Polina Oliinyk

Patent Scientist
Cardiff
poliinyk@eip.com
Patenting
Patenting

Biography

Polina is a Patent Scientist with a background in Computer Science and computational robotics. She earned a First-Class BSc in Computer Science from Cardiff University. Throughout her degree, she was part of Cardiff University’s Computational Robotics research team, where she worked alongside PhD students on projects involving social robot navigation and robot telepresence. Her final-year project focused on developing a social robot navigation system for guiding people in crowded indoor environments. Polina also gained industry experience as a Robotics & Automation Project Engineer in the food manufacturing industry, where she managed automation projects from concept through to technology trials and implementation.

Recent Work
  • S. Silva Mendoza, P. Oliinyk, J. Patiño, D. Paillacho, J. D. Hernandez, N. Verdezoto Dias, "Exploring the perceptions and challenges of social robot navigation: Two case studies in different socio-technical contexts" in Australian Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI), Brisbane, Australia, 2024
Publications
Education
  • BSc in Computer Science, Cardiff University, UK (Oct 2022 – Jul 2025)
  • BSc in Computer Science, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine (not completed) Sep 2021 – Feb 2022

Languages Spoken
  • Ukrainian (Native)
  • English (Full Proficiency)
  • Russian (Full Proficiency)
  • German (Elementary Proficiency)
Career History
  • Patent Scientist at EIP (2026 - present)
  • Robotics & Automation Project Engineer (Sep 2025 – Apr 2026)
Specialisms

Digital: AI, Applied math & cryptography, Gaming and graphics, Robotics, Software

Awards

IEEE RAS WiE IDEA Travel Support – IEEE ICRA 2023

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