Roman Kochnev

Now

• 2026Finishing my M.Sc. thesis at Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI), Germany, on ontology learning guided by language models.
• 2025–Research assistant at the Computer Vision Lab, CAIDAS & IFI, Universität Würzburg, with Radu Timofte's group.

Research

My work sits at the intersection of AutoML, large language models, and computer vision: teaching LLMs to propose, train, and self‑improve neural network architectures without a human in the loop. I care about making model design cheaper and more accessible — not just faster benchmarks.

Publications

• NNGPT: Rethinking AutoML with Large Language Models

  Kochnev, R. et al.

  Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) · first author

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• LEMUR 2: Unlocking Neural Network Diversity for AI

  Uzun, T. A. et al., incl. Kochnev, R.

  Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW), 2026

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• Optuna vs Code Llama: Are LLMs a New Paradigm for Hyperparameter Tuning?

  Kochnev, R. et al.

  Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCVW) · first author

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• Intelligent Method for Real Estate Price Prediction in Moscow Using a Machine Learning Model

  Kochnev, R.

  Proceedings of the 75th Days of Science of NUST MISIS Students, 2020 · ISBN 978‑5‑907227‑11‑8

Experience

• 2026–present

  Data Science Researcher

  Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI), Renningen, Germany

• 2025–present

  Research assistant (HiWi)

  Universität Würzburg, Würzburg

  Machine learning and large language model research; literature reviews and training data preparation for experiments.

• 2022–2023

  Software developer and analyst

  ROSBANK, ex Société Générale Group, Moscow

  Built and maintained ML models for banking tasks; led data collection and analysis across closed data sources; mentored junior colleagues.

• 2021–2022

  Data analyst

  Glowbyte Consulting, Moscow

  Oracle PL/SQL development, Power BI dashboards, and A/B testing for top-tier banks and major food retail chains.

Education

• 2023–2025

  M.Sc. Computer Science

  Julius‑Maximilians‑Universität Würzburg, Germany

• 2020–2022

  M.Sc. Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

  Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

• 2016–2020

  B.Sc. Applied Mathematics

  National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Moscow, Russia

Skills