I’m an Asst. Prof. in the Department of Computer Engineering at Bilkent University. In my research, I focus on algorithms that can enrich the skill set of autonomous agents. This entails endowing intelligent systems with effective learning, reasoning, and planning capabilities. Robotics, and a range of other domains that require autonomous decision-making, provide a perfect test-bed for the investigation and application of such methods.
Prior to joining Bilkent U., I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Learning and Intelligence Systems Lab working with Marc Toussaint. I was affiliated with Uni Stuttgart & Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and working within the Cluster of Excellence: IntCDC. I received my PhD degree from TU Munich, where I focused on HRI in close-proximity scenarios. I studied computer science at UBC and Koç Uni, and started my research journey working on haptic interfaces.
available positions
- Post-doc position is available
- Motivated graduate / undergraduate students wanted. Contact me if you are interested in deep learning, (deep) perception, robotics, in general any topics in artificial intelligence. !!!
news
Sep 15, 2022 | 22-Fall: CS 449 / 549: Learning for Robotics course |
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Feb 1, 2022 | 22-Spring: CS 461: Artificial Intelligence course |
Oct 1, 2021 | Our Safe Reinforcement Learning work got accepted for publication in IEEE TNNLS - [pdf]. |
Apr 1, 2021 | Three papers will be presented at IEEE ICRA 2021. |
Mar 23, 2021 | I gave a talk at Koc University. |