CV

Ph.D. in Computer Science, GPA: 4.00

• Advisor: Yezhou Yang

Masters in Cognitive Science, GPA: 3.75

• Thesis: Implementing Shared Decision-Making For Returning To Play Sports After An Injury Using The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) In A Web Application
• Advisors: Barbaros Yet, Ceren Tuncer Şakar

Masters in Software Engineering, GPA: 3.78

• Capstone Project: Tone Checker Add-in for Microsoft Outlook
• Advisor: Raghvinder (Raghu) S. Sangwan

English Language Programs (ELP)

B.S. in Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.00 (Honors)

Graduate Research Associate - AI Acceleration Team

• Developed a multimodal multi-turn conversational benchmark for evaluating tutor-agent reasoning across text and visual modalities in various academic disciplines.
• Designed model adaptive evaluation protocol and created deficit-based diagnostic approach that isolates relational reasoning from downstream tasks; knowledge gap, visual understanding and memory retrieval.
• Curated diverse educational datasets utilizing images, diagrams, and textual instructional content.
• Conducted benchmarking experiments on state-of-the-art multimodal large language models (MLLMs).

Instructor

• Delivered lectures for the Introduction to Engineering lab course three times and Knowledge Representation and Reasoning course, focusing on practical skills and interactive learning.
• Guided students through lab activities, providing individual feedback and support.
• Achieved an average student rating of 4.47/5, demonstrating effective teaching and strong support.

Graduate Teaching Associate

• Assisted in the instruction of undergraduate and graduate courses, including CSE 110 Principles of Programming, CSE 310 Data Structures and Algorithms, CSE 512 Distributed Database Systems, and CSE 566 Software Project, Process and Quality Management.
• Facilitated lab sessions, provided one-on-one support to students, graded assignments, and developed course materials that enhanced student understanding and engagement.

Project Manager

• Led communication with stakeholders regarding project goals and progress made.
• Conducted weekly status meetings with development and SQA teams to track project progress.
• Tested and validated software and created test results report for software evaluation.

Senior Software Engineer

• Implemented procedures to gather and analyze user and business needs.
• Designed and developed web application features, database schemas, and backend data models.
• Developed web applications using ASP.NET Core/MVC, C# and SQL-based architectures.
• Developed front end using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, React libraries and framework.
• Applied Agile software development practices and CI/CD tools in Scrum teams.
• Deployed projects in a RESTful architecture and documented Web APIs with Swagger UI.
• Mentored junior engineers and conducted code reviews in Agile development environments.
• Led feature development, debugging, and production maintenance for ERP systems.
• Created new business objects (BO) universes to prepare Crystal reports and Lumira dashboard.

• CVPR26 Broadening Participation Scholarship Award

• University Graduate Fellowship, ASU - awarded for excellent research and academic performance.

• METU Open Research Day Best Poster Award
• Turkish Educational Scholarship (Presidency of Turkey) - full funding for U.S. graduate studies.

• HLS Analyzer Project Award Finalist by ARRIS

• Turkish Educational Scholarship (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) - full funding for graduate studies in the U.S.

• Bridging Perception and Reasoning: Can Multimodal LLMs Solve Visual Analogies? - Machine Learning Day 2025

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