[Nomination] <Natia Kukhilava> #199
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Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
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- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
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Nominee Name
Natia Kukhilava
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City, State/Province, Country
Tbilisi, Georgia
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How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
As CTO and co-founder of Helio.AI—an AI recruiting platform used by 300+ international brands across 6 countries - I use PyTorch daily to build and deploy real-world AI solutions. I also teach AI/ML at Georgian Technical University and lead PyTorch-based courses with the Georgian AI Association (GAIA). I co-developed the EEGain framework (built entirely on PyTorch) for emotion recognition in EEG research with INRIA and DFKI.
I’m organizing Georgia’s largest AI hackathon this June, backed by the country’s biggest bank and top university. I’m also a frequent speaker at top tech events (ICLR, Forbes Women Conference, DataFest) and a guest on leading Georgian tech podcasts.
As a PyTorch Ambassador, I’ll host regular events, publish tutorials based on real-world production use cases, and actively mentor the next generation of AI talent—especially in underrepresented regions like Georgia and Eastern Europe. Since I’m already deeply involved in almost every major tech event in Georgia as a speaker, organizer, or guest, I have a strong platform to grow the PyTorch community quickly and effectively.
My next goal is to launch a tech/AI newsletter—not just because it's useful, but because I genuinely enjoy writing and sharing insights. If given the opportunity to represent PyTorch, I’d shape the newsletter around practical, engaging PyTorch content—turning it into a focused blog series that highlights new features, best practices, community stories, and real-world case studies with PyTorch at the core.Any additional details you'd like to share?
As I'm Georgian, most of my talks and articles about me are Georgian, but anyways:
- Forbes 30 Under 30 nominee: https://forbes.ge/honorees/nathia-qukhilava/
- Speaker at Datafest Tbilisi: https://www.facebook.com/DataFestTbilisi/photos/-introducing-another-brilliant-speaker-at-datafest-tbilisi-2024-natia-kukhilava-/840844711566706/?_rdr
- Speaker at Forbes Women's Conference Georgia: https://forbes.ge/forbes-georgia-s-qaltha-konpherentsia-gaitsanith-pechakucha-night-stage-is-monatsileebi/
- Georgian Technical University about my project: https://gtu.ge/en/News/26083/
- Guest at Top Georgian Tech Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE4MAuxHnLo
- Kazakh tech journal about me: https://the-tech.kz/womenintech-success-stories-of-georgian-women-transforming-the-countrys-it-industry/
- My blog about for business people, how they can use gpt in everyday life: https://dev.ge/news/gpt-qoveldghiurobis-gasamartiveblad-natia-kukhilavas-blogi-1707299368
- Biggest TV show in Georgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKMdwZgb8OA
and so on ...