Complete Career Timeline

A comprehensive journey from student to researcher to entrepreneur

2026

February 2026

Keynote: AI Inventor

International Winter AI Olympiad (IAIO) 2026

Invited keynote at the 2nd International Winter AI Olympiad in Ljubljana, organized by UNESCO IRCAI. Presented on automating scientific discovery with LLM agent systems.

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Keynote LLM Agents Scientific Discovery

2025

October 2025 - Present

MSc Information and Communication Technologies

Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School

Pursuing a Master's degree in Information and Communication Technologies at the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Master's Degree AI Research
2025

Automating the Research Process with Agentic LLMs

Bachelor's Thesis, University of Ljubljana

Bachelor's thesis on automating the scientific research process using agentic large language models. Mentored by M. Robnik Šikonja and J. Rupnik.

Thesis LLM Agents Automation
2025

Between the Lines – Cross Source News Analysis

SiKDD 2025 Conference

Research on cross-source news analysis, investigating how different news sources cover the same events and detecting underlying patterns.

NLP News Analysis Data Mining
2025

WinWin Meets – Future of Online Meetings

SiKDD 2025 Conference

Research investigating the future of online meetings with AI-powered tools for enhanced collaboration and productivity.

AI Applications Online Meetings Collaboration
2025

Optimas: Optimizing Compound AI Systems

ICLR 2026

Latest research on optimizing compound AI systems with globally aligned local rewards. Advancing the field of multi-agent AI coordination and optimization.

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Compound AI Multi-Agent Systems Optimization
2025

Towards AI-Powered Real-Time Negotiation Agent

SemGenAge Workshop at ESWC 2025

Research on developing AI-powered negotiation agents for real-time applications. Collaboration with international research partners on agent-based negotiation systems.

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AI Agents Negotiation Systems Real-time AI
2025

Automation of Slovenian Honey Pollen Analysis

Specialized AI Research

Research on automating pollen analysis of Slovenian honey using artificial intelligence. Collaboration with agricultural and environmental scientists.

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Computer Vision Agricultural AI Environmental Science

2024

June 2024 - July 2025

Visiting Student Researcher

Stanford University

Researched recursive self-improving multi-agent systems and graph-based RAG approaches. On-site Jun–Sep 2024; mentored by Prof. Jure Leskovec. Co-authored Optimas (ICLR 2026).

Multi-Agent Systems Graph-based RAG Stanford
April 2024 - October 2025

Founder

Zopyros Solutions

Led a team of four delivering applied AI/ML systems for large multinational clients. Designed LLM-based product catalogue translation and inventory management systems.

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Entrepreneurship LLM Translation Entity Matching
April 2024

Invited Expert

Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik

Invited expert at Generative AI for Knowledge Engineering Symposium. Contributed insights on AI applications and engaged with leading researchers in the field.

Expert Invitation Knowledge Engineering Generative AI
February 2024 - Present

Junior Fellow

American Slovenian Education Foundation

Fellowship program supporting academic excellence and fostering collaboration between Slovenian and American academic communities. I was invited to present my work on large language models and their reasoning capabilities at the ASEF conference.

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Fellowship International Collaboration Academic Excellence

2023

October 9, 2023

Best Paper Award

Data Mining Conference

Won Best Paper Award for "Emergent Behaviors from LLM-Agent Simulations" at a premier data mining conference in Slovenia.

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Best Paper LLM Research Agent Simulations
August - September 2023

AI Intern for Healthcare Applications

Carnegie Mellon University

Mentored by Prof. Rayid Ghani on real-world challenges of AI in healthcare. Worked on AI for Social Good initiative with deployment at IHHN Hospital, Pakistan.

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Healthcare AI Carnegie Mellon AI for Social Good

2022

October 10, 2022

SloMET - Slovenian Commonsense Description

SiKDD 2022 Conference

Advanced the multilingual commonsense research by focusing specifically on Slovenian language processing and cultural context understanding.

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Slovenian NLP Cultural Context Commonsense AI

2021

October 2021

University Studies Begin

University of Ljubljana

Started Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, combining theoretical foundations with practical AI research applications.

Mathematics Computer Science Academic Excellence
October 4, 2021

Understanding Text Using Agent Based Models

SiKDD 2021 Conference

Novel approach to text understanding and generation focusing on short and simple stories, using explainable agent-based world models.

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Agent-Based Models Text Understanding Explainable AI
August 26, 2021

European Youth Parliament

7th Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece

Participated in European Youth Parliament forum, debating societal issues and drafting resolution documents on European policies.

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European Policy Public Speaking International Relations
April 23, 2021

AT-IRCAI Platform Launch

UNESCO IRCAI & University College London

Deployed Assistive Technology Real-time Tracker in collaboration with international organizations for global accessibility monitoring.

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Social Impact Accessibility International Collaboration
May 2021

High School Graduation

British International School of Ljubljana

Graduated as Head Boy with exceptional academic achievements and leadership recognition. Completed 12 years of British international education.

2020

October 25, 2020

MultiCOMET Platform Deployment

MultiCOMET Platform

Deployed interactive web application for multilingual commonsense descriptions, supporting 50+ languages with real-time AI processing.

Web Application Multilingual AI 50+ Languages
October 5, 2020

MultiCOMET - Multilingual Commonsense Description

SiKDD 2020 Conference

Breakthrough research expanding automatic knowledge base construction from English to multiple languages, enabling multilingual commonsense reasoning.

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Multilingual NLP Knowledge Base Commonsense Reasoning

2019

October 7, 2019

The Next Big Thing In Science

SiKDD 2019 Conference

First scientific publication at age 16. Presented approach to predicting future development of scientific research based on two centuries of scientific publications using machine learning.

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Machine Learning Science of Science First Publication

2017-2021

2017-2021

International Debate Champion

World Scholar's Cup & International Competitions

Competed in 9 international speech and debate competitions, achieving first place in Slovenia at World Scholar's Cup finals at Yale University.

2015-2019

2015-2019

Competitive Programming Champion

National & International Programming Competitions

Dominated competitive programming scene with 13 national and international competitions. Held title of best competitive programmer in Slovenia for over one year.

2009-2021

2009-2021 (12 years)

British International Education

British International School of Ljubljana

Complete primary and secondary education in British international system. Elected as Head Boy, representing the entire student body in school governance.

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