Winner with distinction 'Open Source' in Music & AI Hackathon in Osaka, Japan. Participation in World Expo as VIP of Austria
Gyokuzoin Temple, Osaka/JapanClick to view location on the map
06/2025
Built 'Slai' - an innovative VR-pen based music equalizer system using Logitech MX Ink, allowing musicians to control frequency bands through spatial movements. Won Open Source distinction and participated in World Expo 2025.
Finalist at European Defense Tech Competition 2025 Munich
Unternehmertum Garching, Munich/GermanyClick to view location on the map
02/2025
We built a solution to help detect and counter shaheed drones through a cheaper radar system during the biggest defense tech hackathon thus far.
Winner of Balderton Capital Challenge at {Tech: Berlin} AI Hackathon
CODE Berlin, Berlin/GermanyClick to view location on the map
01/2025
The won the balderton capital sponsored track, which was about making personal finance and investing more accessible to regular people.
Outstanding Award Winner 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
Estimating HRTFs from multi-view pinna images.
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) (Accepted at ESANN 2025)
Finalist at LauzHack 2024: VR Classroom for Focus Improvement
EPFL, Laussane/SwitzerlandClick to view location on the map
11/2024
We developed 'MX Focus,' a VR classroom environment designed to help students enhance their concentration during exams. Utilizing a Logitech MX Ink VR pen and a Muse 2 EEG headband, the system detects stress or lack of focus, introducing noise to the student's handwriting in real-time. This innovative approach trains students to maintain focus and composure under exam conditions.
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
We built a complete prototype for circular value creation out of old home appliances using AI/RL.
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
Designed a solana microbetting solution.
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
3D Visualization of football players as spheres during a live match, clustering them into lines and detecting line breaks, predictive analysis, providing an intuitive UI for configuration (Role: FullStack Developer).
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, Beykoz/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, Beykoz/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.