Yusufbek Abdurakhimov
Captain / Head of National Selection & Platform Development
🌟 Distinguished Biography
Yusufbek Abdurakhimov serves as Captain / Head of National Selection & Platform Development for Uzbekistan’s participation in the International Cybersecurity Olympiad (ICO) 2026-2028. He is responsible for the end-to-end national selection program: competition architecture, platform development, task design, evaluation methodology, and finalist interviews — ensuring a rigorous and transparent pathway to the national delegation. He is a member of Uzbekistan’s National Informatics Team (IOI track) and a Gold Medalist of NOI Uzbekistan (2025–2026). In the USA Computing Olympiad (USACO), he achieved Top Scorer in Platinum and a Perfect Score in Gold, reflecting elite competitive programming performance under strict contest conditions. Beyond competitions, he is the Founder & Lead Developer of UniMentorAI and Neuro League, AI-driven education and competition initiatives that have scaled to 30,000+ users across 20+ countries. His work has been recognized by NSHSS, where he serves as a Lead Ambassador (CS/AI/Cybersecurity) and is an AI Scholarship Winner for outstanding achievements in AI/ML. In industry, he has built and deployed AI-based video analytics systems for real-world environments, focusing on reliability, safety intelligence, and operational decision support. He also developed a privacy-preserving human action recognition approach, “Privacy-Preserving Human Action Recognition via ε-Differential Private Spatial-Temporal Graph Networks,” bridging real-world computer vision with measurable privacy guarantees.
🏆 Elite Achievements & Honors
- 🏆 Captain of Uzbekistan's National Cybersecurity Team
- 🥇 NOI Uzbekistan Gold Medalist (2025–2026)
- 🥇 Member of Uzbekistan's National Informatics Team (IOI track)
- 💎 USACO Top Scorer (Platinum Division)
- 💎 USACO Perfect Score (Gold Division)
- 🏅 NOI 2025 Finalist (National University of Singapore)
- 🚀 Founder & Lead Developer — UniMentorAI & Neuro League (30,000+ users, 20+ countries)
- 🎖️ NSHSS Lead Ambassador (CS/AI/Cybersecurity)
- 🎓 NSHSS AI Scholarship Winner
- 🏭 Built AI camera & video analytics for real-world environments,
- 🔬 Creator: Privacy-Preserving Human Action Recognition via ε-Differential Private ST-Graph Networks
⚔️ Leadership & Strategic Role
As Captain of Uzbekistan's National Cybersecurity Team and Head of National Selection & Platform Development, Yusufbek Abdurakhimov orchestrates the nation's most comprehensive cybersecurity talent identification and development program. He designs and implements rigorous selection processes that identify exceptional talent, develops cutting-edge training platforms, and coordinates elite-level preparation for international competition. His dual expertise in both competitive informatics (IOI) and cybersecurity enables him to create integrated training pipelines that produce world-class competitors. Through his leadership, Uzbekistan's cybersecurity program has achieved unprecedented recognition, with team members consistently performing at the highest international levels. His innovative platform development work ensures that the selection process is transparent, fair, and technologically advanced, while his hands-on coaching and strategic guidance prepare competitors not just to participate, but to excel on the global stage.
📋 Responsibilities
- Platform development and architecture
- Task design and evaluation methodology
- Finalist interviews and selection
- National delegation coordination