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