Academic Bio

A concise overview of my background, research direction, teaching interests, and current academic work.

I am a research assistant at Ankara University, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering. I am pursuing my PhD in Computer Engineering at Ankara University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Serdar Güzel. My PhD research is titled Deep Reinforcement Learning in Contact-Rich Robotic Manipulation Tasks and focuses on robot learning for peg-in-hole, insertion, and assembly-style manipulation problems. My academic background includes an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Erciyes University, where I studied autonomous overtaking with deep reinforcement learning, and a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Süleyman Demirel University. I also work on applied machine learning and deep learning methods for biological datasets.

Education

  1. Feb. 2024 - Present

    PhD in Computer Engineering

    Ankara University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

    Department of Computer Engineering. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Serdar Güzel. Status: Ongoing. Thesis title: Deep Reinforcement Learning in Contact-Rich Robotic Manipulation Tasks.

  2. Sep. 2020 - Sep. 2023

    MSc in Computer Engineering

    Erciyes University, Department of Computer Engineering

    Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Fehim Köylü. Graduated with a GPA of 3.88 / 4.00. Thesis on autonomous system design by modeling vehicle overtaking with deep reinforcement learning.

  3. Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2018

    BSc in Computer Engineering

    Süleyman Demirel University, Department of Computer Engineering

    Graduated with a GPA of 3.17 / 4.00. Completed English Preparatory Program. Senior project on mobile game development with augmented reality.

  4. Sep. 2016 - Jul. 2018

    Associate Degree in Web Design and Coding

    Anadolu University, Open Education Faculty

    Graduated with a GPA of 2.69 / 4.00.

Work Experience

  1. 2023 - Present

    Research Assistant

    Ankara University, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering

    Research and teaching support in artificial intelligence, data engineering, programming, machine learning, and deep learning courses.

  2. 2018 - 2019

    Reserve Officer

    Turkish Armed Forces

    Completed military service as a reserve officer.

  3. 2017

    Software Intern

    Vega Yazılım

    Software development internship.

  4. 2016

    Hardware Intern

    Electro Mechanic Devices Factory

    Hardware-focused internship experience.

Teaching Interests

  • Introduction to Programming
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Database Management Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Analysis of Algorithms

Research Interests

  • Deep Reinforcement Learning
  • Robot Learning
  • Contact-rich Robotic Manipulation
  • World Models
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Machine Learning for Biological Data
  • Data Engineering

Teaching Support

I support undergraduate teaching in programming, data structures and algorithms, database systems, machine learning, and deep learning courses.