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Education

  • 2022 - ...
    Ph.D. in Computer Science
    CS@maxplanck doctoral program - Max Planck Graduate Center for Computer and Information Science (MPG)
  • 2019-2022
    M.Sc. in Operations Research
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Thesis- Reward Shaping for Efficient Exploration and Acceleration of Learning in Reinforcement Learning
  • 2017-2019
    Minor in Computer Engineering
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
  • 2016-2019
    B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Final year Systems Design project: Classical Casting Production Planning for Eczacıbaşı Holding - VitrA Company

Experience

  • 12.2023 - ...
    Doctoral Researcher
    Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), Tubingen, Germany
    • Doctoral researcher at the Learning and Dynamical Systems (LDS) research group – led by Michael Muehlebach.
  • 03.2022 - 12.2023
    Visiting Doctoral Researcher
    ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Worked as a visiting doctoral researcher at the Learning and Adaptive Systems (LAS) research group at ETH Zurich – led by Prof. Andreas Krause.
  • 10.2022 - 12.2023
    Doctoral Researcher
    Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), Saarbrucken, Germany
    • Worked at Multi-agent Systems research group – led by Dr. Goran Radanović
  • 2021
    Research Intern
    Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), Saarbrucken, Germany
    • Worked at Multi-agent Systems research group – led by Dr. Goran Radanović
    • Project- Counterfactual reasoning for credit assignment problem in multi-agent RL
  • 2019 - 2022
    Research Assistant
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Dept. of Industrial Engineering
    • Courses assisted- IE460 Introduction to Data Mining (Data Science), IE464 Stochastic Optimization with Applications, IE304 Production and Service Information Systems, IE440 Engineering Economy, IE333 Work Systems Analysis and Design, IE206 Scientific Computing for Industrial Engineering, IE489 Systems Thinking, EM502 Operations Management, IE451 Decision Analysis, IE372 Simulation
  • 2018 - 2019
    Student Teaching Assistant
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Dept. of Industrial Engineering
    • Courses assisted- IE361 Stochastic Models in Operations Research, IE368 Quality Planning and Control

Skills

  • Programming: Python, PyTorch, C, Java, MATLAB, SQL, LaTeX
  • Tools: GAMS, Google OR Tools, Minitab, ARENA Simulation Software, Concorde, AutoCAD
  • Languages: English, Turkish, German