team

Researchers, students, and alumni of the Learning for Intelligent Robotic Agents (LiRA) Lab at Bilkent University.

Director

  • Dr. Ozgur S. Oguz — Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University

Ph.D. Students

  • Melih Özcan (Co-advised)
  • Kutay Demiray
  • Baris B. Senol
  • Salman Awan

M.Sc. Graduate Researchers

  • Berk Çiçek
  • Mert Kaan Er
  • Hikmet Şimşir
  • Dilruba Sultan Haliloğlu
  • Sepehr Nourmohammadi
  • Ece Kunduracıoğlu

Alumni (Ph.D. / M.Sc. Placements)

  • Cankut Bora Tuncer (M.Sc. Bilkent -> Ph.D. Student at Rutgers University)
  • Arda Sarp Yenicesu (M.Sc. Bilkent -> Ph.D. Student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
  • Ekin Berk Ekinci (M.Sc.)

External Collaborators

  • Dr. Erdi Sayar — Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Munich (Ph.D. collaborator on Diffusion-based Curriculum RL & Tactile Hindsight Experience Prioritization)

Senior Design Project Groups (CS 491 / 492)

  • 2024–2025
    • Group 1: Ali Cevat Erçal, Kerim Eren, Ömer Amir Akdağ, Efe Tokar, Göktuğ Serdar Yıldırım
    • Group 2: Hakan Muluk, Mehmet Onur Özdemir, Emir Şahin Dilli
  • 2022–2023
    • Group 1: Eren Polat, Emir M. Erdem, Mert B. Er, Efe Beydoğan, Arda Önal
    • Group 2: Yağız Yaşar, Saitcan Başkol, Kutay Demiray, Gökberk Beydemir, Berke Uçar
    • Group 3: Giray Akyol, M. Hikmet Şimşir, Mustafa Y. Altunhan, M. Utku Aydoğdu, Muhammed C. Küçükaslan