Head of AI and Interoperability at CODATA. With over 25 years’ experience in software development, data science, and European research infrastructures (EOSC), Slava is an innovator, IT architect, and mentor who has focused much of his career on research and education through experimentation, pilot projects, and inventive problem-solving methods. He is a Harvard Dataverse Ambassador (since June 2025) and co-author of the Google-initiated CroissantML standard for AI.