Rodion Sorokin | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award

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Mr. Rodion Sorokin | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award 

Chief AI Architect | AI Time Capsule | United States

Mr. Rodion Sorokin demonstrates strong suitability for a Best Researcher Award through his exceptional contributions as an inventor, technical architect, and pioneering developer at the convergence of artificial intelligence, cryptography, ethics, and high-performance systems. His work emphasizes transforming ambitious conceptual frameworks into operational, secure, and scalable technological solutions that shape the next generation of responsible and reliable AI. As the co-founder and technical lead of an independent research lab, Mr. Sorokin plays a central role in designing foundational systems that address global challenges related to AI transparency, trust, accountability, and digital autonomy. His leadership in the AI Time Capsule project reflects deep technical insight and innovation, where he engineered the entire architecture incorporating federated longitudinal data protocols, hybrid foundation-adapter model design, and behavioral prompting mechanisms that enable advanced personality simulation, laying the groundwork for the emerging discipline of Computational Personality Science. His development of the AI Ethical Blackbox further demonstrates his capability to solve critical issues in AI governance and legal admissibility by creating the first cryptographically sealed blockchain-based audit system for neural networks, enabling transparent and accountable AI decision trails. Beyond these inventions, Mr. Sorokin’s contributions extend to digital trust and sovereignty systems, including the Entropy Protocol to combat AI-driven disinformation and SPYNO, a personal counter-surveillance ecosystem, underscoring his commitment to human-centered and security-focused digital infrastructure. His multidisciplinary vision, deep engineering expertise, and capacity to convert complex societal challenges into rigorous technological innovation reflect the qualities of a future-focused research leader. Mr. Sorokin’s work represents a rare blend of scientific rigor, ethical foresight, and system-level innovation, marking him as a transformative contributor to AI safety, digital trust, and next-generation cognitive technologies, and affirming his strong merit for recognition as a Best Researcher Award candidate.

Profiles: Google Scholar | ORCID | ResearchGate

Featured Publications

Sorokin, R. (2024). Teaming up with AI: Augmenting the service design process. Touchpoint, 15(1).

Nikolaichuk, S., & Sorokin, R. (2025). The digital will: A blockchain-based governance framework for post-mortem sovereignty of a digital personality. SSRN Working Paper.

Nikolaichuk, S., & Sorokin, R. (2025). A simulated dialogue: The therapeutic potential and ethical considerations of generative personality avatars in grief counseling. SSRN Working Paper.

Nikolaichuk, S., & Sorokin, R. (2025). Federated personalization for scalable personality simulation. SSRN Working Paper.

Sorokin, R., & Nikolaichuk, S. (2025). The mind-soul architecture: Scalable personality simulation via a hybrid foundation-adapter model with parameter-efficient fine-tuning. Research Manuscript.

 

Mr. Rodion Sorokin’s work pioneers the integration of artificial intelligence, cryptography, and ethical computing to create secure, scalable, and transparent digital systems. His innovations in personality simulation, AI accountability, and digital trust advance scientific understanding, empower ethical AI deployment, and shape technology solutions with global societal and industrial impact.

Serhii Nikolaichuk | Computer Science | Innovative Research Award

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Mr. Serhii Nikolaichuk | Computer Science | Innovative Research Award 

AI Researcher | The Capital Index | United States

Mr. Serhii Nikolaichuk is an exceptional candidate for the Innovative Research Award, distinguished by his pioneering contributions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, and cognitive science, with a focus on ensuring digital trust and personal data sovereignty. As the founder of Computational Personality Science and author of the AI Time Capsule project, he has advanced the field through groundbreaking concepts such as personality simulation, federated personalization, and privacy-preserving longitudinal learning, addressing both technical and ethical dimensions of AI development. His research has led to the creation of the “Mind-Soul” architecture, a scalable hybrid foundation-adapter model enabling personalized AI that overcomes the computational and economic limitations of traditional fine-tuning, and the AI Ethical Blackbox, which provides accountability and transparency for AI systems. Nikolaichuk’s work also encompasses innovative approaches to digital legacy and narrative identity, exemplified by the Digital Will framework and SPYNO, a personal counter-surveillance ecosystem, reflecting his commitment to practical societal impact alongside theoretical innovation. With a portfolio of ten publications, including influential preprints and technical reports, he has demonstrated a consistent ability to identify unmet challenges in behavioral and computational sciences and develop elegant, impactful solutions. His research bridges foundational science and applied technology, offering new paradigms for ecologically valid behavioral data collection, verifiable AI content provenance, and the therapeutic application of generative personality avatars. By combining rigorous methodology with visionary thinking, Nikolaichuk exemplifies the essence of innovative research, producing work that is both technically sophisticated and socially transformative, influencing the future of AI ethics, digital identity, and personalized technology. His achievements reflect not only originality and technical mastery but also a forward-looking approach that anticipates societal needs and ethical considerations, making him a highly suitable nominee for recognition by the Innovative Research Award.

Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate

Featured Publications

  1. Sorokin, R., Nikolaichuk, S. (2025, October). The “Mind-Soul” architecture: Scalable personality simulation via a hybrid foundation-adapter model with parameter-efficient fine-tuning.

  2. Sorokin, R., Nikolaichuk, S. (2025, September). Beyond the Turing Test: A framework for the “Personality Test” to evaluate the authenticity of a specific simulated identity.

  3. Sorokin, R., Nikolaichuk, S. (2025, September). Federated longitudinal studies (FLS): A privacy-by-design methodology for ecologically valid behavioral data collection in the wild.

  4. Nikolaichuk, S., Sorokin, R. (2025, August). Federated personalization for scalable personality simulation: A hybrid foundation-adapter architecture with privacy-preserving longitudinal learning.

  5. Sorokin, R., Nikolaichuk, S. (2025, August). From the archeology of memory to the simulation of personality: A new paradigm for digital legacy and narrative identity.