Abdullah Kurkcu
Technical Manager - Transportation
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolAbdullah Kurkcu is a Senior Traffic Modeler based in Denver with over a decade of experience applying transportation engineering, microsimulation, and data science to real-world projects. He builds and validates travel demand and microsimulation models, predictive safety tools, and data pipelines, and has led modeling efforts at Ulteig after a research-focused career at NYU and Rutgers. Abdullah holds advanced degrees in transportation engineering (including PhD coursework at NYU) and combines rigorous academic research with practical software-driven modeling using tools like Vissim, TransModeler, and TransCAD. Known for quickly diagnosing complex transportation problems, he mentors junior modelers and translates analytical results into actionable recommendations for planners and stakeholders. As a simulation enthusiast and new founder, he is bridging research, consulting, and productization of transportation analytics.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Transportation and Highway Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Transportation and Highway Engineering at Florida State UniversityESL English Language and Literature/Letters, ESL English Language and Literature/Letters at Saint Joseph's UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Arnavutköy Korkmaz Yiğit Anadolu LisesiDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Transportation Engineering & Planning, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Transportation Engineering & Planning at New York UniversityBachelor of Science (BS) Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Civil Engineering at Istanbul University
Turkish, English
Github Skills (28)
simulator8
unreal7
deep-reinforcement-learning6
computer-vision6
platform-independent5
python-data5
control-systems5
ai5
self-driving-car5
leafletjs5
real-time-data5
python5
artificial-intelligence5
javascript5
data-science4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ak4728/slack-nbascore-app
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
ak4728/ak4728.github.io
Dec 2019 - Jun 2026
Contributions:51 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 7 months
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