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Hi! I'm a student at Stanford University interested in all things research, design, and programming. I co-founded Koel Labs, a research-focused speech technology startup, where I lead the development of our tools and products from 0 to 1.

A photograph of Ruslan Mukhamedvaleev smiling in black and white.
The Koel Labs team standing beside their research poster at Interspeech 2026
interspeech '26
The Golden Gate Bridge framed by cypress trees above a field of yellow wildflowers
golden gate
A purple sunset over a rocky coastline
purple hour
Ruslan giving a speech at the podium at Kamiak High School's 2026 graduation
graduation
Hoover Tower at Stanford seen down a garden path between sandstone buildings
hoover tower
The Washington State Capitol dome under a cloudy sky, seen straight on down a walkway
wa capitol
Two friends working on laptops at a round table in a bright cafe
building
The sun rising behind mountains, reflected in still water
first light
The row of Painted Ladies Victorian houses in San Francisco under a deep blue sky
painted ladies
The Public Market Center sign at Pike Place Market in Seattle
pike place
The vaulted reading room of Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington
suzzallo library
A selfie of the three Koel Labs co-founders holding their Interspeech 2026 badges
the koel team
Two tall palm trees above the sandstone arches of Memorial Court at Stanford
memorial court
A colorful sunset over ocean waves
golden hour
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin under a blue sky, with people walking across the square
berlin
A huge cherry tree in full bloom over a campus quad
cherry blossoms
Two people in snow gear beside a snowmobile below snowy mountains
in the snow
A windmill above a harbour full of boats in Rotterdam on a clear day
rotterdam
Two tree silhouettes against a blue and orange sky at dusk
day dreaming
Two friends at night, one holding a carved pumpkin
halloween
Flower stalls under white tents on a sunny European street
flower market
A palm tree over Dolores Park at dusk with the San Francisco skyline behind
dolores park
Ruslan throwing up peace signs below Edinburgh Castle
edinburgh
Looking up at the Space Needle against a clear blue sky
space needle
A starry night sky with a falling star streaking across it
a falling star
A friend laughing behind a big clear bubble balloon
bubble
The Sydney Opera House on the harbour under a clear blue sky
sydney
A silhouette walking across wet sand at sunset
low tide
A train winding through a tree-covered gorge in the Blue Mountains
blue mountains
The white 1905 Mukilteo lighthouse at dusk
lighthouse
The Seattle waterfront and Great Wheel seen from above at golden hour
waterfront
A bright sun over a green field and a lone tree
in the grass
Ruslan and a friend in conference lanyards by the water at sunset
after hours
A gothic town hall with tall spires and red, yellow and blue flags under a cloudy sky
gouda
The Bay Bridge lit up at night over the water
bay bridge
A California Welcomes You sign at the state line
new home
Hanging flower baskets and a stone gate in Pitlochry, Scotland
scotland
A silhouette looking out at the ocean from the dunes
shoreline
A portrait of Ruslan on a busy city street at night
night walk
Looking out over the Manhattan skyline from high above
new york
A glowing lamppost under a dark canopy of trees at dusk
lamplight
Looking straight up the trunk of a redwood tree
redwoods
The facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in black and white, with its red banner in color
the met
Snowy mountain ranges seen from a plane at cruising altitude
cruising altitude
A deep orange sunset on the horizon over dark water
sundown
A two-lane road running through a tall redwood forest
open road
The Golden Gate Bridge and the bay seen from a plane window, with the wing tip above the clouds
flying in

Research Works

Papers, posters, talks, and more from my work across speech technology, HCI, and DH.

Connecting the Dots

Enduring ASR Performance Gaps Between Standard and Minority English Varieties

A page from the paper called 'Connecting the Dots: Enduring Performance Gaps in ASR Systems Between Standard and Minority English Varieties'A page from the paper called 'Connecting the Dots: Enduring Performance Gaps in ASR Systems Between Standard and Minority English Varieties'The first page of the paper called 'Connecting the Dots: Enduring Performance Gaps in ASR Systems Between Standard and Minority English Varieties'

Paper co-authored at Koel Labs and accepted to IEEE SLT 2026.

Scaling Human and G2P Supervision for Robust Phonetic Transcription

A page from the paper called 'Scaling Human and G2P Supervision for Robust Phonetic Transcription'A page from the paper called 'Scaling Human and G2P Supervision for Robust Phonetic Transcription'The first page of the paper called 'Scaling Human and G2P Supervision for Robust Phonetic Transcription'

Paper co-authored at Koel Labs and presented at the Interspeech Conference in 2026.

Speak Like The Stars: Pronunciation Mastery Through Movies

The cover of the presentation for Speak Like The Stars: Pronunciation Mastery Through MoviesA slide from the presentation for Speak Like The Stars: Pronunciation Mastery Through MoviesA slide from the presentation for Speak Like The Stars: Pronunciation Mastery Through Movies

Presentation given at the Interspeech Conference's Science Fair in 2025.

Collecting to Support Ukrainian Diaspora in Washington State

A page from the paper called 'Collecting to Support Ukrainian Diaspora in Washington State'A page from the paper called 'Collecting to Support Ukrainian Diaspora in Washington State'A page from the paper called 'Collecting to Support Ukrainian Diaspora in Washington State'

Peer-reviewed paper co-authored when I was a research assistant at WSU's Ukrainian Book Project.

  • Interspeech Conference '26PresenterPosterPaper
  • University of Washington DubHacks' Next Demo Day '25HeadlinerPresentationDemo
  • Interspeech Conference Science Fair '25PresenterPresentation
  • University of Washington Undergrad Research Symposium '25PresenterPresentation
  • Washington State University Academic Showcase '24PresenterPoster
  • Washington State University Everett Research Symposium '24PresenterPoster
  • Association for Computers and the Humanities Conference '24PresenterPresentation
  • Washington Library Association Conference '25PresenterPresentation
  • Mozilla Demo Day in San Francisco '24PresenterPresentationDemo

These are some of the conferences, symposiums, and events where I've presented research or projects.

Selected Websites

A selection of a few of my favorite websites that I've created.

Slay Speech Website

slayspeech.com

Koel Labs Website

koellabs.com

Ukrainian Book Project Website

ukrainianbookproject.com

Selected Projects

A small overview of some of my favorite projects that I've worked on.

Slay Speech

Slay Speech App

I lead the design and development of Slay Speech: a cross-platform speech coaching tool w/ cloud + local machine learning, interactive lessons, review tools, and fast phoneme-level feedback. We just launched out of beta w/ 7,000+ users and 600,000+ spoken exercises completed!

React Native

NativeWind

Expo

TypeScript

Firebase

SQL

ML

CodeStep

CodeStepByStep — overview

The coding platform we used in our CS classes, CodeStepByStep, was going to shut down (now it’s not), so I tried to create a modernized version as a replacement with a better experience for both students and teachers.

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

Drizzle ORM

TypeScript

Supabase

Judge0

Washington State University

Ukrainian Book Project

As a research assistant for the Ukrainian Book Project at Washington State University, I developed tools to help librarians and researchers access Ukrainian language collections across the United States.

Python

NumPy

Next.js

TypeScript

Tableau

OCLC

SQL