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Northern California Director, Pacifica Institute,

Outreach Coordinator, Bay Area Cultural Connections,

Santa Clara, California, USA

Dr. Nurdin Kaparov serves as the Northern California Director of the Pacifica Institute and the Outreach Coordinator for Bay Area Cultural Connections, where he leads interfaith initiatives and community partnerships across the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sacramento region. His work focuses on strengthening cross-cultural understanding, fostering meaningful dialogue, and building collaborative relationships among diverse communities.

As an AI Trainer specializing in Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) for advanced Large Language Models (LLMs), Dr. Kaparov contributes to cutting-edge AI training projects in coding, machine learning, complex reasoning, combinatorics, and finance. He develops high-complexity tasks, RLHF datasets, and evaluation rubrics for frontier AI systems, contributing to major benchmarking initiatives such as Humanity’s Last Exam, as well as research analyzing LLM capabilities, limitations, and reasoning behaviors across multiple technical domains. He also serves as a senior reviewer, guiding contributors, evaluating reviewer performance, and supporting quality and progress within AI training programs.

Prior to relocating to the Bay Area, Dr. Kaparov spent 7 years in higher education as Head of the Management Department and Director of the International Relations Office at Ala-Too International University, where he taught Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Introduction to Programming, and Management Information Systems. He previously worked with the Indialogue Foundation in India, a peacebuilding organization dedicated to interfaith dialogue and understanding, where he organized notable conferences and community initiatives.

Now based in Silicon Valley, Dr. Kaparov is actively coordinating this conference to bring together scholars and practitioners to explore how AI is shaping, and can further advance, peacebuilding, social cohesion, and community development.