ABOUT
I’m Nenad Jakovchevski — an engineer, researcher, and data science student, currently building AI systems at Jožef Stefan Institute. Still shaping what comes next. You’ll see.

EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer @ greentech.training
Internship · Berlin, Germany (Remote)
October 2025 – March 2026
- Built the MVP of TANIT’s Field Reporting Tool mobile app for biodiversity monitoring in regenerative agriculture.
- Responsible for full app functionality, offline architecture, DBMS management, documentation and AI/ML model development and integration.
- Mentored fellow contributors and led development efforts across core features.
Research Engineer @ Jozef Stefan Institute
Full-time · Ljublana, Slovenia (On-site)
March 2026 – Present
- Working in the Knowledge Technologies department on NLP and applied AI systems.
- Developing and evaluating language models and data pipelines.
- Contributing to applied AI solutions and research-oriented projects.
EDUCATION
University of Primorska, FAMNIT
Koper, Slovenia
Bachelor of Computer Science
September 2022 – July 2025
Thesis: Analyzing the Impact of Cryptographic Encryption Algorithms on System Performance – A Comparative Study of Symmetric and Asymmetric Methods
University of Padua
Padua, Italy
Master of Data Science
September 2025 – Present
Focus: Machine Learning & Data Science (deep learning, NLP, big-data analytics)
PROJECTS
Sceptric Framework
Developed a cryptographic benchmarking framework to evaluate symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms across execution time, CPU load, memory usage, and energy consumption.
- Java
- SQLite
- Python
- BouncyCastle
- OSHI
- HWiNFO

Rent My Car
Full-stack car rental platform featuring user registration, login authentication, admin approval workflows, filtering/search for available cars, and responsive UI.
- React
- Node.js
- Express
- PostgreSQL
- Tailwind CSS

VRP Genetic Algorithm
Implemented a Genetic Algorithm to solve the Vehicle Routing Problem with sequential, parallel (Fork/Join), and distributed (MPI) modes, and compared performance across architectures.
- Java
- Fork/Join Parallelism
- MPI
- Genetic Algorithms

Self-Driving Bot Simulation App
Browser-based self-driving car demo using ray-sensor inputs and a lightweight neural-network controller to navigate a 2D track autonomously. Built in vanilla TypeScript.
- TypeScript
- Vite

Waveform Audio Compression (LZW)
Java utility applying the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm to compress WAV files into a custom .lzw format; benchmarked compression ratio, entropy, and decompression speed versus MP3.
- Java
- LZW
- WAV audio

RSA Math Decoded
LaTeX monograph deriving RSA from first principles—covering modular arithmetic, Euler’s theorem, key-generation proofs, complete with TikZ diagrams and theorem environments.
- LaTeX
- Number Theory
- Cryptography

TECHNICAL STACK
Languages
- Java
- Python
- C/C++
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- HTML/CSS
- OCaml
- Bash
- LaTeX
- Rust
Databases
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- SQLite
- NoSQL (Firestore)
- SQL-ERD
- RESTful API Design
- JSON
- TOML Configuration
Frameworks
- Node.js
- Express
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- Vite
- Spring Boot
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- JavaFX
- Tauri
Tools
- Git
- Docker
- Maven
- Cargo
- VS Code
- IntelliJ IDEA
- PyCharm
- Eclipse
- MiKTeX
- HWiNFO
Libraries
- Axios
- Multer
- Next.js
- BouncyCastle
- OSHI
- various front-end React libraries
Modeling / Methods
- UML
- BPMN
- COBIT
- Scrum/Agile

