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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 2018 - 2019
Reserve Officer
Turkish Armed Forces
Completed military service as a reserve officer.
- 2017
Software Intern
Vega Yazılım
Software development internship.
- 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
Teaching Support
I support undergraduate teaching in programming, data structures and algorithms, database systems, machine learning, and deep learning courses.