CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration for deployable project environments.

DockerKubernetesJenkinsAWSGitHub ActionsLinux

Projects

Selected work with a measurable learning goal.

Each project is designed to show practical judgment: problem framing, model choice, deployment awareness, and clear communication.

Echoes of Longevity: Healthy Ageing Narratives in Science, News, and Social Media

Large-scale NLP research analyzing how healthy ageing is discussed across PubMed, news media, Reddit, and YouTube. Applied transformer-based sentiment and emotion classification, interrupted time series modeling to detect lasting shifts in discourse around the COVID-19 pandemic, and Granger causality analysis to test lead-lag dynamics between platforms.

1st Place & Special Recognition Award — TDK Scientific Conference (2025); 2nd Place — EELISA Student Scientific Conference (2026).

PythonNLPTransformersTime Series AnalysisspaCystatsmodels

Resource-Efficient Neural Networks: Quantization Sensitivity

Ongoing BME Project Laboratory research into how fixed-point quantization affects neural network training and robustness. Investigates post-training and quantization-aware training, gradient deadlock, gradient scaling, error accumulation, zero-order optimization, and a custom differentiable stair non-linearity for hardware-aware training, progressing from linear models to a quantized two-layer MLP.

Supervised BME Project Laboratory course — formal report with 7 controlled experiments; research in progress.

PythonPyTorchNumPyscikit-learnQuantizationNumerical Optimization

GlassBoxML

Classic ML algorithms (linear regression, logistic regression, decision tree) hand-implemented from scratch and exposed through an interactive FastAPI web demo with a Chart.js frontend.

Containerized with Docker, CI/CD via GitHub Actions and Jenkins, deployed to a local Kubernetes cluster (minikube).

PythonFastAPIDockerKubernetesJenkinsGitHub Actions

Credit Risk Prediction Pipeline

End-to-end ML prototype for credit risk prediction, covering preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation.

REST API endpoints for model inference, containerized with Docker.

Pythonscikit-learnpandasFastAPIDocker

Recognition

Recognized for the research behind Echoes of Longevity.

Award recognition presented at two academic conferences.

1st Place & Special Recognition Award

1st Place & Special Recognition — TDK BME Scientific Conference, 2025, for the Echoes of Longevity research.

2nd Place

2nd Place — EELISA Student Scientific Conference, 2026, for the Echoes of Longevity research.

Experience

Growing through coursework, labs, and independent builds.

A concise timeline of the experiences shaping my technical direction and collaboration habits.

Internship

Data Science Research Intern

HSDS-Lab

Designed and automated scalable Python ETL pipelines processing ~100k documents, and integrated LLM APIs for structured output generation and prompt engineering experiments.

Internship

Finance Data Science Intern

FinKell

Built a Python backend with REST APIs for an end-to-end credit risk prediction pipeline, containerized and deployed with Docker on AWS.

Internship

Java Software Developer Intern

FinanceSoft

Developed and maintained Java Spring Boot microservices in a production financial system, strengthening test coverage with JUnit and Mockito in an Agile/Scrum team.

Sep 2023 – June 2027

Computer Science Engineering BSc

BME

Coursework in algorithms, databases, machine learning, and software engineering fundamentals; top 10% of programme by GPA.

Contact

Open to internships, junior roles, and project collaboration.

The best fit is a team that values curiosity, careful analysis, and clean implementation.

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