Vasil Dakov

Education

TU Delft

TU Graz

Oct 2023 - Feb 2024 Exchange Semester: Informatics
Experience

Jun 2025 - March 2026 Research Software Developer | TU Delft, “Practical Case Studies for AI”
Developing materials for a repository of (to-be) open source case studies of use of AI in industry. The repository is to-be used by educators for facilitating the teaching of AI in their courses.
Gave a lecture on the usage of AI for detecting contrails from remote sensing data. Feb 2025 – Apr 2026

Teaching Assistant | TU Delft

Managed weekly laboratory sessions, addressed student inquiries, graded coursework, prepared educational materials
Supervised student internships at industry partners (NS, ProRail).
Feb 2026 – Apr 2026 Computer Vision, Alternative Learning Strategies, and Computational Intelligence.
Sep 2025 – Nov 2025 Advanced Data Science for Civil Engineers and Introduction to AI.
Feb 2025 – Apr 2025 Algorithms for NP-Hard Problems and Computational Intelligence.

Sep 2024 - Mar 2025 Software Engineering Intern | Uber, Checkout Platform team

Dealt with large-scale problems concerning payment traffic at Uber. Completed a large-scale migration from one payment eligibility verification system to another in a volatile environment.

Jul 2023 - Oct 2023; Feb 2024 - Sep 2024 Research Intern | GATE Institute

Computer vision and deep learning
Researched automatic tree detection from remote sensing data in Sofia. Used a mixture of deep learning, traditional image processing, and sampling algorithms. Ensured collaboration with TU Delft on a deep learning project for change detection.

Apr 2023 - Jun 2023 Software Engineering Intern | ExaSail

Lead a team of five software developers working full-time with ExaSail to create an application assisting sailing team management through data analysis.
Created a web application that takes sailboat racing data, processes it, and generates custom visual reports for coach analysis.

May 2024 Urban Tree Detection from Remote Sensing Data Based on DeepForest Model. Link

Submitted and accepted as part of the 8th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC2024). Won the best paper award in the “Smart Digital Planning Tools Category”.

June 2024 Like squinting your eyes: The impact of different fusion modules on change detection with deep learning. Link

Shared bachelor thesis between GATE, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and TU Delft.

Mar 2025 - Apr 2025 Board Game Detection with Computer Vision and Deep Learning | Blogpost Repository

Created a pipeline where a user captures an image of an arranged “Settlers of Catan” board, outputting an automatically recognized internal game state with a GUI. Based on custom YOLO models trained with synthetic data.

Nov 2022 - Jan 2023 License Plate Recognition, TU Delft | Repository

Implemented a localization and recognition pipeline that parses license plates from video input.
Applied image processing and machine learning techniques to translate video frame data to text output.

Nov 2022 - Jan 2023 Microservice Application Backend, TU Delft | Repository

Created a prototype backend application for a homeowner association management system utilizing microservices designed for robust computation and high traffic.

Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, Go, TypeScript, Scala, C, C++, Paret, x86-64 Assembly
Specializations: Computer Vision, Algorithms, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Uncertainty Quantification, Optimisation, Statistical Analysis and Testing, Object-Oriented Design, Software Architecture, Software Quality
Frameworks & Technologies: Linux, High-Performance Computing, PyTorch, Scikit, Numpy, Pandas, Spring, React, OpenCV, Postgres, MySQL, Docker