Ekim Yurtsever
Research Engineer at The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEkim Yurtsever is a research engineer and Ph.D.-trained machine learning scientist focused on computer vision and automated driving, with over a decade of ML experience and eight years in applied roles. Based at Ohio State University, he builds application-oriented deep learning models while contributing theoretical insights, and has first-hand experience deploying systems in real-world autonomous driving contexts. He leads six open-source deep learning projects that have attracted 250+ stars, signaling both practical impact and community engagement beyond academia. His background spans mechanical engineering and system dynamics to information science, giving him a rare blend of control systems intuition and modern AI expertise.
8 years of coding experience
M.Sc., System Dynamics and Control, M.Sc., System Dynamics and Control at Istanbul Technical UniversityPh.D., Information Science, Ph.D., Information Science at Nagoya University
Github Skills (14)
risk-assessment10
ros10
autonomous-driving10
vehicle-detection10
autonomous-vehicles9
deep-learning8
machine-learning8
self-driving-car8
frustum4
mask-rcnn1
keras1
object-detection1
tensorflow1
instance-segmentation1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Ekim-Yurtsever/DeepTL-Lane-Change-Classification
Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
Driving risk assessment with deep learning using a monocular camera. Related paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02859
Contributions:76 commits, 2 PRs, 59 pushes in 1 year 3 months
deep-learningself-driving-carautonomous-vehiclesdriving-behaviorrisk-assessment
Ekim-Yurtsever/pedestrian-behavior-prediction
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:8 PRs, 8 pushes, 6 branches in 7 days
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