Past Project Samples
(Ongoing) Finalist at Huawei AI Individual Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) Competition
Huawei Research Center, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
12/2024 - 01/2025
Master's Thesis: (TEA) Trajectory Encoding Augmentation for Robust and Transferable Policies in Offline Reinforcement Learning
Siemens AG, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
12/2024
(Grade: 1.0) (Submitted to a conference, currently under review)
Finalist at LauzHack 2024: VR Classroom for Focus Improvement
EPFL, Lausanne/SwitzerlandClick to view location on the map
11/2024
1st Place at the biggest Tourism Technology Festival in Europe
Alles Für den GAST, Salzburg/AustriaClick to view location on the map
11/2024
We built a touristic spot recommendation system that uses EEG data and machine learning, and won the Tourism Technology Festival in Salzburg, where we were rewarded 2500 Eur and also partially awarded a trip to japan where there'd be a Music & AI hackathon in a 1000 year old temple in Nara.
Awarded 7000 CHF by the City of Zurich: AI-Based Employee Surveying Platform
Kraftwerk, Zurich/SwitzerlandClick to view location on the map
11/2024
Awarded funding for co-designing an AI-based employee surveying platform to enable sustainability and climate-related discussions between employees and employers. Pilot project currently planned in Zurich.
2nd Place at Bayer AI Innovation Platform Hackathon
Google Office, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
10/2024
We helped test the up-and-coming AI innovation platform built by Bayer based on Google Cloud Platform. We found valuable bugs and managed to solve a set of computer vision and bioinformatics related tasks.
2nd Place at DSAG Ideathon
DSAG Jahreskonferenz, Leipzig/GermanyClick to view location on the map
10/2024
We built a RL-based intricate fraud detection solution and pitched in front of 6000+ SAP user company CEO/CIO/CFO and experts. We later discussed partnership opportunities with many of them.
Best Business Opportunity Award Winner at Circular Hackfest
Makerspace, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
10/2024
1st Place at Thüga Solutions Hackathon
Thüga Solutions, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
09/2024
Cost minimization for tenants and landlords through energy management using AI (multivariate forecasters, neural networks, …), and Mathematical Optimization (interior-point methods) (Role: FullStack, Cloud, RL).
2nd Place at Solana Superteam Ideathon
TUM Blockchain Conference, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
09/2024
1st Place on Swiss Exchange Track & Audience Award at SwissHacks2024
SIX Swiss Exchange, Zurich/SwitzerlandClick to view location on the map
06/2024
Developed “BizzWizz”, an AI-driven sustainability reporting assistance platform. Also presented in front of VC & on PointZero forum. Talks ongoing with Swiss Exchange business developers regarding turning this idea into a company.
3rd Place at HackUPC (Sponsor: Intersystems)
UPC, Barcelona/SpainClick to view location on the map
05/2024
Advanced Travel Planning w/ user-interest & city-description embeddings using Intersystems Vector Search (Role: Fullstack Dev., Presenter). We got 3rd place out of 30+ teams.
2nd Place (team) & 1st Place (individual) at TUM AI Makeathon Main Challenge (Sponsor: Reply S.p.A.)
TUM AI Makeathon, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
04/2024
Wind Turbine Preventive Maintenance Through Reinforcement Learning (Role: RL Developer, Presenter)
Proof of Concept: Detecting line-breaks in football matches
TUM MDSI, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
01/2024
2nd Place at Dräger hackathon
Dräger, Lübeck/GermanyClick to view location on the map
10/2023
Predicting heart attacks through sensor readings (Role: AI Engineer).
1st Place (Main Track) at the first Ethereum-focused hackathon in Munich
PretzelDAO & TUM, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
08/2023
Built an NFT similarity judging tool (Role: Team Lead).
1st Place at MSG Code & Create Hackathon
MSG, Karlsruhe/GermanyClick to view location on the map
06/2023
Built a CO-2-considerate route planner which won a hackathon organized by Münchner Softwaregesellschaft (MSG).
Bachelor’s Thesis: Cat identification using Noseprints
Turkish-German University, Istanbul/TurkeyClick to view location on the map
06/2022
Cat identification using noseprints and siamese networks.
First student ever to graduate from TGU with Perfect GPA
Turkish-German University, Istanbul/TurkeyClick to view location on the map
06/2022
I was the first student ever to graduate from any faculty of the Turkish-German University with a perfect GPA.