Hi, I am Nikita Khutorni kuto̞rn:i(coo-tor-nee) .

I work on augmenting human cognition.

I am just at the start of my expedition. In my Bachelor's thesis in CS at RPTU, I explored in-task procrastination, the short-term, uncontrolled avoidance behavior many of us experience when faced with a daunting task. While I did not achieve my intended goal of developing a system that would mitigate a significant chunk of this behavior (far from it!), I did get an important insight — mainly that the problem is much more complex and much harder than originally thought — and motivation to continue.

Aside from that, I deeply enjoy bringing ideas to life through start-ups. I have been involved in a few such projects so far, of which most never reached infancy. One project did gain some traction, and even though it failed, had a transformational impact on me and enabled me to grow immensely — Textery . It taught how much I can do and overcome if aligned with the right incentive.