About
Hey! It's Andrei. I started in control theory, worked on quality and fraud in FinTech ↗, and eventually shifted into AI and shipping systems from whiteboard design to live production. I'm passionate about applying research, bringing ideas to life, and creating things. Outside of work I'm into swimming, something I've done my whole life. I also enjoy hiking and recently picked up running.
Feel free to reach out at andrewbelyaev2164 [at] gmail [dot] com.
I'm wrapping up my Master's in CS at UIUC and looking for roles starting in late May/June 2026.
Updates
I will start a Graduate Research Assistantship in the Department of Comparative Biosciences at UIUC in January 2026, focusing on computer vision for reproductive biology.
Began work on a new computer vision project for histopathology at Epivara.
I started my AI/ML SWE Internship at Epivara in the Research Park!
Blog
Coming soon...
Projects
Full-stack conversational AI for Data Analysis and Entry ↗
An analytics platform that lets researchers query databases and generate statistical analyses, charts, and reports in natural language, replacing hours of manual SQL and R/Python scripting
Entropy-aware sampling in vLLM ↗
Implemented entropy-aware token sampling in vLLM with GPU-batched lookahead to control diversity by penalizing entropy-reducing tokens in speculative decoding
Energy-Based Transformers ↗
Performed ablation study of MCMC sampling strategies to improve performance and scaling
Real-Time Trade Mirroring System
A real-time futures trade mirroring service using WebSockets and async Python, achieved 56 ms latency
Image Immunization ↗
Implemented semantic attack to make images resistant to generative AI editing