I am a second-year MS student specializing in Safe Reinforcement Learning and Visual Language Models. I focus on creating advanced algorithms to solve real-world problems in robotics and autonomous systems.
Education
MS in Data Science, Skoltech & HSE, 2023–Present
Bachelor’s in Mathematics, Vanadzor State University, 2016–2020 (Graduated with Honors)
Experience
Safe RL Scientist, ISR Robotics Lab, 2023–Present
RL Lecturer, Russian Armenian University, 2024 July
CV Engineer, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, for AI Pilot project 2024 April-December
Chess teacher,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology during Independent Study Period, 2024 January
Python Developer, Data Scinetist, Tesa Systems, 2022–2023
Projects
Agile Opponent Overtaking in Drone Racing (Grade: 98/100)
G. Tadevosyan, M. Osipenko, D. Aschu, A. Fedoseev, V. Serpiva, O. Sautenkov, S. Karaf, and D. Tsetserukou, “SafeSwarm: Decentralized Safe RL for the Swarm of Drones Landing in Dense Crowds,” in Proc. IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2025), Melbourne, Australia, March 4-6, 2025, pp. 1665-1669. (Core2023 A, Scopus, WoS, H-index (SJR)=70)
DOI: 10.5555/3721488.3721741
ACM Digital Library: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3721488.3721741
Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07566
UAV-VLA: Vision-Language-Action System for Large Scale Aerial Mission Generation.
O. Sautenkov, Y. Yaqoot, A. Lykov, M. A. Mustafa, G. Tadevosyan, A. Akhmetkazy, M. Altamirano Cabrera, M. Martynov, S. Karaf, and D. Tsetserukou, “UAV-VLA: Vision-Language-Action System for Large Scale Aerial Mission Generation,” in Proc. IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2025), Melbourne, Australia, March 4-6, 2025, pp. 1588-1592. (Core2023 A, Scopus, WoS, H-index (SJR)=70)
DOI: 10.5555/3721488.3721725
ACM Digital Library: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3721488.3721725
Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.05014
UAV-VLPA*: A Vision-Language-Path-Action System for Optimal Route Generation on a Large Scales.
O. Sautenkov, A. Akhmetkazy, Y. Yaqoot, M. A. Mustafa, G. Tadevosyan, A. Lykov, and D. Tsetserukou, “UAV-VLPA*: A Vision-Language-Path-Action System for Optimal Route Generation on a Large Scales,” in Proc. IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2025), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, June 22-25, 2024, submitted. (premier conference of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Scopus, and WoS, H-index (SJR)=93)
Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02454
AttentionSwarm: Reinforcement Learning with Attention Control Barier Function for Crazyflie Drones in Dynamic Environments.
G. Tadevosyan, V. Serpiva, A. Fedoseev, R. A. Khan, D. Aschu, F. Batool, N. Efanov, A. Mikhaylov, and D. Tsetserukou, “AttentionSwarm: Reinforcement Learning with Attention Control Barier Function for Crazyflie Drones in Dynamic Environments,” in Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025), Hangzhou, China, 19-25 October, 2025, submitted. (No. 1 Conference in Intelligent Robotics and No. 2 in Robotics, Core2023 A, Scopus and WoS, H(SJR)=150)
Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.07376
CognitiveDrone: A VLA Model and Evaluation Benchmark for Real-Time Cognitive Task Solving and Reasoning in UAVs.
A. Lykov, V. Serpiva, M. H. Khan, O. Sautenkov, A. Myshlyaev, G. Tadevosyan, Y. Yaqoot, and D. Tsetserukou, “CognitiveDrone: A VLA Model and Evaluation Benchmark for Real-Time Cognitive Task Solving and Reasoning in UAVs,” in Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025), Hangzhou, China, 19-25 October, 2025, submitted. (No. 1 Conference in Intelligent Robotics and No. 2 in Robotics, Core2023 A, Scopus and WoS, H(SJR)=150)
Arxiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01378
