Zhanat Makhataeva

About Me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI) at Nazarbayev University (NU). I hold a PhD in robotics engineering from Nazarbayev University. My PhD supervisor is Prof. Huseyin Atakan Varol and my PhD dissertation title is "Augmented Reality-Based Human Memory Enhancement Using Artificial Intelligence".  I graduated from NU in 2019 with a Degree of Master of Science in Robotics and Mechatronics, and earlier in 2017, I did my B.Sc. in Robotics at NU.

Research

My current research focuses on developing cognitive assistive systems using Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). I conduct behavioral user studies and explore digital assistive systems from human cognition and memory perspectives.

I started exploring AR in the first year of my Master’s when I developed an AR-based visualization system for enabling the safe, collaborative work of a robot and the human operator in an industrial environment using the Microsoft HoloLens (1st generation). 

During my Ph.D., I explored human memory augmentation systems and assistive systems for people affected by perception-related cognitive impairments. 

I developed a novel memory augmentation system using Microsoft HoloLens (2nd gen.) and AI, where I used computer vision algorithms for object recognition and user localization in a three-story research building. 

Publications

• Makhataeva, Z., Akhmetov, T., & Varol, H. A. (2023). Augmented-Reality-Based Human Memory Enhancement Using Artificial Intelligence. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems.

• Makhataeva, Z., Akhmetov, T., & Varol, H. A. (2023). Augmented Reality for Cognitive Impairments. In Springer Handbook of Augmented Reality (pp. 765-793). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

• Balasubramanian, H., Morrison, C., Grayson, M., Makhataeva, Z., Marques, R. F., Gable, T., ... & Cutrell, E. (2023, April). Enable Blind Users’ Experience in 3D Virtual Environments: The Scene Weaver Prototype. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-4).

• Makhataeva, Z. and Varol, H. A. (2020). Augmented Reality for Robotics: A Review. Robotics, 9(2), 21. https://www.mdpi.com/681436 

• Makhataeva, Z., Zhakatayev, A., and Varol, H. A. (2019, January). Safety Aura Visualization for Variable Impedance Actuated Robots. In 2019 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII) (pp. 805-810). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8700332

• Makhataeva, Z., Sarsembayev, B., and Do, T. D. (2019, July). Fault-Tolerant Control of IPMSMs Based on an Modified Sliding Mode Observer. In 2019 International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE) (pp. 526-530). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8823108

• Baimukashev, D., Zhilisbayev, A., Kuzdeuov, A., Oleinikov, A., Fadeyev, D.,Makhataeva, Z., Varol, H. A. (2019). Deep Learning Based Object Recognition Using PhysicallyRealistic Synthetic Depth Scenes. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, 1(3), 883-903. https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/1/3/51

• Beznosko, D., Beremkulov, T., Iakovlev, A., Makhataeva, Z., Vildanova, M. I., Zhukov, V. V. (2016). Horizon-T Experiment Calibrations-Cables. arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.04312. 

• Beznosko, D., Batyrkhanov, ., Beremkulov, ., Duspayev, A., Iakovlev, A.,Makhataeva, Z., Yelshibekov, K., Yessenov, M., Beisembaev, R.U. and Zhukov, V.V., 2016. HorizonT Extensive Air Showers detector system operations and performance. 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics 

Teaching and Research Experience

• Postdoctoral Researcher                                                               Jan 2024 - Present 

Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI), Nazarbayev University

• Research Assistant                                                                     June 2023 - Dec 2023 

Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI), Nazarbayev University

• Graduate Teaching Assistant                                                     Jan 2023 - May 2023 

 School of Engineering and Digital Sciences (SEDS), Nazarbayev University 

• Research Assistant                                                                       Nov 2022 - Dec 2022 

Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI), Nazarbayev University

• Research Intern                                                                          Aug 2022 - Nov 2022 

Microsoft Research Cambridge Lab, Cambridge, United Kingdom  

• Research Assistant                                                                      Jan 2021 - July 2022 

Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI), Nazarbayev University 

• Research Assistant                                                                      Aug 2018 - Dec 2020 

Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics Systems (ARMS) Lab., Nazarbayev University 

• Teaching Assistant for Human - Robot Interaction               Fall 2018 - May 2019 

Robotics Department, Nazarbayev University 

• Teaching Assistant for Robot Dynamics and Control            Fall 2018 - May 2019 

Robotics Department, Nazarbayev University  

• Research Assistant                                                                     Sept 2017 - Jan 2018 

Robotics Department, Nazarbayev University 

Get in touch at

Email: zhanat.mahataeva@nu.edu.kz 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-9366-7047 

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhanat-makhataeva-89095797/

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhanat-Makhataeva