My passion for problem-solving comes from my engineering mindset, which I developed during my time at the Istanbul Technical University. I am driven by the desire to apply my knowledge and skills to real-world problems, using new tools and techniques and creating novel approaches when the current solutions fall short.
Work Experience
Research Assistant – Machine Learning in Sustainable Energy Systems Group
I have been working as a research assistant in the “Machine Learning in Sustainable Energy Systems” group at the University of Tübingen since May 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Nicole Ludwig.
Currently, my research focuses on probabilistic forecasting of air pollution, in collaboration with Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Group and the İTÜ Vision Lab at Istanbul Technical University.
Undergraduate Researcher – İTÜ Vision Lab
I have been a member of the İTÜ Vision Lab since October 2020, working under the direct supervision of Prof. Dr. Gözde Ünal. While I am not actively involved in the group at present, I maintain my affiliation.
As an undergraduate research assistant, I had the opportunity to work on industrial collaborations, which gave me firsthand experience working with messy real-world data and using post-hoc explainability techniques. This experience culminated in my graduation project, titled “Development of Machine Learning Based Predictive Models for Assistive Reproductive Technology”.
Research Intern – Basira Lab
From April to October 2020, I worked as a research intern at Basira Lab under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Dr. Islem Rekik and graduate student Ahmed Nebli.
During my internship, I collaborated with Nebli to develop and train a cascaded graph convolutional network system. This system uses multiple models, where each model takes input from the previous one in a sequential manner. Our goal was to predict changes in signal communication between brain connectomes in the future, which could be a possible indicator of dementia.
Our work was published at the MICCAI PRIME Workshop, where we were awarded the Best Paper Award. If you’re interested, you can check out the model code at github.com/basiralab/EvoGraphNet/
Tutoring
University of Tübingen
I am currently a tutor for the bachelor’s level course “Introduction to Machine Learning” at the University of Tübingen. In this role, I grade assignments and hold weekly exercise sessions for students.
Inzva
Prior to this, I worked as a tutor for a local technology community in Turkey called inzva, at various times between September 2020 and August 2021. During my time there, I contributed to the development of the “Applied AI” program and developed lecture materials for both the “Applied AI” and “NLP Study Group” programs. In the NLP Study Group, I was selected as the “Best Guide” by the participants.
Contributed Workshops
VISION CVPR ’23
I had the privilege of being one of the organizers of the challenge for the CVPR Workshop, “1st workshop on Vision-based InduStrial InspectiON“. As part of this role, I successfully implemented the required data augmentation pipeline, contributing to the overall success of the challenge.