Alisher Ortiqov
A software engineer. Lately I've drifted into academic research and quantum computing, and more recently into precision agriculture — mostly asking whether quantum computing has anything useful to offer there. I like running and reading detective books in my free time.
Currently...
- Learning how to do Research in Academia
- Exploring Quantum Computing and Agriculture
- Working towards having a passive income
- Reading Agatha Christie's mystery novels
- Collecting experiences
Timeline
2026Exploration Year
- Half Marathon at the Lausanne Marathon 2026upcoming
- Exchange student at EPFLCVongoing
- New York Abu Dhabi Hackathonongoing
- Learning French (A1) at EPFLongoing
- Hydrology for Engineers (ENV-221) at EPFL, taken out of curiosityongoing
- Joined GenoRobotics at EPFL to work on the Acoustic Biodiversity Monitoring projectongoing
- Intensive French Language Program at EPFL
- Quantum Korea Conference 2026
- Moisture-Memory Coupling in Rotational Irrigation SchedulingProject
- PlantPulse: A low-cost Raspberry Pi and ultrasonic bio-acoustic system for real-time plant stress monitoring
- Whodunnit — simulation of mystery novels for immersive reading experience
- KAIST-Silicon Valley Global Entrepreneurship Summer SchoolProjectGleamo — gamified culture learning for expats in Korea
- Systems Engineer Intern at OnSquare, SeoulCV
- MIT Global Startup WorkshopOptimizing swarm robot routing in warehouses via a quantum-inspired algorithm
- Hello KAISTian! — TinyML wake-word detection on Raspberry Pi microphone inputProject
- QVolution HackathonSelected among the Top 5 winning teams for the Quandela Challenge
- Pockets — shared asset management platform for group activitiesProject
- MIT iQuHack
- KAIST-MIT Quantum Information Winter School 2026
- Collaborative Social Technologies Lab at KAISTCV
- TOPIK Level 2 — Korean Language Proficiency Test
- TOEFL iBT 106/120 — English Language Proficiency Test
2025Double Year (Startup + Quantum Computing)
- Yonsei & SKKU Qiskit Fall Fest 2025
- IBM Qiskit Global Summer School 2025
- Quantum Business Foundations — IBM Quantum
- QGSS 2025 Quantum Excellence Certificate
- KAIST-Silicon Valley Global Entrepreneurship Summer SchoolProjectFinalist with GuardianAngel — proactive solution for workplace harassment
- Korean Language Winter Camp at KAIST
- Teambl (startup) — trust-based networking platform for university students in South KoreaCVProject
- Picked up Electrical Engineering as a double major at KAIST
- Basics of Quantum Information course by Prof. Joonwoo Bae
- Pivoted to quantum computing (out of boredom, I guess)
2024Networking Year
- shashka.uz — real-time online multiplayer platform for traditional board gameProject
- KAIST Lean Startup Program
- Looina (startup) — browser-based operating system for custom user workflows
- Summer internship at OnSquare, SeoulCV
- BookSwap — second-hand book exchange platform for university studentsProject
- Core computer science courses at KAISTAlgorithms (MATHS!!!), Data Structures (Java), Programming Principles (F#), Programming Language (Scala), System Programming (C)
2023Next-step Year
- Moved to South Korea for undergraduate studies at KAIST
- Graduated from the Presidential School in KhivaCV
- Computer Science & Electrical Engineering double major at KAISTCVongoing
- Deployed this website, mcpeblocker.uz
- Built shashka.uz's online multiplayer game platform and its API systemProject
2022Open-source & Experience Year
- telegraf-pagination — pagination interface plugin for Telegraf.js botsProject
- IELTS 7.0/9.0 — English Language Proficiency Test
- Contributed to the online multiplayer game shashka.uzProject
- Built an automated testing & monitoring system for driving schools (got a patent for it)
- Learned grammY
- Learned Next.js and created SEO-friendly websites
- Gained more experience with Material UI
- Learned the basics of Ant Design
- Learned the basics of Flutter
2021Full-stack Year
- Learned React, Redux, Tailwind CSS and some other UI libraries
- Learned TypeScript
- Learned Firebase: Cloud Firestore, Realtime Database, Authentication
- Learned real-time communication with Socket.IO
- Learned Telegraf.js and made different Telegram bots with it
- Learned how to create custom npm packages
- Learned NestJS
- Learned TypeORM and Sequelize
- Learned to produce API docs with Swagger
- Worked with more databases: PostgreSQL and MySQL
2020Backend Year
- Started freelancing during the pandemic
- Learned JavaScript
- Learned Node.js and Express to build REST APIs
- Made use of MongoDB in my projects
- Learned Git and version control platforms: GitHub, GitLab
2019Baby steps Year
- Met my mentor, the founder of eagles.uz
- Learned the basics of web development: HTML, CSS
- Produced some pet projects to experience programming