Eva Paunova

Eva Paunova is a Senior AI Research Scientist and data scientist with deep expertise in large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and model evaluation. She has worked across industry and research labs on making AI more reliable, trustworthy, and aligned with real-world use cases. Eva is passionate about bridging theory and practice, helping learners understand not only how LLMs work but also how to debug, validate, and optimize them for production. With a background that spans natural language processing, applied data science, and product-scale AI deployment, she brings a practical, engaging style to teaching. Her goal is to empower developers, engineers, and data professionals to build AI systems that people can trust and rely on in critical applications.