Madiyar Mukanov

About me: I am a robotics and computer-vision engineer with a physics-first mindset. I recently completed my M.Sc. in Robotics (2025) at Satbayev University, where I built an intelligent patient-monitoring platform.

My foundation is a B.Sc. in Nuclear Physics from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. That training directly fuels my AI/ML and robotics work: stochastic processes and Monte Carlo methods shape algorithms for sampling, planning, and decision-making under uncertainty; signal and measurement theory informs calibration, sensor modeling, and error propagation; instrumentation grounds my approach to practical sensing and embedded drivers; and PDEs with numerical methods support simulation, optimization, and differentiable programming. In short, I apply the rigor of measurement science to learning systems and robot perception.

I chose robotics after the Kyoto Institute of Technology Summer School, where hands-on labs with sensors, embedded systems, and mobile robots showed me how physics becomes autonomy in the real world—and where I won the program’s electronics tournament. That experience made the shift to MSc in Robotics both natural and necessary.

Beyond research, I build products and teach. I founded HonestREBot, a Telegram Mini-App that crowdsources reviews of residential complexes in Kazakhstan. I’ve also taught math and physics and mentor students.

I have presented my Springer-indexed paper on thermal-imaging–based patient monitoring at AIR2025 (organized by Nazarbayev University and SCRS), and the article is in press.