Hi, I’m Rafik.
I’m an MSc Computer Science student at the University of Bonn, a long way from Novosibirsk State University, where I finished my bachelor’s in 2025. I like teaching machines to find patterns and building models of systems too big, too slow, or too far away to poke directly.
The results are on the Publications, and the longer story is in my CV.
Beyond computer science
My brain won’t stay in one department. I read history and philosophy to understand how we got here, and literature to understand how it felt. Music runs underneath it all, from classical to indie rock to folk.
I speak English and Russian, and German is a work in progress. I can order coffee with confidence and argue about nothing at all.
Get in touch. I’m always up for a good conversation.
Reading
Currently reading:
- Contact — Carl Sagan
- Beyond Good and Evil — Friedrich Nietzsche
- The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and the Sophists — translated by Robin Waterfield
Browse my books and selected articles for more of what I’m reading.