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Feb 2026Research

Research Assistant | Kurban Intelligence Lab

I started a new research project on Scene Reconstruction, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), and Dynamic Gaussian Segmentation with my advisors, Prof. Hasan Kurban (HBKU) and Dr. Mehmet Tuncel (ITU). We are currently preparing a paper targeting submission to 3DV and ICLR/CVPR.

Feb 2026Internship

Intern | ITU UYSM Lab

I am working on edge-device LLM and RAG applications as part of a co-project with the private sector for the defense industry.

Jan 2026Scholarship

MenaML 2026

I was selected for the MenaML Winter School at KAUST, sponsored by Google DeepMind. This intensive program focused on cutting-edge Machine Learning advancements, offering a platform to collaborate with international researchers and industry experts.

Blog: MenaML 2026

Oct 2025Competition

SaaS Hackathon | Finalist

We competed in a SaaS Hackathon sponsored by Fal and Lovable, focusing on GenAI in E-Commerce. Our project was ranked 6th out of hundreds of applications. We developed a specialized marketplace where users could select and integrate GenAI-generated designs, animations, and audio directly into their own products.

Jul 2025Research

IEEE EMBC 2025 | First Publication & Presentation

Printing the poster

On the way to the presentation

Arrival at the Bella Center

Watched Superman at Copenhagen after the conference

My research paper, accepted for the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) in Copenhagen, employs Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) to solve the non-dimensionalized Pennes' bioheat equation in non-homogeneous tissue. By implementing a custom framework on NVIDIA Modulus, the study benchmarks architectures like Fourier Neural Networks (FNN) and SIRENs against traditional Finite Difference Methods.

Blog: Lisans öğrencisiyken akademik makale nasıl yazılır? (Medium)

Paper: Comparative Analysis of PINN Architectures for Solving the Non-Dimensionalized Pennes' Bioheat Equation in Non-Homogeneous Domain

Dec 2024Community

ITU Perceptron | Founder & Lead

The First Meeting

Our Team at TEKNOFEST Turkish NLP Competition

Fall25 Poster

I founded ITU Perceptron, a student-led research community dedicated to advancing open-source Artificial Intelligence. Leading a team of 25+ members, I planned project strategies and handled 1-1 recruitment while coordinating interdisciplinary efforts across multiple subgroups. To date, we have developed and released open-source Turkish AI datasets on Hugging Face, totaling over 1.5 million rows of data and surpassing 5,000 downloads. Explore our studies here: huggingface.co/ituperceptron

Dec 2024Writing

DATEN

I joined a collaborative initiative of 30+ contributors to co-author a book titled "Data-Driven Energy: The Future of Resilient and Sustainable Power Systems" under the supervision of Sinan Kufeoglu. My contributions focused on research and technical writing for Chapter 2 (Big Data and Advanced Analytics in Energy) and Chapter 5 (The Role of Data in Renewable Energy). The project is still ongoing, with the book currently in the publishing phase.

Jun 2024Research

ITU & Penn State Collaborative Research

First meeting notes

Some initial iterations

In collaboration with Asst. Prof. Gulsah Altintas (ITU) and Assoc. Prof. Mohammed Almekkawy (Penn State), I started working on Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs). I currently continue to research Super Resolution and Ultrasound Localization Microscopy topics with Prof. Almekkawy.

Aug 2023Competition

TEKNOFEST | Pre-Incubation Programme

In the Disaster Management Technologies category, we developed an infrastructure predictive maintenance project. Our project was selected for the Pre-Incubation Program as a finalist and competed among the top 10 teams.

Aug 2023Competition

NJORD Autonomous Ship Challenge

As ITU Autobee we attended the NJORD Autonomous Ship Challenge 2023 and achieved World Championship. Winning the competition and exploring Norway was a breakthrough that reshaped my perspective.

Apr 2023Competition

TEKNOFEST | Autonomous Agricultural UGV Competition

I attended the Teknofest Agricultural Unmanned Ground Vehicle competition with the ITU Autobee team, where I was part of the electronics subteam.

Mar 2023Competition

TEKNOFEST | University Students Research Projects Competitions

My teammate and I prepared a research report focused on autonomous vehicle communication systems. Out of hundreds of nationwide applications, our project competed as a finalist and ranked among the top 6 teams in Smart Cities and Transportation category.

Sep 2022Personal

First impressions of ITU while attending the proficiency exam.

Aug 2022Personal

First study about AI and my notes.

2020 – 2021Personal

TUBITAK 4006 Project

Gifts we prepared for FLL attendees

Initial version of our FRC robot

Various events that I participated in during 2020 and 2021.

Feb 2019Competition

FIRST LEGO League / Into Orbit Season

I participated in the FIRST LEGO League Into Orbit season tournament. We worked on various tasks on the mission field with LEGO Mindstorms EV3-based robots. As a team, we won the Mechanical Design Award.