Experience

Professional Experience

AI Engineer - Researcher

09/2025 – Present

Freelance

  • In-house AI consulting, tailored department-specific modules, and local language-model design for Skechers.
  • For Identify-Turkey, built secure, AI-based banking verification systems (OCR, face recognition) and managed the full TSE documentation and certification process.

AI Researcher (Full-time)

10/2024 – Present

Erciyes University AI and Big Data Application and Research Center

  • With the support of the Computer Engineering Department and the Research Center, conduct AutoML and AI-optimization research and publish in SCI/E-indexed venues.

AI Intern

09/2024 – 01/2025

Erciyes University, IT Department

  • Built a real-time CNN-based system for campus entry/exit control, counting people/vehicles and performing ID-based tracking.
  • Owned the end-to-end pipeline: system design, model training, multi-camera video processing, hardware specification, and production deployment.
  • Delivered a production-ready solution with full operational readiness.

Founder & President, AI Project Team Lead

03/2024 – Present

Erciyes University AI Club

  • Lead a 20-person team delivering eight theoretical AI projects (TÜBİTAK-backed) plus a TÜSEB-funded healthcare AI project that reached the national finals.
  • Serve as project lead, coordinator, and researcher, contributing to papers emerging from the work.

Education

Erciyes University — Computer Engineering

2021 - 2026

GPA: 3.0

Internationally aligned computer science and engineering curriculum with a focus on applied AI.

Certifications

English Language Certificate (B1+ – B2)

09/2025

St Giles International — United Kingdom