Acar E.

Machine Learning Engineer

Acar is a highly accomplished Machine Learning specialist with an extensive background spanning over ten years in both commercial and academic settings.

His passion for science and technology is a driving force in his career. He finds the rapid advancement of human knowledge and technology awe-inspiring and inevitable. Acar firmly believes that true life satisfaction comes from a continuous learning cycle, practical application, improvement, and active participation in shaping the future.

Main expertise

  • Machine Learning
    Machine Learning 11 years
  • NLP 7 years
  • Computer Vision 11 years

Other skills

  • Matplotlib
    Matplotlib 7 years
  • Pandas
    Pandas 7 years
  • MongoDB
    MongoDB 5 years
Acar

Acar E.

Turkey

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Selected experience

Employment

  • Founder

    Creator’s Cue - 3 years 3 months

    • Providing Artificial Intelligence consultancy services.
    • Developing analytics products with expertise in Deep Learning and Machine Learning.
    • Creating social media content.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • TensorFlow TensorFlow
    • NumPy NumPy
    • Scikit-learn Scikit-learn
    • Matplotlib Matplotlib
    • NLP
    • Machine Learning Machine Learning
    • Videography

  • Data Scientist & Computer Vision Team Lead

    KoçDigital Inc - 1 year 4 months

    • Leading pre-sale activities, including customer meetings, problem analysis, person-day estimation, and project planning.
    • Serving as a solution architect, designing algorithms, workflows, and system architectures.
    • Co-managing computer vision projects.
    • Implementing analytical components within the projects.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Flask Flask
    • Data Science
    • NumPy NumPy
    • OpenCV OpenCV
    • Keras Keras
    • PyCharm PyCharm
    • Scikit-learn Scikit-learn
    • Matplotlib Matplotlib
    • Convolutional neural network Convolutional neural network
    • Recurrent neural network
    • NLP
    • Machine Learning Machine Learning
    • Computer Vision

  • Machine Learning Engineer

    Prometeia - 5 months

    • Parsing financial documents using Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing techniques.
    • Modelling financial data to extract valuable information and gain insights into financial relationships among commercial entities, including concordat detection, merging, splitting, and predicting critical announcements.
    • Managing the lifecycle of ML projects, including experimentation, model development, deployment, scaling, and monitoring.
    • Authored the "AI Validation Framework Booklet."

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Data Science
    • NumPy NumPy
    • OpenCV OpenCV
    • XGBoost XGBoost
    • Scikit-learn Scikit-learn
    • Matplotlib Matplotlib
    • Random Forest Random Forest
    • Convolutional neural network Convolutional neural network
    • Recurrent neural network
    • NLP
    • Machine Learning Machine Learning

  • Data Scientist

    KoçDigital Inc - 1 year 7 months

    • Designed custom deep learning algorithms to solve challenging HSSE and Quality use cases using Keras and Tensorflow frameworks
    • Designed a novel deep learning approach for the detection of Covid-19 from CT images
    • Designed deep learning-based solutions to social distancing and mask detection problems regarding Covid-19
    • Worked on parallel and distributed computing and deployment of deep learning algorithms on both on-premise and cloud computing platforms such as Azure and Google Cloud Platform using TensorRT, TensorRT Inference Server, and TensorflowOnSpark libraries
    • Responsible for computer vision and image processing products
    • Responsible for a small team of computer vision specialists
    • Participated in various presale activities

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Data Science
    • Keras Keras
    • PyCharm PyCharm
    • Matplotlib Matplotlib
    • Convolutional neural network Convolutional neural network
    • Recurrent neural network
    • NLP
    • Machine Learning Machine Learning
    • Computer Vision

  • Data Scientist

    STM Inc - 3 years 3 months

    • Designed, developed, and integrated an automotive-grade edge solution for counting bus passengers using Time-of-Flight Infrared Imaging, OpenCV, and various other Python and C++ technologies
    • Worked with Keras and Tensorflow to predict vulnerability attributes and generate code for vulnerability detection script for an AI-based cyber security project
    • Worked with Django framework with Python, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL for deploying deep learning solutions on web applications
    • Worked with Agile software development methodologies
    • Worked as the instructor for the Deep Learning and Machine Learning training courses organized by the company

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • TensorFlow TensorFlow
    • OpenCV OpenCV
    • Keras Keras
    • Matplotlib Matplotlib
    • Convolutional neural network Convolutional neural network
    • Recurrent neural network
    • NLP
    • Machine Learning Machine Learning
    • Computer Vision
    • Qt Qt

  • Software Design Engineer

    Turkish Aircraft Industries Corporation (TAI) - 11 months

    • Worked on the design and implementation of custom software solutions for the needs of various company working groups based on the Teamcenter Engineering platform
    • Worked with C, Java, and C# languages

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • C C

  • Research & Teaching Assistant

    Bilkent University - 2 years 11 months

    • Worked on the hyperspectral target detection project TUYGUN, which is conducted by HAVELSAN Inc. and supported by the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defense Industries
    • Worked as a teaching assistant at various core computer engineering courses and labs

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • NumPy NumPy
    • Matlab Matlab
    • LaTeX LaTeX
    • Scikit-learn Scikit-learn
    • Matplotlib Matplotlib
    • Clustering
    • Convolutional neural network Convolutional neural network
    • Recurrent neural network
    • NLP
    • Machine Learning Machine Learning
    • Computer Vision

  • Intern

    T-Bank - 2 months

    • Implemented PL/SQL projects

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • PL/SQL PL/SQL

  • Intern

    IBTech International Technologies - 3 months

    • Developed an online admin interface to generate electronic survey forms

Education

  • Doctor Of PhilosophyComputer Engineering

    Middle East Technical University · 2015 - 2020

  • MSc.Computer Engineering

    Bilkent University · 2012 - 2015

  • BSc.Computer Engineering

    FMV Isik University · 2008 - 2012

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