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Ph.D. in Computer Science

Max Planck Graduate Center for Computer and Information Science (MPG), Germany

M.Sc. in Operations Research

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

• Thesis- Reward Shaping for Efficient Exploration and Acceleration of Learning in Reinforcement Learning

Minor in Computer Engineering

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

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

Visiting Doctoral Researcher

ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

• Currently working as a visiting doctoral researcher at the Learning and Adaptive Systems (LAS) research group at ETH Zurich – led by Prof. Dr. Andreas Krause.

Doctoral Researcher

Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), Saarbrucken, Germany

• Worked at Multi-agent Systems research group – led by Dr. Goran Radanović

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

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

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

Business Analyst Intern

Garanti Technology, Istanbul, Turkey

• Conducted a software requirements analysis and prepared Systems Requirements Specification document
• Applied data mining methods such as k-Means and apriori algorithm for customer segmentation and bank product offers
• Used- Python, SQL, UML, MS Excel, Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Production Engineer Intern

Arcelik Inc. Electronics Plant, Istanbul, Turkey

• Performed assembly line balancing of PCB production line
• Used- GAMS

Workshop Engineering Intern

PARSAT Piston Inc. - Production dept., Istanbul, Turkey

• Prepared process flow chart and technical drawings of products produced in the factory
• Used- AutoCAD