André KovacAndré Kovac

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Robotics, coding & cybersecurity at festivals

Making science tangible for the public, from science slams to hands-on robotics and cybersecurity at festivals across the Emirates and the UK.

A selection of very different videos

🔍 Science slam

How to detect burglaries using mathematics

Catching burglars with mathematics, and a trophy to show for it.

🧠 Science slam

Science Slam: the neural underpinnings of neural networks (German)

What neural networks really are, performed live.

💬 Talk

Version control enables collaboration beyond software

Git's ideas applied way outside of code.

What is science communication?

Science communication is the craft of taking complex, specialised knowledge and making it understandable, engaging, and genuinely useful for people outside the field. Talks, writing, demos, video, whatever it takes to turn a “huh?” into an “aha!”.

What's a science slam?

A science slam is like a poetry slam, but instead of poems you explain an idea, and the goal is to actually get it across. Entertainment and education in one.

I actually started on poetry-slam stages. Between 18 and 22 I performed lyrical prose, short stories with a lyrical touch, and travelled to perform around the country. That mix is still me: science and art, the technical and the creative.

The artistic side: event art

Why this matters to me

Making complex ideas tangible, and a little bit magic, is what I love most about teaching. It runs through my whole life:

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Age 10 onward

Teaching maths

Started counselling classmates in maths at ten, and kept at it all through high school and university.

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University

Teaching Assistant

Tutored logic, statistics and mathematics, later computational neuroscience.

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University

Lecturer

Taught hands-on statistics and statistical methods; designed and led seminars in psychology, scientific programming and statistics.

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Alongside & after

Science festivals & volunteering

Taught at science festivals for every age, from kids to university students, plus volunteering.

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Since 2019

Company trainings

Two pillars: technical workshops for dev teams, and higher-level AI & software-engineering workshops for managers and consultants.

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