Experiences
Education
- Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2026 (expected), USA
- B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 2021, (with Full Tuition Fee Scholarship), Turkey, (CGPA: 3.94/4.00)
- Exchange Mobility in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Aston University, 2020, UK
Work experience
- May 2024 - Aug 2024: Machine Learning Intern
- Analog Devices, Inc., On-site, Boston, MA
- Built an ultra low latency and ultra low power wind noise reduction model
- Utilized AzureML for model development and testing.
- Outperformed the SOTA by ~5dB in wind noise reduction within application latency constraint.
- Reduced model size x25 with respect to the SOTA to meet application memory constraint.
- Reduced FLOPs x4 with respect to the SOTA to have power efficiency
- May 2021 - Dec 2023: Machine Learning for Signal Processing Consultant
- Neurocess, Co., Remote, London, UK
- Developed probabilistic ML models for performance analysis of soccer players via TensorFlow and PyTorch.
- Developed a novel denoising model providing a significant 17dB SNR improvement for motion artifact denoising on sEMG data.
- Automated report generation for weekly monitoring of athletes using generative models and LLM.
- Utilized AWS for ML model deployment and cloud computing.
- Developed a novel few-shot-learning model for sEMG motion classification achieving an accuracy of %79 in a 10-way-5-shot learning.
- Jan 2024 - Present: Teaching Assistant
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, On-site, Urbana, IL
- Teaching Assistant for MATH595/ECE553 Optimum Control Systems (Spring 2024): Holding office hours and grading assignments.
- Teaching Assistant for ECE555 Control of Stochastic Systems (Fall 2024): Holding office hours and grading assignments.
- Aug 2021 - Present: Research Assistant at Decision and Control Group
- Coordinated Science Lab (UIUC), On-site, Urbana, IL
- Proficient in advanced control theory, optimizing system performance.
- Studying control for learning (integrating control theory for robust learning)
- Focused on distributed optimization algorithms for enhanced system efficiency.
- Jan 2021 - June 2021: Researcher
- Tübitak SAGE, On-site, Ankara, Turkey
- Worked at the Simulation and Mission Planning Software Division.
- Used C++ and .NET to create the simulation environment for navigation algorithms for cruise missiles.
- June - August 2020: Systems Engineering Intern
- ASELSAN, On-site, Ankara, Turkey
- Studied on a nonlinear radar tracking problem and obtained 5.2% increase in filtering performance.
- Compared the performance of iterative and non-iterative Kalman Filters (EKF, UKF, PLF) in MATLAB.
- Specializing in sensor fusion techniques for data integration.
- August - September 2019: Simulation&Modeling Engineering Intern
- Tübitak SAGE, On-site, Ankara, Turkey
- Modeled sound behavior for a flight simulator in MATLAB, including simulations of physical characteristics e.g Doppler effect.
Honors & Academic Achievements
- 2021
- Academic Excellence Award, Bilkent University EEE Department.
- Social Awareness and Activity Award, Bilkent University EEE Department.
- Recipient of the Undergraduate Industrial Project Grant, 2209B Tübitak Grant for an R&D project.
- 2016
- Ranked 252nd among 2 million students in the National University Placement Exam (YGS-LYS)
- 2009
- National Merit Scholarships - Governmental stipend for successful precollege students in Turkey.
Service
- Technical Reviewer for: IEEE ISIT, IEEE L-CSS, IEEE CDC, SysDO’24, L4DC’25
